Hello! I'm a Berlin-based artist, writer, and coder.
You can connect with me via linkedin.com/in/kuksenok; or xnzero.substack.com;
or using the contact form below.
Kit Ksen* is an artist, writer, and coder. Since first learning to code in 2002, they have worked as a systems integrator, web developer, software engineer, data analyst, and lecturer in computer science. Their art/writing is informed by this proximity to technology and its variegated uses, exploring through images and performance how body data collection (voluntary and otherwise) influences the collective understanding and imagination of unseen body structures and processes. Recently, Kit has chaired the "Body Imaginations" track at the Politics of the Machines (2024) conference; and published the artist book "How Do We Know What We Know About Hormones?" (2023) with HumDrum Press based on their 2022 artist/research residency within the school of commons (ZHdK), and initially inspired by their experiences of technological/medical mediation of transsexuality. They hold a MSci (2014) and PhD (2016) in Computer Science and Engineering from the University of Washington (Seattle); they have also learned a great deal from the creative writing communities at Hugo House (Seattle) and the Reader (Berlin), as well as from practicing and teaching yoga. Born in Ukraine, and having lived both in the US and in Germany, Kit speaks English, Ukrainian, Russian, and some German.
*child of O.Ksenchenko and O.Kuksenok
Adoption, adaptation, and refusal of software at work has been an interest since my PhD research at the University of Washington (Seattle). Over the past decade, I have expanded my knowledge of organizational change and software adaptation through experience as a software engineer and data analyst; and through further study at the Hertie School (Berlin) as part of my in-progress MPA. Some of my work contributed to publications (Google Scholar, ORCiD).
Last updated: Oct 2025