Darsha Hewitt

THEHOST.IS is a new residency programme by Kampnagel and Deichtorhallen Hamburg for the development of new (digital) approaches in artistic production - along critical questioning of hegemonic orders in code, decolonial strategies, digital resistance, self-empowerment and the democratisation of digital systems. The first three-month season under the title HOW TO BEAM - DIY TELEPORTATION FOR HYBRID TIMES is led and thematically shaped by the Canadian media and sound artist Darsha Hewitt; the artists Olsen, Nadja Buttendorf and Dasha Ilina are invited as residents. The residency programme is accompanied by a meet-up series and workshops, initiated in cooperation with the Hamburg curator Jeanne Charlotte Vogt. Over drinks and snacks, the residency artists, Hamburg artists and creatives will present their work and give a behind-the-scenes insight into their artistic research and critical practice with technology.

At the Hamburg Centre for DIY Culture, the focus will be on DIY teleportation, motion capturing and digital representations of bodies; with Darsha Hewitt, Dasha Ilina, Nadja Buttendorf, Fernanda Ortiz, among others.