Rania Kim Birch
Role at the ZKM
- Guest Artist
Institute / Department
- Hertzlab
Biography
Portrait XO (she/they) is a transdisciplinary artist, musician, independent researcher, and data activist. She received the Jazzki Award by ELBJAZZ in 2023 and has been recognized for her work with AI audio pioneers Dadabots, including winning the VUT Indie Awards 2021 and Eurovision AI Song Contest 2020. Her AI audiovisual art developed through residencies at NEW NOW FESTIVAL, BBA Gallery, and Factory Berlin x Sonar+D. Founder of SOUND OBSESSED, she facilitates a community of hybrid artists for exploring computational creativity and human-machine collaboration. Her latest research in data sonification and AI audiovisual album 'WIRE' critiques biases in AI and its impact on creativity, identity, and ecology. Her latest project premiered at MUTEK Montreal and Gray Area Festival, ‘The Cost of Connection’ – an audiovisual performance with sonified data from The UN’s 17 Sustainable Development Goals.