Joana Preiss

Joana Preiss is an artist, theater and film actress, performer and director. She began her career in the theater in Pascal Rambert’s shows. At the same time, she collaborated with artists such as Nan Goldin, Céleste Boursier-Mougenot, Ugo Rondinone and Jeremy Demester. Her film career began alongside Olivier Assayas and Christophe Honoré. As an artist, she creates unique performances favoring improvisation and using her voice as an instrument, at the Espace Louis Vuitton, at Kamel Mennour, at the St Merri church, or at the Fondation Cartier. She directed Sibérie, her first feature film, followed by Silent Asylum and Lands close to Paterson. She recently acted in The Moon and Yoga for theaters by Maisondahlbonnema, as well as in La dame aux Camélias, directed by Arthur Nauzyciel. She regularly gives public readings of literary works, notably at the Maison de la Poésie. She teaches performance art to writing students at La Cambre. She is currently developing the production of her next feature film and the performance adaptation of her poetic work Terrestre X Tra.

Terrestre X Tra is a long poem for the theater, an immersive monologue, an organic and spiritual experience. The performative situation brings together body, voice, matter, atmosphere. The transversality and hybridization between theater and contemporary creation are at the heart of the project: a protean and multidimensional performance that appeals to all senses. Terrestre X Tra adapts to each structure of places that accompany me; places of research, rehearsals and performances linked to the essence of the written word and its metamorphosis for the stage.