Statement
In some situations, perception changes. Suddenly you reflect on what was previously taken for granted, and the purposeful action transforms into an emotional gesture. These moments of conscious attention reflect the fact that self-perception and perception of the environment can be transformed.
I am inspired by the subtle changes in the perception of subjective worlds. In my work I appropriate, deconstruct and translate them. They become autofictional, intuitive, playful, performative and poetic. I work on all my works over a long period of time, multiplying and changing the components until they have evolved and can tell their own story. These work complexes create their own atmosphere and connect with subjective imaginary worlds.
In my artistic practice I blur the boundaries between art and other disciplines, conducting project-specific research in the humanities and natural sciences, using methods from the applied arts and exchanging ideas with experts. In my storytelling and soft world-building I use graphics, sculpture, language, video and sound as components of transmedia installations, environments and performances.
Pai Litzenberger (they/them)
lives and works in Cologne, Germany
Education
2014–20 Fine Arts in the class of Prof. Franka Hörnschemeyer, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2019 guest student class of Prof. Manfred Pernice, Berlin University of the Arts
2016 guest student documentary film making, Academy of Media Arts Cologne
Scholarship & Residency
2024 Research scholarship city of Cologne
2023 „Shaping the invisible“ at Fraunhofer ENAS, FUNKEN European Summer School, Chemnitz
2022 Neustart Kultur -Kickstarter-, Stiftung Kunstfond
2020 Promotion prize for graduationshow, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2019–20 BMBF Deutschlandstipendium
2019 PROMOS DAAD scholarship for project in Uzbekistan
2016 residency W57, Düsseldorf
Publication
2017 „pia litzenberger die decke aus beton“, 68 pages, Edition of 200, W57 Düsseldorf
Exhibition (selection)
2024 „Hope – who will turn the tide“, ars electronica Linz (AU)
2024 „In Ortlosigkeit“, Hans A Dortmund (DE)
2024 „porous repair“, Petershof Cologne (DE)
2024 „Ich gebe Dir ein Wort“, Simultanprojekte Simultanhalle Cologne (DE)
2024 „Mattermorphosis“, WRO Art Center Breslau (PL)
2024 „Schwerelos“, Atelier Wäscherei Offenbach a.M. (DE) solo
2022 „Down the Rabbit Hole“ KIT Düsseldorf (DE)
2022 „Schwerelos wandernde Töne bis sie sich zu eigenen Worten formen“, Baustelle Schaustelle, Essen (DE) solo
2022 „object permanence/ velocity of inhalation“ G10 Darmstadt (DE) solo
2021 „WERDEN“, Ferdinandeum Innsbruck (AU)
2021 „Die Blauen Stunden“, Künstlerverein Malkastenpark Düsseldorf (DE)
2021 „Coming to Voice“, K21 Düsseldorf (DE)
2020 „Eine selbstverständliche Ortsbezeichnung“, K51 Düsseldorf (DE)
2020 „WHITE SPACE“, WP5 Düsseldorf (DE)
2019 „Whence comes the rush of wings?“ Künstlerstätte Stuhr Heiligenrohde (DE)
2019 „FastVltSogarAuch“, Am Ende des Tages Düsseldorf (DE)
2018 „freedom explained logically“, Weltkunstzimmer Düsseldorf & Sint Laurentius Kirke Antwerp (BE)
2017 „Akademie [Arbeitstitel]“, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf (DE)
2017 „Artist’s Books for Everything“, Zentrum Museum Weserburg Bremen (DE)
2016 „die decke aus beton“, W57 Düsseldorf (DE) solo