Franziska Aigner works at the intersection of philosophy, performance and music. In 2020 she completed her PhD at the Centre for Research in Modern European Philosophy (CRMEP), London on the topic of Kant and Technics. Complementing her philosophical work, she has studied at P.A.R.T.S., the school of choreography and dance in Brussels directed by Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, and worked with Anne Imhof on the performances Deal, Rage, Angst and Faust (awarded the Golden Lion at the Venice Biennale 2017), as well as for William Forsythe, Mette Ingvartsen, Alexandra Bachzetsis and others. Her own works have been shown at Kunstenfestivaldesarts/Brussels, Die Liste/Basel, Theatre de la Bastille/Paris, The Place/London, brut/Vienna, HAU/Berlin etc. In 2019, the music for Faust (by Anne Imhof, Billy Bultheel, Franziska Aigner and Eliza Douglas) was released on the Berlin label PAN. Furthermore, Franziska Aigner is part of the Holly Herndon vocal ensemble, with whom she tours internationally. She performs her own solo project (cello and vocals) under the name Frankie. Her first solo EP will be released with the Icelandic label Bedroom Community in the fall of 2021. In 2021, Franziska also collaborated with Daniel Jenatsch on the soundart piece The Close World, which won the John Fries Award.