Sebastian Hänel (DE)

Sebastian Hänel (DE) 02.11.2024 // 3 pm // Zittauer Straße 1 (Heilig-Geist-Kirche) // site-specific performance // EPILOGUE

Sebastian Hänel’s artistic search is dedicated to the process based on a resonance between inner experience and outer action. Body, perception and sensation are tools for sensing this resonance, giving it space and immersing himself in its flow. Creating in the moment nourishes his work in graphics
(drawings, prints and cyanotypes), musical improvisation and performance art.
Born in 1973 and raised in the former GDR and under narrow religious conditions, Sebastian has conquered more and more space in his life to make a new start as a freelance artist in 2016 after decades as a pedagogue. For him, art is above all an exploration of life and a way of life in itself. From the
beginnings with printmaking and bookbinding, various art projects developed, such as: many book projects for children and adults // interactive artistic processes // land art // installations // public actions // performances // drawings
In 2019, he entered the space of performance art, attracted and impressed by all the personal processes that this art form evokes. Perhaps it was not he who captured performance art, but performance art that captured him. He is the founder and director of the stre!fen performance art festival in Görlitz-Zgorzelec (DE-PL), which has been held annually since 2020.

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