Career
At the age of 17, she left home to live in Denmark"s famous experimental community Christiania, an experience which she has said was very important in her development. Autogena is best known for the Sound Mirrors project Inspired by the derelict acousic mirrors at Denge, England, it aims to create two new sound mirrors on the coast of England with France which will enable people on either side of the English Channel to speak to each other.
She says:
“From the outset, I am often not sure whether it will be possible to realise my rather Utopian projects.
I nevertheless commit years of research and development. Risk is an important part of my work, and the long term potential of my projects is important to medical ”
In 2001, Black Shoals, in collaboration with Joshua Portway, was shown at Tate Gallery, London.
In 2004 she was recipient to a prestigious three-year National Endowment of Science, Technology and the Arts (NESTA) fellowship, aiding development of her work.
