Joint Open Studio

Biographies

Amit and Tomer Abend

Amit and Tomer Abend are siblings who were born and raised in Israel, and whose artistic practice spans various disciplines and locations. Amit Abend lives and works as a choreographer and dancer in Dresden, operating at the intersection of autobiography and fantasy. Tomer Abend works as a multidisciplinary visual artist, author, musician and filmmaker in Tel Aviv; in his work, he explores the multifaceted expressive possibilities of audiovisual language and the unique power of cinema.

Anna Lublina and Raha Dehghani Vinicheh

Anna Lublina and Raha Dehghani Vinicheh are jointly exploring rituals, ceremonies and protest as performative practices, and examining traditional cultural forms as a foundation for contemporary spirituality and aesthetics. Their residency project ‘Veltroyer’ is conceived as a performative mourning ritual drawing on traditional Jewish, Iranian and earth-centred practices. It serves to mourn the loss of non-human worlds and to create forms of collective memory and connectedness.

Dina Zaitev

Dina Zaitev is a visual artist, set designer, and theatre and cultural practitioner. Her work bridges the boundaries between conceptual art and socio-political themes. For many years, an exploration of (family) history, identity and multiple affiliations within the context of her own post-Soviet, Jewish and German socialisation has been a central focus of her work.