Albrecht Fersch is a wanderer between disciplines, born in Schweinfurt in 1970. Meanwhile, music and sound play an essential role in his work. During his studies at the Academy of Arts in Munich until 1995, he was mainly concerned with writing systems, linking concepts, experimental drawing and painting as well as with logorealism, which he invented at that time and which still forms a continuous series of works today. From 2005 onwards, further training in essential theatre and involvement with performances and participatory projects. In 2008, his interest expanded to the construction of large-scale installations. He led design workshops such as most recently the sound laboratory Urknall in Greiz, created participatory art events such as the Supertheater or built stage sets for the Mondstaubtheater in Zwickau. Since 2014, invention and construction of sound installations and musical instruments. Sound, theatre, participation and visual art unite, for example, in his installation Raumklavier. Since 2018, Fersch has been a lecturer for mask making and performance at the Ikusa Institute for Art Therapy in Saxony.
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Gabrielle Constantine
Giving fake Tiffany, bought from the trunk of a Cadillac, to Rachel Cohen for her Bat Mitzvah. Microwaving lavash and string cheese for an after-school snack. Tending to a mustache and beard since 5th grade. Going to the AC Tropicana for weekend “getaways”. Watching Cher in Moonstruck every night before bed. Drinking milk from a martini glass. This is Constantine’s DNA. Gabrielle Constantine (1994) was born and raised in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she received her double BFA in Sculpture and Fibers and Material studies at the Tyler School of Art (2017) and holds an MFA at The University of Texas of Austin (2023) . Growing up in an Armenian Community and the restaurant industry has inexplicably informed her material, linguistic, and performative decisions surrounding her sculptures, installations, and gatherings. Constantine’s held different residencies such as RAIR (upcoming 2025), Bemis Center (2024), Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture (2024), The Leroy Neiman Fellow at Oxbow school of art (2023), and SOMA summer (2022) Alongside her more sculptural practice, Constantine has shared in cooking dinners and hosting gatherings with communities all over the country and internationally. She is constantly and continually brainstorming ways of merging food and art together.
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