Katrina Daschner
Shedhalle Zurich, Switzerland
26 March 2026 - 14 January 2027
Shedhalle Zurich is a space for process-based contemporary art – where the process of making art is as important as the final result. Founded in 1980, it supports long-term experimentation, collaboration and socially engaged art practices. Rather than traditional exhibitions, Shedhalle hosts both process-oriented and participatory projects and performances. The institution structures its programming in five-year cycles and is currently in its first year of programming under the new curatorial direction of Laura Amann Marín and Jen Kratochvil.
Katrina Daschner’s new project for Shedhalle Zurich will unfold over the course of a year, expanding her interest in theatricality, choreography and queer-feminist scenography into an evolving, architectural form. Starting with existing elements in the space such as textile screens, stage platforms and hybrid sculptural forms, she will introduce new pieces including curtains, shaped floor works and aluminium sculptures that resemble branches or limbs. These modular components will shift roles over time – moving between props, stage design and independent artworks – reflecting the curatorial concept of the chorós as a collective voice drawn from ancient theatre. After the project ends, the works will remain in circulation at Shedhalle, gaining new meanings in future exhibitions while strengthening the institution’s shift from performance-focused programmes to a deeper engagement with space and structure.
Katrina Daschner (born 1973 in Hamburg, Germany) lives and works in Vienna. She is an artist and filmmaker whose practice spans sculpture, performance and film. Themes that Daschner investigates include sexuality, power structures and queer-feminist (body) politics, often translating theatrical acts into exhibition contexts. She studied sculpture and transmedia art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna and co-founded the performance space ‘Salon Lady Chutney’ in Vienna.
This is her first collaboration with Phileas.
