CRIPTO SIRENAS

Anna Ehrenstein is a transdisciplinary and collaborative artist who works between Berlin and Tirana. She studied photography and media art in Dortmund and Cologne and has spent numerous residencies and research stays in places such as Valetta, Lagos, Johannesburg and Bogotá. She is currently professor at the HGB Leipzig. In her transdisciplinary artistic practice, Ehrenstein uses photography and video, digital technology and installation, social gatherings or sculptures to reflect on the overlaps and contrasts between high and low culture and their socio-political contexts. Ehrenstein was born in Germany to Albanian parents. Her work traverses material cultures of the periphery and networked visual worlds, incorporating media technology, performance, text and installation. She works with a variety of groups on collaborative projects and believes in the radical possibilities of collective unlearning. Her works have been shown at Office Impart, Berlin, the Museum Centquatre Paris, the Lagos Biennale, the Landesmuseum Linz, KOW Berlin, the Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, and Bazament Art Space, Tirana, among others.

 

Sunny Pfalzer is a performance and visual artist, a Freediver, a Go-Go-Girl and a Slug. Whether they perform on stage, sew textile sculptures, hold a camera, or choreograph for public spaces, their approach is always bodily and felt. Sunny depicts how body language and clothes can construct statements. Sunny transforms their practice into various mediums. Costumes become sculptures, live Performances translated into Video works, installations mutate to social spaces. Facilitating workshops and collaborating is an integral part of Sunny’s practice, as these formats provide time and space to share knowledge, lived experience, time to reflect and unlearn together. Sunny’s recent presentations include KW Institute for Contemporary Art Berlin, Kunsthalle Vienna, Shedhalle Zurich; Les Urbaines Lausanne; Wiener Festwochen, Centro Gulbenkian Lisbon and SAIC Chicago. Sunny is Guestprofessor for fine arts at the HSLU Luzern.

Lucy Tomasino is a visual artist based in El Salvador. Lucy graduated with a degree in Communication Sciences with a specialization in Multimedia from Universidad Don Bosco in 2017. Her artistic practice explores playful and sonorous expressions through diverse mediums such as photography, public space actions, performance, and installation. Her impactful works often transform urban environments, creating immersive and thought-provoking experiences. Lucy's art has been showcased internationally, with notable exhibitions including ADAPTAJES Cura Collected at Knockdown Center in New York (2019), PS122 Gallery in New York (2022), SWAB Barcelona (2022), and HispaFest at Pinecrest Gardens in Miami (2022). Her innovative approach to blending multimedia with public interventions has positioned her as a significant contributor to contemporary art, engaging audiences and challenging conventional perspectives. She has received the 2024 Prince Claus Seed fund and is currently directing the artist run space Espacio42b in San Salvador.
 

Alexa Evangelista is a queer artist from El Salvador whose practice engages deeply with the intersections of visual and plastic arts, drag, and performance. Their work is rooted in a commitment to political advocacy and social justice, addressing the lived realities of the LGBTIQ+ community in El Salvador. By taking their art to both the streets and performance stages, they aim to challenge societal norms, foster dialogue, and create a space for queer visibility and resistance. Evangelista has cultivated their practice through formal education in Interior Architecture at the Universidad Dr. José Matías Delgado (2015-2016) before transitioning to a focus on fine arts, completing courses in drawing and painting at CENAR (2018-2019). Their artistic journey expanded further through an intensive theater workshop with Grupo Teatro Célula (2020), culminating in a Bachelor’s Degree in Plastic Arts from the Universidad de El Salvador in 2021. Their commitment to the transformative potential of performance art has led to significant opportunities, including participation in the Mix Central American Tropical Drag Royale – Candyland residency in Nicaragua (2023), performances and workshops at the Centro Cultural de España in San Salvador (2023), la Casa at the Alianza Francesa in San Salvador (2023) in club contexts and public space, making a vital contribution to the discourse on queer methodologies in Central American art production.