ARORA | XRE

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ARORA (formerly the #MakeUsVisible campaign) is a network of digital monuments for a more inclusive world. It was co-founded by Anne Wichmann, Clara Francesca, Katie Peyton Hofstadter and Nam Le.

Currently we showcase exhibitions in the US and in Europe.

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Our Story

After talking to a friend about the fact that 91% of the sculptures in NYC depict men, Anne Wichmann had the initial idea for the event #MakeUsVisible in November 2021.
She told Clara Francesca about it and they immediately decided to realize the project with XRE.
Through the artist Erin Ko they met Nam Le from Pollinate and the curator and writer Katie Peyton Hofstadter: The co-founding team started working in December 2021, and the first showcase of #MakeUsVisible kicked off on March 1, 2022 in New York City.

#MakeUsVisible – Documentary

#MakeUsVisible NYC featured on PBS

The Team

Anne Wichmann (NYC/Munich/Worms)

Co-Founder ARORA

Anne Wichmann aka She's Excited! is a media artist, musician, producer and powerhouse performer based in NYC. Her lifelong love and commitment to interdisciplinary arts and music show in her augmented solo compositions, her exploration of producing music in VR and her many collaborations with artist from different fields. As curator and program manager she wants to build bridges, open conversations and provide a platform for artists from diverse communities.

Clara Francesca - Artist 2021 by Melissa

Clara Francesca (NYC/Munich/Venice)

Co-Founder ARORA

Clara Francesca is the Philosopher of the Heart making Art. An award-winning artist, director, & speech coach, Clara's passion is unlocking the individual's authentic voice with a genuine curiosity for investigating what it truly means to co-exist in such a diverse world. Clara’s practice has always been driven by a sense of responsibility to sustainability and a deep dedication to conscionable conduct through equitable work practices, and final pieces of art. Photo: Melissa Segal

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Katie Peyton Hofstadter (NYC)

Co-Founder ARORA

Katie Peyton Hofstadter is an LA- and Brooklyn-based writer, artist and curator, and she’s excited to #MakeUsVisible. Her work been published in The Believer, BOMB, Gargoyle, Pank, the Vienna Biennale for Change, and Right Click Save, and she is a co-creator of the Climate Clock monument in New York. She designed and led the Future Art Models program for apexart, guiding young creatives to experiment with alternate professional models in the arts. She teaches at Parsons, The New School, and lives with a dog named Peanut in a room full of books.

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Pollinate Art

Website / Vectary / 8th Wall

Ashley Frith (NYC)

Audio Tour

Ashley Lauren Frith is a violist, song writer, facilitator and educator. She is currently the Director of Racial Equity and Belonging at Community MusicWorks, and core faculty of the LA Philharmonics YOLA National Institute. Focusing on care partnerships, her anti-racism work particularly addresses how racism affects our individual and collective interiority; with an emphasis on how we can enter this work through embodied trauma practice. Ashley’s work is held and supported by a contemplative end of life practice and yogic training, and is driven by deep healing and total liberation for all beings.

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Tabitha Nagy (Munich/Worms)

Co-Founder denkFEmale

Besides working as an artist, Tabitha was part of the organizing and curating team of denkFEmale in 2021. She curated the exhibition "Artist Profiling" at ARTER, an art space in Istanbul, together with Shirin Zeraaty in the same year.
Tabitha also writes journalistic articles about art and artists.

Amadea Pely (Munich/Worms)

Co-Founder denkFEmale

Jacqueline-Amadea Pely studied Technology Management at UC Berkeley/LMU Munich and is the founder of the B2B SaaS company loyee.io. In order to raise awareness for diversity and inclusion in cities, she started denkFEmale in collaboration with Alumni of the University of Film and Television Munich and the Academy of Fine Arts Munich.

Letizia Artioli (Venice)

Founder Venice Climate Change Pavillion

Letizia Artioli works at the intersection of architecture and contemporary hybrid languages, in between Venice and Den Haag, always below sea level. She is currently PhD candidate at IUAV University in Venice and M1 ArtScience at KABK in Den Haag.Her projects focus on dichotomies between immaterial matter,data spatialisation and climate change emergency, Hoping to transform contemporary emptiness in public spaces and awareness for the incoming post-disruptive climate changed digital future through beauty. Previous exhibitions include: Ars Electronica Festival 2022;Milan Design Week D.O.S. 2022, #MakesUsVisible NYC 2022, Laguna Festival 22, Ars Electronica Garden NYC 2021,MMMAD Madrid, LABA Valencia Augmented Worlds,DIVAGO Genova,CHEAP! Fest Bologna, Art for the Future Biennale, LaCapsula@BASE Milano. She is founder of the Venice Climate Change Pavilion project (EU4Ocean Award 22 Culture&Art: Work/Expression relating to the Ocean 2022, Youth4Ocean Forum).

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