LAYTON LACHMAN (b. 1988) is a choreographer and performer based in Berlin for the past seven years. Layton creates performances rooted in somatics, channeling experiential physical practices into immersive, sensory complex worlds. Their practice is a contemplation on the interplay between individuality and the materiality of our interconnectedness. It offers an invitation into the ways in which our supposed individualized human livelihoods are already—and have been in the evolutionary epochs of the past—intertwined and symbiotic. Utilizing a diverse range of artistic mediums and contexts, Layton’s art works include film, digital sculpture, text, audio installation, performance created for the stage, gallery, and public space. They explore the intersection of feminism, sci-fi world building, ecology, and ritual. In addition to their performative practice, Layton is an independent curator most recently working with the Goethe Institute for Lotto Royale NYC ( www.lottoroyale.xyz ). They are also a dance improvisation teacher in Berlin and a guest lecturer at several universities in the USA. Before moving to Berlin, Layton studied choreography and worked as an artist/curator/organizer in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, USA.

Contact:

laytonlachman@gmail.com