Katharina Haverich works at the intersection of media and theatre under the influence of dreams.
As a conceptual performance and media artist, she stages dream-based sequences in digital and physical spheres. In real and unreal ways, Katharina co-founded the Virtual Club of Dangerous Women, unreal.theater and Radikale Töchter. Among othes, she worked with Zentrum für Politische Schönheit, Emilio García Wehbi & Maricel Álvarez, Christopher Hotti Böhm, Letzte Generation and internil.
Her shows were presented at House of Electronic Arts (Basel, Switzerland), Chicago Virtual Art Museum, fleetinsel Rundgang (Hamburg) and in Berlin at Keller Mareschstr 15, Flutgraben, Vollgutlager and Spreehalle (Berlin Art Week Connect). Further notable collaborations include presentations at Teatro El Milagro (Mexico-City), Theaterdiscounter Berlin, Hebbel-am-Ufer Berlin, Centro Cultural Ricardo Rojas (Buenos Aires) and Akademie der Künste Berlin.
Since the winter semester of 2022/23, she has been a part-time lecturer for "Artistic Practice in the Metaverse*" at Berlin University of the Arts. In 2024, she founded the Berlin School of VR (Virtual Reality).
Katharina trained with The Wooster Group, Tania Bruguera and Nevin Aladağ. She holds a B.A. in Theatre and Professional Practice from Coventry University (England) and an M.A. in Theatre Studies from Freie Universität in Berlin.
*The term metaverse was coined by Neal Stephenson in his sci-fi novel "Snow Crash" (1992)