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Dr. Adriana Knouf aims for transgender space travelling


Adriana in the BioTehna laboratory @ Kersnikova Institute, at her Biofriction residency. Photo: Hana Jošić (©)
Dr. Adriana Knouf is one of Waag’s artist in residences in 2021. Who is she, where did she come from (hint: outer space) and what is she planning to do at Waag?
Hey Adriana, welcome at Waag. You’re from the U.S. originally, right? 
Well, I’m from Boston, where I work as Assistant Professor of Art and Design at Northeastern University (Boston). I mainly worked and studied there and in upstate New York. 
What made you come to Europe?
One of the reasons is that in Europe, there’s more support of culture and funding for the type of research and art that I want to do. It’s a financially safe and stable position to be Assistant Professor in the U.S., but of course you have to do a lot of teaching and do service work at the university. This I enjoyed, but it leaves only the semester-free summers to work on my own research and art. The question ....

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Artist in residence Dr. Knouf wants to go into space as a trans woman


Adriana in the BioTehna laboratory @ Kersnikova Institute, at her Biofriction residency. Photo: Hana Jošić (©)
Dr. Adriana Knouf is one of Waag’s artist in residences in 2021. Who is she, where did she come from (hint: outer space) and what is she planning to do at Waag?
Hey Adriana, welcome at Waag. You’re from the U.S. originally, right? 
Well, I’m from Boston, where I work as Assistant Professor of Art and Design at Northeastern University (Boston). I mainly worked and studied there and in upstate New York. 
What made you come to Europe?
One of the reasons is that in Europe, there’s more support of culture and funding for the type of research and art that I want to do. It’s a financially safe and stable position to be Assistant Professor in the U.S., but of course you have to do a lot of teaching and do service work at the university. This I enjoyed, but it leaves only the semester-free summers to work on my own research and art. The question ....

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