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Monika Gabriela Dorniak        
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    *  Canine Messengers, Arboreal Memories 
    *  Aesthetics of Knowledge  
    *  Pikaia’s Ossature     
    *  Your Body is A Water Vessel    
    *  Amplification of Fluctuations
    *  Walking in Two Directions (At the Same Time)
    *  The Act of Doing Makes It (Feel Like) Becoming
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    *  Emological Symphony
    *  Human Anatomy is Adorning Itself
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Collective Synchronisation

Tate Exchange at Tate Modern London and Al-Quds Bard College (2015-2018)




Collective Synchronisation explores the intersection of performance art and everyday spatial practices through an interdisciplinary workshop on body rhythms and psychosomatics. Using the city as a stage, participants engage in solo and partner movement exercises responding to urban flows and internal rhythms, fostering collective synchronisation. The workshop reflects on self-determination and the creation of space for new connections within the dynamics of urban life.  More information.


Photography: “Collective Synchronisation”, 2017, Tate Exchange at Tate Modern London. Photo: Monika Gabriela Dorniak. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026.



Anti-University Festival at Arts Catalyst, London and Theaterhaus, Berlin (2018)


Deconstruction as a Virtual Component of Construction (2018) is an experimental research and textile collection that encourages both physical and mental exploration of the interconnected self. The practice-based research was later transformed into a video work in collaboration with the workshop participants. The workshop series aimed to explore self-identification through community and dress. In collaboration with performers in Berlin, the artist shared her phenomenological, psychological, and sociopolitical research across six sessions, discussing specific questions that the performers then translated into movement. The score emerged from the theoretical framework and the textile pieces—or costumes—that became threads of dialogue.   More information.


Photography:  “Deconstruction as a Virtual Component of Construction”, 2018, London and Berlin. Photo: Monika Gabriela Dorniak. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026.



Uprootedness & Hybridity
Refugee Week & Platforma Festival, Counterpoints Arts (2021)




The interdisciplinary seminar series Uprootedness & Hybridity (2021) explores intergenerational trauma in Eastern Europe and Latin America through the lenses of art, poetry, theatre, and medical anthropology. Each short presentation brings together diverse contributors to offer a multilayered perspective on this complex topic. The first seminar, held in June 2021, focused on Eastern Europe, followed by a second session dedicated to Latin America.  More information.


Photography:  Monika Gabriela Dorniak, “Uprootedness & Hybridity”, 2021. © VG Bild-Kunst, Bonn 2026.