ABout the artists

THE LJILJA @the_ljilja

The Ljilja is a visual artist born in Croatia. She made her first debut in 2006 and since then her art has been shown in group and solo shows. Her work ranges from installations and paintings to photography and performance. The Ljilja is an ongoing ritualistic and photography project. In her work Ljilja is in a constant search for selfless, content, “bursting” body. Her work can be described as a transformation through creativity, connecting all over with her primal “I”. A body in which human soul live in a complete freedom stripped from all false teachings. A body which is “breaking down areas hardened by perspective of the Ego”. Primal body.  As a ritual artist she is using her body as a healing tool by performing transformative public rituals by exploring outer boundaries of pain which her body can endure.  “As an artist my main aim is making the subconscious conscious and bringing it to the light. We live in an era where most of us are showing the best part of ourselves, the most beautiful parts (a wonderful Kingdom of Selfies), and I am showing those, hidden, dark, disturbing parts. By covering my face and hiding my identity, I become no one; and by becoming no one, I have become everyone. By disfiguring my face, covering my eyes I am allowing my Primordial Self to step out from the darkness. I am reconnecting all over again with my true Self.” – says the Ljilja. She has exhibited and performed internationally including shows at Mart Gallery, Dublin (2024), Rua Red, Dublin (2023), Alte Münze, Berlin (2022); Ebensperger Gallery, Berlin (2021); Lethal Amounts Gallery, LA (2019); Body Art Ritual Festival, Berlin (2019); and Reykjavik International Film Festival, Reykjavik (2018).

YAZ @global_friend :

"No longer bone, no longer breath — only the weight of air. I am carried by the slow tide of dust."

Yaz is a Berlin-based artist exploring the intersection of conceptual sound and body movement performance—merging elements and memories drawn from  Butoh, Avant-garde, and the spaces in between.

RARA @rares.grozea :

Rareș "Rara" Grozea is a butoh dancer and writer based in Berlin. They have been training with the 4RUDE Theater-Butoh Company since 2019, and they have been performing with them since 2021. They have also performed, both solo and with different groups, in art spaces and in the public space. At the same time, they are working towards a PhD in English Literature at Humboldt University. Their work lies at the intersection of language and body and looks towards the otherworldly. Their goal in their personal practice, in both writing and dance, is to explore the poetics of limitation, erasure, and concealment, blending movement, words, and sounds in a cryptic Work for the end times

AURUM PUTREFACTUM @aurum.putrefactum :

Aurum Putrefactum moves between the cracks of rot and beauty. Through performative actions, broken images, and decaying visuals, he conjures the silent remnants of collapse.