Anna Bierler

Taal , Publicatie , performance

In my work, I explore the materiality of language through performance and installation, with poetry at its center. I work with the voice, looping contemporary scripts of maintenance until they fall apart. I’m drawn to the mundane, the daily, the girl vlogger, get ready with me, what i eat in a day, what's in my bag, sunday reset, the aestheticized labour of holding it/a self together.

Central to my practice are queer-feminist temporalities, nonlinear and cyclical, resistant to acceleration, that offer other ways to relate to bodies, environments, and futures while addressing ecological anxiety, among climate breakdown. Where capitalism scripts time into a linear resource, writing lets me move between human timescales and planetary change.

My poems are written to be spoken and they exist as objects, performance props and sculptures.

No One Expects A Mountain To Be Gentle
No One Expects A Mountain To Be Gentle - performance with mp3 audio track, Suzuki Grand Vitara 2004 – performed at SÍM residency during Open Day August – Documentation Noemi Ehrat, Supported by Culture Moves Europe, CBK Rotterdam – NL, 2026
Perfect Oval, Every Time
Perfect Oval, Every Time - installation with mp3 audio track, microcontrollers, cables, speakers, stainless steel chains, cast aluminium egg shells – shown at De Cacaofabriek, Helmond as part of the group show The Message as Medium curated by Geertje Brandenburg – Production: Hand made chains, Aluminium Casting at Make Eindhoven, Text Editor Harriet Foyster, Sound Advisor, Mixing, Mastering Loden Rietveld, Speaker Design Loden Rietveld, Documentation Matilde Stolfa, Supported by Mondriaanfonds – NL, 2026
HARNESS
HARNESS - sculpture — exhibited De Aanschouw — curated by Tiiu Meiner, NL, 2026
NEST
NEST - sculpture — exhibited during I'm never doing this again — NL, 2025
EGG JUMP
EGG JUMP - poem — performed during I'm never doing this again — NL, 2025
o0o0oo0
o0o0oo0 - poem — performed during the Opening of Yara Veloso, I can choose my own form — VLAK — NL, 2025
A DOG RUNNING AWAY WITH A STUBBORN EXPRESSION
A DOG RUNNING AWAY WITH A STUBBORN EXPRESSION - poem — performed during Open Out Festival — Tromsø Kunstforening — Soundscape Colette Aliman, Look Sofia Irene — NO, 2024
HOUR OF THE STAR - poem — performed during the opening of Dreams of dreams of dreams — Onomatope — with Tiiu Meiner – NL, 2024
GROUNDING EXERCISE
GROUNDING EXERCISE - poem — performed during auftakt festival, cologne — watch me thinking, watch me trying — gold+beton — DE, 2023
STONE NETWORK: BUILT OUT OF MEMORY - collective writing session — hosted in the zulip chat room of Hackers and Designers — HDSA2022: Connecting Otherwise — with Marit Mihklepp — NL, 2022
STONE NETWORK: BECOMING A STONE
STONE NETWORK: BECOMING A STONE - workshop and towels with instructions — Field Academy at StrandLAB Almere and Zone2Source — with Marit Mihklepp — NL, 2022