Lea Luka Sikau
Biography
As the Curator for Music and Sound Art at the ZKM Hertzlab, Dr. Lea Luka Sikau (she/her) shapes the sonic profile of artistic research and programming, responsible for the artist residency programs and the performance series at KUBUS.
As artist-researcher, she situates herself at the intersection of sound, music theater and media art. Having received a doctoral degree from the University of Cambridge for her research on posthumanism, rehearsal ethnography and new opera, she became a Fellow at Harvard University’s Mellon School for Performance Research and was awarded with the Bavarian Cultural Award for her research at MIT’s Center for Art, Science and Technology. She has worked with Romeo Castellucci, Marina Abramović and Rimini Protokoll. As a media artist, Dr. Sikau was commissioned by the European Commission, Ligeti Center, Ars Electronica Festival, Transmediale, Impakt, Ensemble Modern and Climate Week NYC.