The Artists of InsightsDigital at the
Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023

Insights Platforms presents InsightsDigital, a collection of 7 short performances by international emerging artists from different subgenres of the performing arts. This InsightsDigital platform includes performances of spoken word, music, performance art, physical theatre, dance, multimedia arts, and performance with augmented reality, created by the following emerging artists: Swedish multi-creative artist Kristina Hanses aka KEJH, Scottish choreographer and performer Malcolm Sutherland, U.K. based musician and digital producer Mimi Harmer, U.K. based performance artist Clodagh Delahunty-Forrest, Swedish creative artist Anna Hulth, Greek contemporary dance artist Angeliki Nikolopoulou, and Japanese choreographer and performer Tomo Sone.    
Kristina Hanses aka KEJH
​Creator of 'New Self'

Kristina Hanses (KEJH) is a singer, songwriter, choreographer, and dancer from Sweden, where she is now based. Hanses graduated from contemporary dance studies at Amsterdamse Hogeschool voor de Kunsten (Amsterdam University of the Arts) in 2010 and has since worked with several choreographers in Holland and Sweden. She feels drawn to choreography and loves improvisation, and in her own choreographic work, she starts with her own musical composition as a starting point. 
 
Hanses is interested in staging her songs and exploring the vulnerability she finds in her songs. In 2010, she started the performance duo Kristal and Jonny Boy, where she first became interested in mixing the two art forms together with props. In 2013, they were discovered by the Italian label La Tempesta, and released their first EP, soon followed by the album, 'It's my heart'. The duo have toured extensively in Europe since 2010 and have performed at the world's biggest music festival - SXSW, and as support for Mando Diao's 2014 tour, and one of Tove Lo's early shows. 
 
In 2022, Kristina was back as KEJH and she released the EP 'New self', followed by her first premiered dance work; an hour-long dance/concert performance called New Self – a danced music album. 

Kristina’s work ‘New Self’ is part of InsightsDigital at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 and will be available to stream via the @edfringe on-demand programme this year. 
To discover more about Kristina Hanses and her work, check out her website. You can also find her on social media, and online music sites.
Malcolm Sutherland  
Creator of 'In Absentia'
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Born in Scotland, Malcolm completed his professional training at Central School of Ballet in London. After a year as an apprentice with Ballet Basel, Malcolm was hired as a member of Staatstheater Nürnberg Ballett, where he performed in works from choreographers such as Jiri Kylian, Nacho Duato, Ohad Naharin, Mats Ek, Johan Inger, and Crystal Pite, among others.
 
Malcolm has choreographed numerous works for stage, including three full-length productions for the Tafelhalle, Nürnberg. Further choreographic works include Greed, Dance Company of Theater St Gallen, Lost for Words, Resolution festival, Shelf Life, Interdans festival and Aftermath, Accademia Nazionale Di Danza. 
 
He has created work as a member of the Cohan Collective and on Magnetic North’s rough mix programme as well as completing his MA Choreography with distinction. Malcolm has also been a choreographic assistant/rehearsal director on projects in Berlin, Malaga, and Luxembourg. His freelance performance experience includes working with Klever Dance Company, Dance Theatre Luxembourg, Elisabeth Schilling, Focus Dance, Company Shang-Chi Sun, Kollektiv 52°07, Shaper/Caper, Rob Heaslip, Gwynne Bilski, Roisin O’Brien, Choreolab Ulm, and Dumfries & Galloway Dance.

Malcolm’s work 'In Absentia' is part of InsightsDigital at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 and will be available to stream via the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's on-demand programme this year. 
To discover more about Malcolm Sutherland and his work, find him on social media.
Mimi Harmer 
Creator of 'VV (Viva)' 

Mimi Harmer is a cellist, composer, and multimedia artist. Drawing inspiration from the minimalism of Arvo Part, Mimi uses the cello to create hypnotic patterns which take listeners on a sonic journey. Exploring texture reminiscent of Iannis Xenakis, she works with the cello beyond its boundaries moving into undefined sounds which creates a compelling juxtaposition. Mimi also creates a dynamic interplay between organic and electronic elements in her music, reflecting the work of Kaija Saariaho among others. 
 
Mimi’s unique sound and collaborative approach led to the formation of an interdisciplinary project with DJ Julianna Cuervo and VJ Juu Mujica for Argentina’s Otoño Polifonico festival in March 2023, generously supported by the British Council. Mimi was also recently commissioned by the Kathak dancer Mansi Dabral to create a bespoke score for 'Kanyaa - The Daughter', under the mentorship of Balbir Singh. 
 
Fascinated with the intersection between music and technology, Mimi was recently awarded funding from Arts Council England to create her debut VR piece - ‘na sera - which is currently in development. 
 
Alongside creating, Mimi is a Director for the Independent Society of Musicians, Director of the F-List for Music, Vice President of the European Performing Arts Students’ Association, a teacher at Leeds Junior Conservatoire, and a Fellow at the European Music Council.

Mimi's distinct sound and approach to co-creation across intersections is a testament to her artistic vision and the boundless possibilities of sound exploration across disciplines. 

Mimi’s work 'VV (Viva)', is premiering as part of InsightsDigital at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 and will be available to stream via the @edfringe on-demand programme this year. 
To discover more about Mimi Harmer and her work, check out her website and find her on social media.
Clodagh Delahunty-Forrest 
​Creator of 'Raising my body'
 
Clodagh Delahunty-Forrest is a 21-year-old solo performance artist, specialising in Feminist body performance art. Graduating this summer with a first-class degree, Clodagh is a new media student studying Fine Art and Creative Writing at Lancaster University. Clodagh’s practice utilises performance as a means of social commentary.
 
Her latest piece ‘Raising my Body’ investigates the painful cycles of womanhood. Performed live at the Lancaster Institute of Contemporary Art’s 2023 Degree show, the performance is a ritualistic response to the artist’s personal relationship with her body. Using Snapchat AI filters, Clodagh is able
to communicate with her younger and older self. Continuing the legacy of 20 th century body performers such as Carolee Schneemann, ‘Raising my body’ focuses on the female body, its pain and what connects the different versions of womanhood together. Using projection to merge the physical and digital body together, the performer tests her form and memory, syncing her body to visuals and sound.

Conversational and poetic, Clodagh’s performances are created using original scripts that explore art writing techniques and spoken word poetry. Clodagh’s work has been exhibited at the Jewellers in Morecambe, the Gregson Centre in Lancaster and at the Second Annual Dada Ball in Ambleside. Clodagh is excited to strengthen her portfolio during her imminent gap year before beginning a masters next year. She is currently working on a performance series involving alter egos based on female characters in classical myths. Clodagh seeks to rewrite these characters through a modern and Feminist lens. 

Clodagh’s work 'Raising my body’ is part of InsightsDigital at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023, and will be available to stream via the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's on-demand programme this year. 

To discover more about Clodagh Delahunty-Forrest and her work, check out her website or find her on social media.
Anna Hulth
​Creator of 'In Layers of Grief'

Anna Hulth is a Swedish creative artist whose work is based on analog photography, where she patiently tries to approach a narrative of emotions. By transferring her photographs to a tactile material, she can allow herself to get even closer to an eerier state of mind. Anna uses layers, adds, and erases them, physical layers of charcoal, fragile flowers, and hair. The layers create a distance, a space that thus opens up a narrow path into the unknown.
 
Anna’s curiosity to explore new ways of telling has led her into using different materials. She works with textiles, ceramics, and film, all to get close to a narrative that is lurking within her. Closer to the unknown.
 
This curiosity has given her a broad education in several instances, where she has studied a number of different artistic expressions, such as photography, text, film, cultural project management and most recently, an MFA in textile art at HDK-Valand in Gothenburg, Sweden. 
 
Anna’s work 'In Layers of Grief’, is part of InsightsDigital at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 and will be available to stream via the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's on-demand programme this year. 

To discover more about Anna Hulth and her work, check out her website or find her on social media.
Angeliki Nikolopoulou 
​Creator of 'Tomorrow I will get up again'

Angeliki Nikolopoulou (b.1999) is a contemporary dance artist from Greece, currently based in Copenhagen. Angeliki studied at AKTINA Dance School, in Athens, Greece, and then at Copenhagen Contemporary Dance School in Denmark. Parallel to her dance education, Angeliki also completed her BA in Communication, Media & Culture (Cultural Management) at Panteion University. 
 
As a freelance dancer, Angeliki has collaborated with artists from Greece and also artists from around the world, taking part in dance performances and short films. Since 2020, Angeliki has been teaching dance and attending numerous workshops alongside great artists across Europe, and researching and experiencing movement in different techniques and approaches. 
 
She also has a true love for music, video editing and nature. But, Angeliki always finds herself the most while falling into movement. 

Angeliki’s work 'Tomorrow I will get up again’ is part of InsightsDigital at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 and will be available to stream via the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's on-demand programme this year. 
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​"Dancing for me is a way to make ideas visible; to feel, to connect, to create and share. It is my way to be present in a very fluid, constantly changing world". Angeliki Nikolopoulou 

To discover more about Angeliki Nikolopoulou and her work, find her on social media.
Tomo Sone
​Creator of 'Cassandra's field of flowers'

Tomo Sone is an independent choreographer and performer whose work pursues human relationships, presence, and inner struggles. Interdisciplinary activities often inspire her work, and she is currently working on bringing digital technology to the technology of the body to be beyond the boundary between performer and audience. Tomo will be presenting a research paper on this topic at the Ars Electronica Festival in Linz, Austria, in September 2023.

Tomo is pursuing an MFA program in dance at the University of the Arts in Philadelphia, USA. Her interest in the research is examining the meaning of adding digital technology to the technology of the body and how AR can reach more audiences for dance through case studies. Moreover and most importantly, it examines how AR can be helpful to make live performances go  beyond boundaries between performer and audience. 
Her works are presented by Suzanne Dellal Center (Israel), Gdansk Dance Festival (Poland), Kyoto Art Center (Japan), and the National Arts Festival by the Ministry of Culture in Japan (Japan), among others, and she was a finalist in the international solo contest at the 5th Festival Internacional de Danza Contemporánea de la Ciudad de México in 2020 (Mexico).
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Tomo’s work 'Cassandra's field of flowers’ is part of InsightsDigital at the Edinburgh Festival Fringe 2023 and will be available to stream via the Edinburgh Festival Fringe's on-demand programme this year. ​
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To discover more about Tomo Sone and her work, check out her website or find her on social media.