Lea Fabrikant is an interdisciplinary artist born in Riga, grew up in Jerusalem and based in Berlin.
Performing, DJing, Improvising and compiling expressions/errors in between sound , image & / technology.
Using her voice, instruments, various objects and field recordings, her analogue improvisations are mixed, distorted and focused through the lens of digital worlds.
As a result her works meld the familiar and the hyper-abstract as they exist side by side.
Education
1990-2002 Piano, music theory, harmony, choir and composition lessons in the "Hassadna" music conservatory and the "Rubin" academy of music and dance in Jerusalem, Israel
2009-2013 Photography studies in the „Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie und Gestaltung” in Berlin, Germany
Selected Exhibitions, Performances and Workshops
08/2024 “I want” Performance as part of Andrea Geyer: Manifest, Gropius Bau, Berlin DE
02/2024 Sound performance (solo), CTM Vorspiel, Ömschen Kerm Studio, Berlin DE
08/2023 "Zo" A/V live performance, Eufònic festival, Terres de l'Ebre ES
10/2022 "Zo" A/V live performance, Digital Art Zürich festival, Zürich CH
10/2022 "Composing Visual Music" workshop, Brown University, Providence USA
10/2022 "Zo" A/V live performance & workshop, Berklee Interdisciplinary Arts Institute, Boston USA
10/2022 "Composing Visual Music" workshop, Berklee College of Music, Boston USA
10/2022 "Composing Visual Music" workshop, Coaxial Arts, Los-Angeles USA
09/2022 "Zo" A/V live performance, Desert Daze Festival, Lake Perris USA
09/2022 "Zo" A/V live performance, Gold Diggers, Los-Angeles USA
09/2022 "Composing Visual Music" workshop, Gray Area Festival, San-Francisco USA
09/2022 "Zo" A/V live performance, Gray Area Festival, San-Francisco USA
08/2022 "Zo" A/V live performance, Studio 9294. London UK
08/2022 "Zo" A/V live performance, Morphine Raum, Berlin DE
06/2022 ´Argonouts´ performance group directed by Mike Hentz, Tree of Life "Odyssee", Kautzen AT
03/2022 "Zo" A/V live performance, Golf Festival, Haarlem NL
11/2021 Sound performance (solo), Madame Claude, Berlin DE
11/2021 KLANGBOX/III_Zo cassette tape release, Feral Notes Label
10/2021 "Zo" A/V live performance, Sonar Istanbul, Istanbul TUR
09/2021 "Zo" A/V live performance, Flatpack Festival, Birmingham UK
09/2021 A/V live performance & KLANGBOX Installation,
Zora Auguste / Feral Note , Berlin DE
07/2021 ISM frequencies radio show ( for Refuge Worldwide radio)
12/2020 Zo - Ka'et ( for FACT Magazine)
10/2020 "Zo" A/V live performance, LCF Festival, Rome IT
10/2020 "Zo" A/V live performance, RAYO Festival, Madrid ES
01/2020 "Zo" A/V live performance, Feral Note Salon, Berlin DE
11/2019 "Zo" A/V live performance, iMAL AT WORK, Brussels BE
09/2019 "Zo" A/V live performance, TodaysArt Festival, the Hague NL
08/2019 Artist Residency with Tarik Barri, TodaysArt, the Hague NL
06/2019 Sound performance with Ansgar Wilken, Unlimited Liability gallery, Hamburg DE
06/2019 Solo imporovisation in audible expressions, Famous Grapes Sessions, ACUD Studio, Berlin DE
04/2019 Curation of "We were never apart" - visual music night, STRP Festival, Eindhoven NL
08/2018 Live A/V Performance with Tarik Barri, SYNTHPOSIUM Festival, Moscow RU
08/2018 Sound performance with Ansgar Wilken, Unlimited Liability gallery, Hamburg DE
05/2018 "Unter einem Dach" group exhibition (photography), Berlin DE
11/2017 Live A/V Performance with Tarik Barri, SPEKTRUM, Berlin DE
09/2017 "Kombinat" group exhibition (photography), Berlin DE
08/2017 Live A/V Performance with Tarik Barri, Dekmantel Festival, Amsterdam NL
07/2017 Solo performance & DJ - set , Komēta Festival, Riga LV
06/2017 Live A/V Performance with Tarik Barri, Sonar Festival, Barcelona ES
05/2017 Live A/V Performance with Tarik Barri, Mapping Festival, Geneva CH
11/2016 Live A/V performance with Tarik Barri, Loop Festival, Berlin DE
02/2016 “hitàmut” solo photogtaphy exhibition, Donau115, Berlin DE
11/2015 “Die Lichtenberg Norm” group exhibition (photography), Galerie Zwitschermaschine, Berlin. DE
07/2015 “thxkbs” solo photography exhibition, Donau115, Berlin DE
04-06/2015 "Wald" photography for Pole/MFO AV performances (Inkonst Malmö SE, Mutek Montreal CA, Kremwerk Seattle US, Le Laboratoire Cambridge/Boston US)
10/2014 “Übergang. Erinnerung” group exhibition (photography), Galerie Franzkowiak, Berlin DE
10/2014 Terzett (Live piano Performance), Authorized Access Festival (LNISB Festival), Berlin DE
08/2014 “Versum” (Live A/V Performance), International Contemporary Art Festival, Bomb Gallery, Mostar BA
01/2014 “Versum” (Live A/V Performance), Panke, Berlin DE
12/2013 “Versum” (Live A/V Performance), Madeiradig Festival, Madeira PT
11/2013 AK gang trio (Live piano Performance), “Restriction/Restraint/Rebirth” LNISB Festival , Berlin DE
10/2013 “Sieben” - Ostkreuzschule für Fotografie und Gestaltung graduation exhibition (photography), Uferhallen, Berlin DE
10/2013 "yulka" (photography) / Slow Travel Berlin
05/2013 “Versum” (Live A/V Performance), KW/Feed, Berlin DE
04/2013 “Versum” (Live A/V Performance), Arc Festival, Bristol UK
03/2013 „Versum“ (Live A/V Performance), Electrochoc Festival, Lyon FR
02/2013 „Versum” (Live A/V Performance), CTM festival, Berlin DE
11/2012 „Versum“ (LiveA/V Performance), Feed, Berlin DE
10/2012 "Mouth" Zine 18 (Dylan Bakker)
10/2012 „Traumwelt“ group exhibition (photography and Installation), Berlin DE
05/2011 „Deutsche Show“ group exhibition (photography), Divus, Prague CZ
11/2011 „NACHTUNDNEBEL“ group exhibition (photography), Die Frühperle, Berlin DE
05/2010 „NEGLECTED“ group exhibition (photography and Installation), Berlin DE
01/2010 „de:frost“ Art Festival, audiovisual composition with Itzik Mor, Jerusalem IL
07/2009 "Mouth" Zine 6 (Dylan Bakker)
05/2009 "Mouth" Zine 5 (Dylan Bakker )