Anna Ehrenstein works in various mediums including lens-based media, textile, sculpture, installations, social interaction and writing - with a focus on research and collaboration. The process of materializing intangible data is integral to her installations, which are deeply rooted in community and collectivity. Ehrenstein adopts what she calls »a precarious assemblage« approach, collaborating extensively with diverse groups. She believes in the radical potential of spiritual coalition, ritualistic practices, and collective unlearning, aiming to redistribute global north resources to foster south-south alliances. Born in Germany to Albanian parents with transottoman ancestry, she harbors a keen interest in concepts such as plasticity, creolization, Islamic and protoscience fiction. Her upbringing, marked by her mother’s access to a work visa contrasted with her father’s denied asylum and subsequent relocation to Tirana, fueled Ehrenstein’s curiosity about the necropolitics of migration and the construction of the Eurasian continent. Her academic pursuits led her to study media art, photography, and curation, further augmenting her transdisciplinary artistic practice. She is currently a guest professor at the interdisciplinary MFA between UDK, Berlin and TU, Berlin.
