CURRICULUM VITAE
September 2022: assemble
performance alongside Gabi Blum in the frame of the express exhibition "U Can Take", DG Kunstraum, München
July 2022: Biesenthal Dankefest
performing with and for God is God
June 2022: Confessed Murmur
performance in conjunction with Bagua Master, artist and healer Yunuen Rhi in the exhibition "Sauna Confessions" by Viviana Druga, Galerie im Saalbau, Berlin/Neukölln
May 2022: Parotia – gallery format
transcultural dance performance adapted to a gallery space by Léonard Engel with Gizem Aksu, in the frame of "Out of the Box #1" curated by Léna Szirmay-Kalos, Montag Modus/MMPraxis, HOTO Gallery/Berlin
Dec 2021 – ongoing: Berlin Whirling
monthly teachings on (Dervish) Whirling in Berlin
November 2021: Parotia
transcultural dance performance by Léonard Engel with Gizem Aksu and Angelo Petracca, costume design: Josa Marx, costumes made by Christin Wanke, music: 9T Antiope, light design: Matthias Singer; Premiere: Nov 19 2021 at Schwere Reiter, München
August 2021: TodAncestor – dust till down
assistant to director Yuko Kaseki, DOCK11, Berlin
April – July 2021: Ästhetik und Erkenntnis
coordination of the XI. congress of the German Society of Aesthetics (DGÄ); course of event and website
Dec 2020 – Jan 2021: The Sound They Make When No One Listens
artistic advisor for Thiago Granato dance production; public premiere August 19-22 2021, Tanz im August Festival, Berlin
February 2020: L_and Encounter
directing a 48h self-inquiry retreat during a research residency at Rumah Tangga, Jakarta
Sept 2019 – Dec 2020: Institute for Aesthetic Theory (ZHdK)
Scientific Assistant at the Zurich School of the Arts; academic administration, coordination of exhibitions and events
Jan 2019 – Dec 2021: Jahrbuch Medienphilosophie (yearly edition)
editor, published at De Gruyter
August 2018: The Listeners
performing for social choreographer Ernesto Pujol in the frame of “Labor Europa”, Peace Hall, Town Hall Osnabrück
May/June 2018: The Heart Inherited
assembled research and performance presentation with Cristina Planas and Joana Moher in the frame of “22Cubic – Space/Object/Body”, MATERIC, Barcelona
April 2018 – now : Psych*O*pomp
research performance; performed at Tamago Gallery (Berlin 2018), Lìtost Gallery (Prague 2018), 6 8 2 1 (Cairo 2019), Rumah Tangga (Jakarta 2020), Grüntaler9 (Berlin 2021)
Jan – March 2018: Gender Shot
creation of a photographic project during a residency at Studio Ellen Luise Weise, Berlin
Jan 2018 – now: The Body WithIn
teaching my own movement methodology as either workshop or regular class at Kunsthochschule Weißensee, Young Urban Performance Festival Osnabrück, Cairo Contemporary Dance Center, Rumah Tangga Jakarta, Padang Bulan Yogyakarta
November 2017 : MOLT
sculptural performance, co-created and co-performed in collaboration with Hermes Pittakos and Federica Dauri; premiere Nov 9th 2017 at Buffer Fringe Festival, Nicosia/Cyprus; performed at No New Idols Festival, Riga 2019, and “Hacking The Computable”-conference, HDMK Stuttgart 2020
Nov 2016 – March 2017: TO
durational performance by invitation of Nikhil Chopra in the curation LUCID SLEEP, Serendipity Arts Festival, Panaji, Goa; and research residency with monthly performative presentations, HH Art Spaces, Goa, India
June 2016: Subject To Life
solo performance and research during a residency at Trumbullplex, Detroit/Michigan, USA
2014 and 2016: Performance Studio (SAIC)
Teaching Assistant at the School of the Arts Institute Chicago in the Performance Department, Chicago/Illinois, USA
July 2015: LOVE.
three-days performance series and solo exhibition; performed as practical part of the same-titled master thesis, SomoS Art House, Berlin
February 2015: FESTUNG/EUROPA
spatial choreography; performing for Moritz Majce and Sandra Man, Sophiensäle, Berlin
Sept – Dec 2014: Justified Beliefs
performing for Christian Falsnaes in the exhibition “Schwindel der Wirklichkeit”, Akademie der Künste, Berlin
2011 – 2013: Visibility and Visualisation
Research Student at the same titled interdisciplinary PhD program, funded by the German Research Council, University of Potsdam
Aug – Dec 2011: SLOW PIECES
creation of a solo performance cycle; questioning human needs and the being-in-the-world; performed monthly as a resident at Grüntaler9, Berlin
2009 – 2011: HEIMAT
research and performances with artist Maud Le Monnier, presented yearly at localize – das Heimatfestival, Potsdam
2009 – 2010: Culinary Cinema (60. Berlinale)
assistant to project manager; film programming, internal communication, coordinating and facilitating the screenings
May 2009: Drawing Memory IX
artistic employee at the Kunstenfestivaldesarts to assist artist Nikhil Chopra with his above titled performance, Brussels
Publications
Stertz, Lisa: LOVE. — eine Projektarbeit zur Feststellung, dass Liebe nicht erklärt, sondern nur erfahren werden kann. Akademikerverlag, Saarbrücken 2016
Sternagel/Mersch/Stertz: Kraft der Alterität — Ethische und aisthetische Formen des Performativen, transcript Metabasis, Bielefeld 2015
As editor:
Mersch/Mayer: Jahrbuch Medienphilosophie, De Gruyter, Berlin (ed. 5, 6, 7)
Mayer, Michael: Melancholie und Medium. Das schwache Subjekt, die Toten und die ununterbrochene Trauerarbeit, Passagen Verlag, Wien 2019
Education
July 2013 – May 2016 M.F.A. in Fine Arts Studio, School of the Arts Institute Chicago (under a Fulbright Grant and a New Artist Society Scholarship)
Oct 2010 – Sept 2015 M.A. (with distinction) in European Media Studies, University of Potsdam
Oct 2004 – Mar 2009 B.A. (excellent) in European Media Studies, University of Potsdam
Qualifications
Since 2011 Butoh Dance under Yuko Kaseki, Valentin Tszin, and Yumiko Yoshioka
Since 2016 Internal Martial Arts (Baguazhang under Yunuen Rhi, Taiji Quan under Lingji Hon, Qi Gong under Ali al-Sarraf)
Since 2019 Dervish Whirling under Ziya Azazi