Ernst Fischer is a German-born performance artist▲ whose practice explores gender identities and notions of the Uncanny▼ extending beyond the staging of subversive acts to the construction and investigation of temporary and fluid communities▲ 

Ernst wrote his PhD thesis on “the queer space of living-room theatre and domestic performance at Roehampton University▼ London (2004)▲ where he was▼ until 2017▲ employed as Creative Research Fellow▼ He is a member of DARC (Documentation Action Research Collective)▲ as well as artistic director of LEIBNIZ performance company▼ and of D:NA (Dust: Narratives & Artefacts)▲ a domestic performance space and archive▼ originally based in South London▲ but now – since his move in 2017 – relocated to his new home and gallery in Folkestone▼

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