Schaufler Residency@TU Dresden: Open Call for Performer / Dancer / Actor (non-binary / gender fluid)

Open Call for Performer / Dancer / Actor (non-binary / gender fluid): For the artistic film project “Beyond the Binaries” by Mario Pfeifer, Schaufler Residency Fellow 2025 (TUD Dresden University of Technology)

We are excited to announce an open call for a non-binary / gender fluid performer / dancer / actor to join the upcoming artistic project by filmmaker and visual artist Mario Pfeifer, the 2025 Schaufler Residency Fellow at TUD Dresden University of Technology. As part of his residency at the Schaufler Lab@TU Dresden, Pfeifer will explore the central theme of the second funding phase: "Data Worlds. Socio-technical and Cultural Syntheses of New Realities."

We are currently seeking a performer / dancer / actor who is:
* non-binary / gender fluid
* (native) English speaker
* willing to share personal, biographical material – including dreams, fears, and lived experiences – for the development of a unique, AI-based narrative installation

Timeline: Immediate start for a one-week development/research phase, followed by
approximately, three shooting days, during the implementation phase
Location: Dresden / Berlin / Germany
Honorarium: The project offers an artist/performer fee in accordance with applicable
professional fee guidelines.
If you are interested in participating in this experimental and deeply personal collaboration at the intersection of art and technology, we look forward to hearing from you.
We would be delighted if you share our call with interested colleagues, partners, and your
network!

For further information and inquiries, please contact:
Gwendolin Kremer, Curator of the Residency, and Pauline Hohn, Curatorial Assistant:

More information about the project:
From April to September 2025, Mario Pfeifer will conduct artistic research at the TUD, focusing on the intersections of technology, society, and cultural narratives. His project, “Beyond the Binaries,” is an AI-driven, dynamic video installation that investigates the complex relationship between humans and artificial intelligence. The work reflects on core existential questions in data-driven realities and seeks to explore new aesthetic and ethical dimensions through personal storytelling and technological intervention.
Mario Pfeifer is an internationally working artist and filmmaker. He was born in Dresden in 1981 and lives and works both there and in Berlin. In his immersive film installations, he addresses social fractures, unequal power relations, disruptive cultures of memory, and the complex conditions of media representation—often grounded in documentary research, always with a distinct aesthetic and precision characteristic of his work. His pieces have been exhibited worldwide in exhibitions, festivals, and biennials. In 2024, he was awarded the German Human Rights Film Prize for his work “Cell 5 – A Reconstruction”.