Writer, musician, and xenologist, Adriana Knouf is the first (known) trans artist to send artwork into outer space. Covering everything from Elon Musk and SpaceX, to fungi and modular synthesisers, this interview journeys far and wide.
Knouf is the founding facilitator of the tranxxenolab, ‘a nomadic artistic research laboratory that promotes entanglements among entities trans and xeno’. Knouf designs and sells synthesiser modules through her company selestium modular, and also performs with them live under the name Selestra.
Realised by Paradiso & Sonic Acts as part of New Perspectives for Action. A project by Re-Imagine Europe, co-funded by the European Union.
Videography: Roman Ermolaev
Design: Knoth & Renner with Anja Kaiser
Production: Sonic Acts
Visual design SAB'24: Knoth & Renner with Anja Kaiser, Anna Cairns (typeface)