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ANSIA at Angewandte Kunst Audio - AKA

Alongside fourteen other submissions our soundtrack for ANSIA has been chosen for the open call CALL TO SOUND by AKA angewandte kunst audio. We have been part of the group exhibition at VZ07 on December the 11th 2018. You can listen to all works here: www.a-k-a.at

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ANSIA at MQVFW18

The original ANSIA-show was presented at the Vienna Fashion Week 2018 as part of the SITAM fashion-show in September 2018. Thanks to the incredible team and professionalism of the organization of the MQVFW it was a memorable and great experience and we are proud to have been part of it.

Photos by  Stefan J. Wolf .

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LETULA PARK at FROM ALEXA WITH LOVE

LETULA PARK is an A/V-performance by MCBEF and premiered at the vernissage of ALEXA WITH LOVE group exhibition at Symposion Lindabrunn. The piece reflects emotional states and positions towards communication in the digital age. check out MCBEF on soundcloud

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ANSIA at FROM ALEXA WITH LOVE

As part of the group-exhibition FROM ALEXA WITH LOVE the performance piece with Denise Nguyen was presented in a new context. The group exhibition curated by Petra Mühlmann-Hatzl took place at the wonderful areal of Symposion Lindabrunn from 17.8.-1.9.2018.

At the impressive stone-arena ANSIA was presented as part of the programm of the vernisage. The performance lasted for about half an hour in which the costume worn by Denise was destroyed during the act. The remaining parts of the costume were displayed as an exhibit during the time of the show.

ALEXA WITH LOVE  Symposion Lindabrunn with participation of: Anatoliy Babiychuk, Manuel Cyrill Bachinger, Gabi Burger, Erika Farina, Sofia Goscinski, Stephanie Guse, Martin Landler, Sophie Lesch, Denise Nguyen, Carlo Obersteiner, Christiane Peschek

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ANSIA at HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS

As part of the eight HOME IS WHERE THE ART IS festival at the Strombauamt Greifenstein ANSIA was presented as a performance-piece. Together with Denise Nguyen a new concept was developed and the performance extended in length.

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OSKAR NIMMT PLATZ

As part of the OSKAR NIMMT PLATZ program Erika's ANSIA collection was re-contextualized in an improvisational performance and an interactive intervention. The confrontation with anxieties was expressed by the means of tailoring and in the processing of fabrics. In the intervention everyone was invited to take part in the collective creation of a garment and put form to his or her own anxieties. Together with the performer Denise Nguyen a performance was developed and two of the pieces of the ANSIA collection were vivified in an improvisational process.

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EUROPART

With MCBEF18.2 Erika and Manuel presented a selection of their visual works at EUROPART on the 1.5.2018. For the occasion the work-title facing stuff  was chosen. The presented works included wearable paintings, embroidery, illustrations, art-prints. Alongside the project was documented with a video that not only depicts the whole process, but also reflects it with an artistic viewpoint. Watch the official documentation here

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ANSIA

ANSIA is the first collection by Erika Farina. It addresses the confrontation with anxieties and fears. It is a personal and artistic approach to communicate such feelings in experiments with modern materials and expressive shapes. Each representing a different cause of anxiety, the collection consists of eight pieces that are translated by the means of tailoring. 

Photographs by Thomas Lerch

ANSIA debuted at the Sitam Fashion Show at the Marx Palast in Vienna on Februar 24th 2018. The accompanying music was produced by Erika Farina and Manuel Cyrill Bachinger under their moniker MCBEF. Watch the video they produced for the track below:

The production of the collection was financed via a crowdfunding campaign on gofundme.com. A big THANK YOU again to every supporter at this point! Your help made so much possible and this production a real and rich experience! 

Here are some photos to give you an impression of the showcase