Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley: What Would You Do?

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GUEST Danielle Brathwaite-Shirley is a Berlin-based artist who works predominantly in animation, sound, video game development, and performance, creating interactive spaces. Her practice focuses on intertwining lived experience with fiction to imaginatively retell the stories of Black Trans people.

HOST Severin Matusek is a cultural theorist and founder of co—matter, a research & strategy studio exploring the cultural and societal impact of new technologies.

IDEAS AND PEOPLE IN CONTEXT

• Black Trans Archive https://blacktransarchive.com/
• "I can’t remember a time I didn’t need you" https://transmediale.de/de/artwork/i-cant-remember-a-time-i-didnt-need-you
• Resurrection Lands [https://onesouthend.com/resurrection-lands/ ](https://onesouthend.com/resurrection-lands/ )
• The Soul Station at Light Art Space in Berlin, 2024 https://www.las-art.foundation/programme/the-soul-station
• Trans & Conditions, CIRCA, 2025 https://circa.art/exhibition/danielle-brathwaite-shirley-trans-conditions/

CREDITS The Vienna Business Agency supports new companies, projects and products that develop Vienna's creative industries further. Find out more at viennabusinessagency.at.

Editorial & Production Team (in alphabetical order): Carina Dala, Mike Evans, Nick Houde, Kesia Inkersole, Severin Matusek, Elisabeth Noever-Ginthör, Alice Smith, Heinz Wolf

Theme Music by Hell Mutang.