Vanja Smiljanić (Belgrade, 1986) is a visual and performance artist living and working between Cologne and Lisbon. In her practice, she often uses the performance-lecture model to bridge fictitious and experiential universes, comprising technical apparatus, diagrams, and sci-fi povera sculptures. Connecting otherwise unparalleled reality systems, Vanja’s work attests to the foundation of ideologies as alienated regimes, recurring to her own body as a vessel for narration, often shifting between the position of oracle and storyteller. Her work has been presented at various festivals and institutions, including Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Gropius Bau Berlin, MAXXI ROMA/L’Aquila, Kunsthalle Wien, Kunsthaus NRW, HMKV Dortmund, IKOB- Museum of Contemporary Art, KAI10–Arthena foundation Düsseldorf, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea Milano, among others.