The Space between Us: somatic knowledge and new techno-spatial scopes
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Ofri Cnaani is an artist and researcher who works across media and performance. Cnaani writes about data and coloniality, digital contested heritage, and performance as a model for creating critical technology. She is a visiting professor at the Institute of Visual Culture, TU Wien, Austria, and a research fellow at the International Amsterdam School for Cultural Analysis (ASCA) at the University of Amsterdam. In 2022, she completed her doctoral studies at Goldsmiths, University of London. Until recently, Cnaani was an associate lecturer at the Visual Cultures Department, Goldsmiths, University of London. Cnaani’s work has appeared at Tate Britain, UK; Metropolitan Museum of Art, NYC; Inhotim Institute, Brazil; Israel Museum; Amos Rex Museum, Helsinki; Kiasma Museum, Helsinki; PS1/MoMA, NYC; BMW Guggenheim Lab, NYC; The Fisher Museum of Art, L.A.; Twister, Network of Lombardy Contemporary Art Museums, Italy; Herzliya Museum of Art, Israel; Moscow Biennial; The Kitchen, NYC; Bronx Museum of the Arts, NYC; Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna; Arnolfini Foundation Museum, Bristol; Tel Aviv Museum; Prague Triennial, among others. Prior to her move to London, Cnaani was based in New York City, where she was a faculty at the School of Visual Arts’ Visual and Critical Studies programme. At SVA Cnaani founded the programme “City as Site: Performance + Social interventions.” In 2022 she completed a video with the International Space Station (ISS). Since 2021, Cnaani has co-organised Choreographic Devices, a three-day choreographic symposium at ICA, London.