Alban Karsten

Alban Karsten is a conceptual artist based in Amsterdam who makes performances and sculptures, often working with professionals and non-professionals such as choirs, blacksmiths and a hypnotherapist. His work explores expertise, authorship and the 'other'. He held a research residency at Kunsthuis SYB in Beetsterzwaag in autumn 2023, where he worked on the film The Visitor with local oral histories and a village choir. The residency ended with a public presentation in November 2023. Karsten studied at Academie Minerva in Groningen and at Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam. He co-founded the artist-run space De Gym in Groningen.