Kirsten Palz (she/her)
KP is a conceptual artist whose practice is rooted in research, language, and activism. The work addresses pressing global issues such as climate change, species extinction, the influence of the pharmaceutical industry, destructive consumption patterns, and the accelerated degradation of Earth's ecosystems.
The practice integrates feminist and conceptual methodologies with interdisciplinary approaches, research-driven processes, and new technologies.
Over the past five years, KP has focused on archiving the documentation of destruction and the challenges of the Anthropocene Age. The archive Chronicle of Extinction encompasses prints, performances, video works, and sound installations. These works serve as both acts of activism and documentation of the catastrophic realities of our time.
KP's methods include self-written texts, the use of AI, pop-cultural aesthetics, and scientific research methodologies, including research into data from institutional libraries and private companies, to create knowledge-based works. All of KP's works are collected in the Chronicle of Extinction archive, which centers on themes of climate change and the destruction of biodiversity.
KP's artistic practice is rooted in a deep interest in language and its capacity to serve as a catalyst.
In the early 1990s, KP established a writing practice she later labeled Sculpture as Writing. Initially grounded in technical manuals and diary entries, this body of work has expanded to include scores, flyers, playwrights, architectural plans, choreographies, and programming.
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All works are based on relations. Collective practice with many collaborators has contributed to a body of work, dialogues and new processes in various ways. I am deeply grateful to all participants for this exchange and sharing of ideas.
My thanks go to (in alphabetic order):
Vanessa Adler, Robin Arthur, Kurd Alsleben, Frank Bauer, Jo Bayer, Manon Bellet, Thomas Bohne, Matthew Burbidge, Sonja Burbidge, Enrico Centonze, Elly Clarke, Vilma Dombernowsky, Thomas Draschan, Tatiana Echeverri Fernandez, Christian Eckart, Caroline Eggel, Anna Engberg-Pedersen, Olafur Eliasson, David Elliott, Eric Ellingsen, Antje Eske, Linda Franke, Yona Friedman, April Gertler, Annabelle von Girsewald, Lise Harlev, Jeppe Hein, Silke Hein, Mathilde ter Heijne, Catherine Christer Hennix, Sophie Hjerl, Caroline Hoegsbro, Jeroen Jacobs, Claudia Kapp, Mark Kiessling, Constanze Kleiner, Susanne Kohler, Cassandra Lasch Edlefsen, Julia Lazarus, Karin Lind, Søren Lose, Antonia Low, Jens Chr. Madsen, Annette Maechtel, Alina Mann, Matthias Mayer, Jason Merrill Benedict, Stephan Müller, Fabian Mrongowius, Oliver Möst, Rainer Neumaier, Hester Oerlemans, Norbert Palz, Manfred Peckl, Paul Polaris, Emilio Rapaná, Rachel Rits-Volloch, Isabel de Sena, Mira Schnedler, Raaf van der Sman, Bettina Springer, Erik Steinbrecher, Efrat Stempler, Jaro Straub, Montse Torreda, Honoka Uchiito, Clemens Vogel, Christina Werner, Miya Yoshida, Eric Zapel, Alexis Zavialoff, Jens Ziehe, Susan Zieger, Ella Ziegler, Moira Z