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, Chemnitz
2022 Neustart Kultur -Kickstarter-, Stiftung Kunstfond
2019 BMBF Deutschlandstipendium
2019 PROMOS DAAD scholarship for project in Uzbekistan
Publication
2026 „Wo uns Regenbögen begegnen“, 52 pages, Edition of 30
2017 „pia litzenberger die decke aus beton“, 68 pages, Edition of 200, W57 Düsseldorf
Exhibition (selection)
2026 „Proteopoesie, oder: in kleinsten Wellen“, Matjö Köln (DE) solo
2025 „Flatten the Curve“, Julia Stoschek Collection, Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf (DE)
2025 „Experiments on Scale“, Ecal Lausanne (CH)
2024 „Hope – who will turn the tide“, ars electronica Linz (AU)
2024 „Mattermorphosis“, WRO Art Center Breslau (PL)
2022 „Down the Rabbit Hole“ KIT Düsseldorf (DE)
2022 „object permanence/ velocity of inhalation“ G10 Darmstadt (DE) solo
2021 „WERDEN“, Ferdinandeum Innsbruck (AU)
2021 „Coming to Voice“, K21 Düsseldorf (DE)