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2021–2024

Xavi Sosa

Art & Science, Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien

Xavi Sosa is a sound performer from Asuncion, Paraguay. There, they attended El Estudio Centro de Investigación y Divulgación Teatral, and worked on many plays as an actor, director’s assistant and sound technician, as well as an independent musician. In 2017, they moved to Vienna, Austria, where they received a BA in Political Science at the University of Vienna. Xavi is currently completing a Master’s in Art & Science at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
Interested in combining social and political theory with artistic research practices, Xavi’s work deals with questions of Power, Ideology, and Identity. Currently, they create conceptual works using sound as the main medium.

https://abteilungmalerei.uni-ak.ac.at/Phantoms_in_Topophilia.html

Instagram: @ephemer.wav

Their path at A&S15
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Refractive Perspectives | 3*10^8 m/s 07 Jun 2024 · Exhibition · Exhibiting artist OPENING: 07 June 2024 | 18:00 RUNNING: 10–29 June 2024Opening hours: Mon–Fri | 11:00–18:00 Opening hours during Angewandte Festival: 26–29 June 2024 (extra Saturday) | 11:00–21:00 PROGRAM Symposium 12 June 2024 | 18:00 |… Sound performance at Finissage 07 Jun 2024 · Installation, Performance · part of Refractive Perspectives | 3*10^8 m/s · Sound assistant 19 Mar 2024 ATI - Atom Institute | TU Wien Excursion · Participant
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15 Nov 2023 Decolonizing in Vienna - Knowing decolonial perspectives on the city ars sciendi · Participant 15 Nov 2023 Knowing (off) space, knowing private to public cultural heritage and futures. ars sciendi · Participant 25 Oct 2023 Knowing aesthetics and vital knowledges that center symbiotic life in between worlds. ars sciendi · Participant 19 Oct 2023 Knowing: Costume Design with Cédric Mpaka Excursion · Participant HEAVY METAL 24 Jun 2023 · Installation, Performance · part of Licking Structures | Exhibition · Exhibiting artist One step closer, come on back to meOne step closer, come on back to meWhen we were young we would laugh so carefreeThe pain would circle over meHeavy metal, buried deep in my heartHeavy metalCould this be a life without… 30 Mar 2023 Film Workshop Workshop · Sound assistant
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04 Nov 2022 Excursions November 2022 Excursion · Participant FROM THERE THROUGH HERE 04 Jun 2022 · Exhibition · Workshop facilitator -> Family oriented, all ages welcome.-> Martina Moro will be present throughout the day to guide visitors through her video game-> Free entrance with registration at socialartscience@gmail.com 11:00–12:30 | Guided tour a… FROM THERE THROUGH HERE 02 Jun 2022 · Exhibition · Curatorial team, Technogistics team, exhibiting artist Vernissage: 2 June 202217:00–20:00 at KünstlerhausExperimental shorts screening: 20:30 at Stadtkino (radical⇌matter PEEK Project) – tbc Exhibition duration: 3–6 June 2022Open daily 10:00–18:00 Workshop day: 4 June 202210… In-tense 02 Jun 2022 · Installation · part of FROM THERE THROUGH HERE · Participating artist © Xavi SosaIn-tense, 2022Video installation In-tense is based on the concept and practice of Deep Listening & Sonic Meditations, developed by the American composer, Pauline Oliveros. Sonic Medications focus on training a… 23 Jan 2022 Podcast series “Waves of Art and Science” Extracurricular project · Intro music
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12 Oct 2021 Roundtable Participant