Anna Fries
Producer, Director, Screenwriter
- Website
- annafries.net
Anna Fries is a performing artist based in Berlin, Basel and Amsterdam. They are co-founder and former artistic director of pioneering game-theatre collective machina eX, which is specialized in creating interactive, gamified experiences for small audiences. machina eX games have toured extensively in Europe and the US. In 2012 Anna Fries co-founded Henrike Iglesias, a feminist performance collective with a strong love for pop and politics.
Since a few years Anna Fries has been researching hybrid aesthetics of fusing digital arts and performing arts. 2021 they premiered their work VIRTUAL WOMBS, which combines VR and live performance, and [POSTHUMAN WOMBS], a VR-experience inside a spatial sound installation. [POSTHUMAN WOMBS] was part of the idfa DocLab Official Selection and nominated for best Immersive Non-Fiction. Currently Anna Fries is researching virtual funeral rituals.
Filmography
(a selection)
Director
- 2021
- [Posthuman Wombs] by Anna Fries, Malu Peeters
Screenwriter
- 2021
- [Posthuman Wombs] by Anna Fries, Malu Peeters
Producer
- 2021
- [Posthuman Wombs] by Anna Fries, Malu Peeters