about me

ella hebendanz (they/them) is a lens-based observer who weaves visual, virtual and linguistic bodies into transmedia poetry. Their work centers the corporeal, carnal, visceral, instinctive; questioning the boundaries of our individual and collective bodies. Inspired by the rhythms of movement and ritualistic practices, they use the camera and other technologies as extended mediums to capture and translate sexuality/sensuality/physicality. ella continuously gazes with one eye to the past and with the other to the future; zooming in/out on the positionality and context of their work. ella’s projects manifest as videos, installations, performances, or hybrid forms of these.

In 2021, they graduated from the BA Interactive/Media/Design at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague. During their studies, they co-founded the cyber-feminist collective sWitches and explored the intersection of witchcraft and technology. ella has an ongoing collaborative practice with pamela varela, and in 2023, they won the BAD Award for their artistic-scientific research project re-c(O)unting.  So far, they have exhibited their work at diverse exhibition spaces and festivals across Europe and have their Latin American debut this winter.

education

2017-21, ­  B.A. Interactive / Media / Design,

Royal Academy of Art The Hague, NL

2020, Exchange, Screenbased Arts,

Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, ISR

exhibitions, performances, screenings

every moment a junction, Nest, The Hague, NL

2022, composition of unbroken flows,

The New Current, Art Rotterdam, NL

2022, Ωmą,

STONEORGY Earth Rave, MU Eindhoven, NL

2021, sīîren@,

Fluid Festival Showcase, HÖR Berlin, DE

2021, lun@ticå,

Jam-Pod, Sign Project Space, Groningen, NL

2021, ănim@,

Gogbot Festival 2021, Enschede, NL

2021, composition of unbroken flows,

Graduation Festival, Royal Academy of Art, NL

2021, entangled bodies,

Intermezzo, DYAD Amsterdam, NL

2019, 1n1t1@t10n,

Life after the Warmup, The Grey Space, NL

2019, Dépaysment,

Eye Film Museum, Amsterdam, NL

2018+19, Lucitopia Rural Design Challenge,

Zixi County, CHN