@re4lgirl404
online performance video /artificial intelligence art, ongoing series, 2025
you and me in a hyperreal dream <3
Self-commodification, beauty ideals, a nonstop onslaught of information, our deeply human desire for community and connection and an utopian technology that might free us from our worries and fears…who actually benefits from all of this?
As @re4lgirl404, I embody different characters based on female* social media archetypes and current online discourses. I create moments of irritation within the endless doomscrolling of social media, explore identity and expectation in virtual spaces and reflecting on a system that enforces these roles. I distort my own body, my voice, my face – transform myself with the help of AI-based face and body filters using exaggeration and provoking the uncanny valley effect.
funded by BMKÖS
live drag performance, since 2021
As a drag artist, I use experimental lipsyncs, spoken word and more to challenge societal norms, critique capitalist narratives, and advocate for queer-feminist struggles.
My drag expression is genderfluid, ever-shifting, and rooted in resistance and transformation.
I have performed at various underground venues, art institutions, and activistic events – using drag both as a form of celebration and protest.
photo diary
portrait & documentary photography,
on 35mm film, 50x75cm, since 2020
I document people I meet and situations I experience within the queer
viennese performance art and drag community. Who is pressing the shutter? How does being part of a group myself impact the way people act in front of my lens? What happens when a photographer – model dynamic turns into a long standing collaboration or friendship? Where does the performance stop and a private moment start?
chronically online
social media presence, since 2021
I blur the boundaries between performance art, social media content and socio-political satire. I work with pop music, online trends, memes and formats such as fashion videos and lip syncs. With humour and inviting social media aesthetics, I primarily discuss political topics, gender&feminism, mental health as well as reflect on online technology.
I incorporate elements from drag performance and embody various roles. Due to the fact that the videos are integrated into my personal social media presence, the clear distinction between private and performative „am I currently witnessing an artistic performance or a private account?“ is blurred.
compilation 2021-2025 with english subtitles https://vimeo.com/1137294171
do you love me me me ? self portraits
digital photography / digital collage/AI art, since 2021
In my self portraits I explore my own genderqueer trans identity and the ideals imposed on them by society as a person perceived as female as well as the relationship we have with ourselves and the individual parts of our soul. I use photography and video performance, digital photomanipulation, AI tools, social media filter (sabotage), collage techniques as well es makeup und drag elements.
Sieht so ein Girl aus?
live performance, ca 10 minutes, 2023
Being a woman* as a role one learns to play step by step –
adapting to expectations and norms in order to be accepted and
loved. But what happens when the reality of your existence does
not fifit into an easily marked binary of male/female, homosexual/
heterosexual?
I stand there naked and tell my story to the audience using
short diary-like passages containing moments and tendencies
regarding gender and sexuality from my early memories up to
the age of 18.