Franziska Aigner works at the intersection of music, performance, and philosophy.

After studying at P.A.R.T.S., the school for choreography and dance in Brussels directed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, she worked with Anne Imhof on the performances Deal, Rage, Angst and Faust (awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale 2017) and Natures Mortes, as well as performing for William Forsythe, Mette Ingvartsen, Alexandra Bachzetsis and others. Her own works have been shown at Kunstenfestivaldesarts/Brussels, Die Liste/Basel, Theatre de la Bastille/Paris,The Place/London, brut/Vienna, HAU/Berlin etc.

In 2019 the music for Faust (by Anne Imhof, Billy Bultheel, Franziska Aigner and Eliza Douglas) was released on the Berlin label PAN. Furthermore, Franziska Aigner is part of the Holly Herndon vocal ensemble, with whom she tours internationally. She performs her solo project (cello and vocals) under the name FRANKIE. Her solo EP STYX was released in 2022 on Shadow World, playing 25 solo concerts in 2022. Her second EP, HEAVEN/HELL, was released in 2023 to critical acclaim. She stars in the feature film City Child, directed by Austin Jack Lynch, to be released in 2024.

In 2021, Franziska was awarded the Jahresstipendium in Performance and Darstellende Künste by the Land Salzburg. In 2022 she was a recipient of the studio scholarship in Paliano/Italy by Land Salzburg. In 2023, she was the recipient of the studio scholarship at USF Verftet Bergen/Norway, by the Austrian Ministry of Culture.

Franziska  completed her PhD in philosophy at the CRMEP, Kingston University London in 2020. She is currently a lecturer in philosophy at the New Centre of Research and Practice, teaching seminars on Modern European philosophy and philosophy of technology. Her monograph on Kant and technics will be published with Bloomsbury Press in September 2024.

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