The Artists in Residence with the Goethe Institut includes four cultural and artistic residences between November 2016 and March 2017: two Italian artists in Berlin and two German artists in Rome, who will develop works that will be showcased at the Rome Media Art Festival 2017.

Artists include Donato Piccolo, Simone Pappalardo, Kristina Paustian and Ulf Aminde, selected by Valentino Catricalà, Artistic Director of the Media Art Festival.

The project officially began on December 9 at the Berlin Galerie Mario Mazzoli. In the photo, Valentino Catricalà with artists Donato Piccolo and Kristina Paustian.

This week, Kristina Paustian is still at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym for another week of work with makers and students.

In the video produced at the Phyrtual Innovation Gym Fab Lab, Kristina Paustian explains her project.

Kristina Paustian was born in Omsk, Russia in 1985. She studied communications and art at the Berline Universität der Künste. She has worked as a Director of Photography, Video Editor and Art Installations Manager. Since 2012, her video-art work has been showcased at festivals and international exhibitions, including the European Media Art Festival in Osnabrück, the Frankfurt Vkunst, the Marseilles Instant Video Festival and the Goethe Institut in Berlin. Swimmers (2015) is her first documentary.