Ishvara Devati

About

Ishvara Devati (she/her) is a trans-artist based in Jakarta, Indonesia. She focuses on interdisciplinary exploration in performing arts. Her practice tends to explore ideas about transwoman identity, transhumanism and the interplay between technology and body transformation.

Her works have performed in Indonesia and internationally, including dance film ‘less than an ounce’ at Indonesia Bertutur 2024, and performance work ‘Deliberated Weirdness’ at Festival Avant-Garten in Hamburg, Theater der Welt in Germany and Theater Spektakel in Switzerland. Her piece “The Synthetics of Hybrid Beings” was also presented as work-in-progress at Indonesian Dance Festival 2024.

Ishvara is actively engaged in residencies such as Invisible Dance-The Body in Friction in Ahmedabad, India; Farm-Lab Exhibition in Tokyo, Japan; ARTEFACT#11 – Dance Nucleus, Singapore. She also collaborates internationally with various artists, such as in the project “Bodies of Care” with artists from Germany.

Experimental Choreographic Residency 2025