Bianca Pospischek works across disciplines in sculpture and drawing, exploring socio-somatic relationships to question common notions of what it means to be human. Her biographical interest in disability studies, body optimization, posthumanist theories, medical history, science fiction, and artistic strategies of worldbuilding flows directly into her practice.

Drawing forms the center of her creative process and often inspires entire series of sculptures and exhibitions. In the future, she would like to make drawings more visible both as autonomous works and as “drawings as sculpture.” To produce around 29 drawings as drypoint etchings, she needs a workspace with a printing press, such as those available at NIDA or Westport. The underlying drawings were created during contemporary dance performances and deal with the search for physical identity and its interactions with society, the environment, and technology. Abstract body formations composed of fragments seek connection; they appear porous, permeable, and open to the foreign within the self. Between struggle and care, between the power to injure and openness to injury, Pospischek explores the strength of vulnerability in the psychophysical constitution of human beings.

Exchange institution: Nida Art Colony
Residence: 01.08.2024-30.09.2024