sikau/pubalova

Artistic research duo

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Profile photo of sikau/pubalova - Photo Credits: Vojtech Veskrna, Kunsthalle Praha

sikau/pubalova have worked in a duo since 2020, exploring the intersection of multisensory arts and experimental opera. Currently, they exhibit international solo shows with vibroacoustics, haptic exploration and smell at Kunsthalle Praha, Science Gallery Bangalore and LABoral Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial. Focusing on the intersectional spectres between sciences and arts, they have been commissioned by S+T+ARTS ReSilence, Ars Electronica, LABoral, IMPAKT, transmediale, Schemerlicht, Ensemble Modern and Ligeti Center.

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Portrait of Denisa Pubalova - Part of sikau/pubalova artist duo in residence, 2026 Photo by Vojtech Veskrna, Kunsthalle Praha

Denisa Pubalova (she/her) is a media artist, a researcher on environmental philosophy, critical posthumanism, and technological infrastructures, and a creative coder fascinated by interspecies communication and post-anthropocentric narratives.

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Portrait of Lea Luka Sikau - Part of sikau/pubalova artist duo in residence, 2026 Photo credits: Vojtech Veskrna, Kunsthalle Praha

Artist, sound scholar and mezzo-soprano Dr. Lea Luka Sikau (she/her) received a PhD on posthumanism, new opera and rehearsal ethnography from the University of Cambridge. She focuses on post-Anthropocentrism, having worked with artists such as Romeo Castellucci, Marina Abramović, and Rimini Protokoll. Currently, she is the curator for sound art and music at the ZKM I Center for Art and Media.

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