FRANKIE

Frankie (Franziska Aigner)

Performance

La Centrale, Saturday, August 30, 10 p.m.

Franziska Aigner, aka Frankie, is an Austrian artist working at the intersection of music, philosophy and performance. She studied at P.A.R.T.S., the dance and choreography school in Brussels directed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, and has presented her own creations in theaters and festivals across Europe.

Frankie collaborated with artist Anne Imhof on the performances Deal (2015), Rage (2015) and Angst (2017), as well as on FAUST (2017), a work awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale in 2017. She performed and co-wrote the music, released on vinyl on the PAN label in 2019.

In 2019, she joins Holly Herndon's vocal ensemble to perform the PROTO album internationally. Frankie continues her collaborations with Anne Imhof, as well as with artists such as choreographer William Forsythe and Austin filmmaker Jack Lynch.

In 2020, she defended a doctorate at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP) in London, focusing on Kant and technology. She currently teaches philosophy at the New Centre for Research and Practice.