XAVA MIKOSCH, GREWING UP IN VIENNA AND NORTHERN SWEDEN IS A FILMDIRECTOR, PERFORMANCE ARTIST, WRITER, HAIRDRESSER AND WANNA-BE-MAGICIAN CURRENTLY BASED IN BERLIN.
THEY FINISHED THEIR DIPLOMA IN DIGITAL ARTS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED ARTS IN VIENNA IN 2021.
WHILE STUDYING DIGITAL ART, THEY ALSO FINISHED A BACHELOR’S DEGREE IN AFRICAN POLITICS AT THE UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA AND AT PARIS VII APPROACHING DECOLONIAL PERFORMATIVE STRATEGIES.
IN MANY OF THEIR RECENT WORKS THEY COMBINE VIDEO PROJECTIONS AND SOUND WITH PERFORMANCE AND/ OR INTERACTIVE ELEMENTS.
COMING FROM THE DIGITAL ARTS, USING TECHNOLOGIES AND INTERDISCIPLINARY MEDIAS HAVE ALWAYS BEEN FUNDAMENTAL TOOLS TO EXPRESS THE CONTENTS THEY EXPLORE, WHILE DEEPENING THEIR OWN PERFORMATIVE PRACTICE THROUGH A VARIETY OF WORKSHOPS , PERFORMANCES AND CLASSES IN VIENNA, PORTO, SINGAPORE AND STOCKHOLM.

IN SUMMER 2023 THEY WERE PART OF THE INTERNATIONAL DANCEWEB PROGRAM AT THE IMPULSTANZ FESTIVAL VIENNA, FOLLOWED BY DIRECTING THEIR FIRST THEATER PIECE >CHIMERIC TENDENCIES> CENTERED AROUND TRANS*FUTURISTIC TOOLS IN THE FIELD OF FOLKCLORE MYTHOLOGY.
PREMIERING OCTOBER 2024 AT STEIRISCHER HERBST, AUSTRIA.

IN SPRING 2025 THEIR FIRST FEATURE LENGTH DOCUMENTARY >WE WANT MORE IN THE LAND OF UNICORNS< CELEBRATED CINEMA RELEASE AT STADTKINO VIENNA.

TOGETHER WITH JULIA POLZER, XAVA MIKOSCH IS PART OF THEIR ARTISTIC COLLECTIVE MAL HANS MAL FRANZ