Despina Kapetanaki

Despina Kapetanaki is a Berlin-based artist who works in the fields of theater, dance and performance with a commitment to creating new and original work. She develops her pieces using experimental and research-based working processes. Thematically, she draws on contemporary sociopolitical issues and daily life. She has a special interest in the performer-audience relationship as well as in new technologies and their potential in creating fictitious stage realities. She also creates performances and artistic interventions for the public space. Her work is characterized as raw, idiosyncratic and highly expressive.