I am a musician, performer and visual artist.
My interest lies in the combination of different art practices in order to produce experimental forms.
I like experimenting with different sounds and instruments. After having been trained as a violinist, I continued to discover my love for the musical saw and I keep on flirting with other instruments, especially the ones which don't work properly or have a defect.
Since 2001 I have been collaborating with various artists in the field of music theatre, contemporary music, free improvisation, performance art. I am a founding member of a number of different performance and music groups and ensembles (among others The Black Hook Performance Company in Thessaloniki, Oiseaux Bizzares in London, Spring and Phoneyisland Cabaret Orchestra in Berlin). In 2014 I founded the performance-duo Tante&Tante together with my sister, Eirini Kartsaki. I have also been working as a production manager and assistant director at Neuköllner Oper Berlin and as a musician in the Berliner Ensemble.
I love constructing. Sound, paper, wood or texts, I love recycling old materials and giving them new life.
I have already worked as a theater surtitler, rain gutter cleaner, stage manager, bar woman, german teacher, festival organisator, stage design assistant, christmas market saleswoman, home organising consultant, music teacher, Berlin bear, sauna staff. I like variation.
In April 2015 I released my first solo album called Electrical appliances & other animals by the Greek DIY label Fytini.
I live since 2007 in Berlin.
My interest lies in the combination of different art practices in order to produce experimental forms.
I like experimenting with different sounds and instruments. After having been trained as a violinist, I continued to discover my love for the musical saw and I keep on flirting with other instruments, especially the ones which don't work properly or have a defect.
Since 2001 I have been collaborating with various artists in the field of music theatre, contemporary music, free improvisation, performance art. I am a founding member of a number of different performance and music groups and ensembles (among others The Black Hook Performance Company in Thessaloniki, Oiseaux Bizzares in London, Spring and Phoneyisland Cabaret Orchestra in Berlin). In 2014 I founded the performance-duo Tante&Tante together with my sister, Eirini Kartsaki. I have also been working as a production manager and assistant director at Neuköllner Oper Berlin and as a musician in the Berliner Ensemble.
I love constructing. Sound, paper, wood or texts, I love recycling old materials and giving them new life.
I have already worked as a theater surtitler, rain gutter cleaner, stage manager, bar woman, german teacher, festival organisator, stage design assistant, christmas market saleswoman, home organising consultant, music teacher, Berlin bear, sauna staff. I like variation.
In April 2015 I released my first solo album called Electrical appliances & other animals by the Greek DIY label Fytini.
I live since 2007 in Berlin.
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