Contact Information
Biography
Maria Thrän lives and works in Seattle and Berlin and is an interdisciplinary artist, performer, and writer who explores the intersection of art, research, and technology. Maria's immersive kinetic installations and performances weave mechatronics, radio transmission, spatial sound synthesis, light, and video to explore rhythm, embodied memory, and nature’s entanglement with more-than-human communication. Currently, they investigate how care can become a method in performative.
The research-driven practice explores ecological entanglement, technological agency, and the poetics of signal and noise—framed through speculative modes of preservation. Maria’s work has received awards and has been shown internationally in solo and group exhibitions.
Research
Selected Research
Courses Taught
Sound, Rhythm, and the Political Language of Human and Non-Human Entities
University of Arts and Design, Offenbach am Main, Germany — May 2025
Collaboration with Samuel Hertz
A two-day collaborative workshop exploring sound as a political, ecological, and relational force across human and non-human worlds. Participants engaged with rhythm, memory, and technology (Arduino, solenoids, Max/MSP) to prototype sonic processes and reflect on how sound shapes shared space.