anna schimkat (mainz), born in darmstadt in 1974, is a sound & visual artist with a background in sculpture and music, working in the field of sound art through installations and performances. her work explores the relationship between sound, space, and perception, often resulting in large-scale installations and performances. her research-based practice incorporates historical contexts, often outside of institutions and in collaboration with small communities. using self-built instruments and field recordings, she creates spaces that heighten perception and invite interaction.
she lives in mainz and leipzig.
her work has been shown internationally at goethe-institut (damaskus, syr), 24 gauche series (montreal, can), ausland (berlin, ger), longbridge light festival (birmingham, uk), the vadehavsfestival (blavandshuk, dnk), galerie für zeitgenössische kunst (leipzig, ger), re:flux 16 festival, (moncton, can), festival experimentelle musik münchen (ger), zimmt (leipzig, ger) deutsches haus, (new york city, us), kunsthalle mainz (ger).
her work is also documented in a wide number of exhibitions and publications, with many audio documents released on labels such as fragment factory, scrotum records, michael barthel’s recordings for the summer or coherent states from athens.
image © oliver weiße