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Diana Rojas

Profile

Diana Rojas Doktorandin

Contact

Links

  • Address Berner Fachhochschule
    Bern Academy of the Arts
    Forschung
    Fellerstrasse 11
    3027 Bern

Activities

  • Aesthetic and ethical dimensions of representing “victims” and “perpetrators”
    Immersive performance practices
    Methodologies of the aesthetics of violence
    Ethics of listening in artistic practice
    Audio-based artistic research
    Listening practices in transitional justice
    Challenges of decolonial artistic research
    Data protection in art projects in contexts of war

CV

  • Diana Rojas is a Colombian-Swiss director, author, performer and artistic researcher working between Switzerland and Colombia. Her transdisciplinary practice spans immersive performance, audio-based art, documentary installation and participatory formats.
    At the Bern University of the Arts (HKB), she investigates aesthetic and ethical questions of representation and responsibility in contexts shaped by violence, transitional justice and social transformation, particularly in relation to former child combatants from different armed groups in Colombia. Her projects combine artistic research, participatory laboratories and public discourse to examine the construction of “victims,” “perpetrators,” and other implicated subjects within conflict dynamics, as well as the possibilities and limits of a decolonial stance in artistic research conducted between Colombia, Germany and Switzerland.
    She is currently pursuing a PhD in Media, Theatre and Popular Culture at the University of Hildesheim under the supervision of Professor Annemarie Matzke and Professor Priska Gisler (HKB).
    Her artistic work has been presented over the past fifteen years in theatres, art institutions, public spaces and academic contexts across Switzerland, Germany, Austria, France, Luxembourg and Colombia. It is characterised by multiperspectival storytelling, the interplay between documentary material and fiction, and the creation of collective, sensorial spaces of listening.
    She is a board member of t. Theaterschaffen Schweiz, the national association of independent theatre professionals in Switzerland.
  • 2010-2014 Master of Arts Hochschule der Künste Bern

Projects

Memberships

Awards

2022 Cultural Award City of Zurich
2022 Corona Scholarships City of Zurich
2018 Winner “Funkenflug 2018” Fachstelle Kulturvermittlung Kanton Aargau with “I thought we were all human” in collaboration with Artlink.
2017 Competition “Komet” Department of Education, Culture and Sport Canton Thurgau with “Nach Hause fliehen” in collaboration with Artlink.
2016 Competition “Safari” Departement Bildung, Kultur und Sport Kanton Aargau with “Ich dachte, wir sind alle Menschen” in collaboration with Artlink.
2016 Competition “Agora” SNF with “Arbeit 4.5” in collaboration with Dr Björn Müller (HSG).
2015 Competition “tête-à-tête” Programme Education and Culture Canton Bern with “Hör mal!” in collaboration with Artlink.
2014 SSA scholarships for choreographic works. Lausanne

Language skills and intercultural knowledge

  • French - Full professional proficiency
  • German - Full professional proficiency
  • English - Full professional proficiency
  • Spanish - Native or bilingual proficiency
  • Colombia
  • Switzerland