ABOUT | Felixkawitzky

Hi! My name is Felix.

I am a queer artist, writer and game designer.

I write and run LARPs and tabletop roleplaying games, mostly about magic, alternate dimensions, and non-human people.

I am a PhD candidate at the University of York. My research is in the field of science fiction, fantasy and collective storytelling via roleplay gaming.

I have published a queer, anarchist, SF-themed tarot deck called the Tarot of Many Doors, available here and here

My long term goal is to help establish an anarchist community on the moon.

Please feel free to contact me with any inquiries, or get in touch via:

2018: PhD Candidate in the Department of Theatre, Film, Television and Interactive Media, University of York

2016: Master’s in Theatre Making (Performance Art), University of Cape Town

2012: BA in Fine Art, University of Cape Town

EXHIBITIONS/CONFERENCES/ACTIVITIES

2024: "Pearl", Best of British Science Fiction (ed. Donna Scott). Newcon Press

2023: "Pearl", Clarkesworld (196, January 2023)

2021: "Magic Circles: Tabletop role-playing games as queer utopian method", published in Performance Research Journal, issue Vol. 25:8 Training Utopias

2020: Exhibited online world-building game Outpost Otherwards as part of IMT Gallery's exhibition, This is a Not Me

2020: Participant in Tamasha x Hachette Introduction to Publishing course

2019 – 2021: Graduate Teaching Assistant in the Theatre and Interactive Media Departments, giving lectures and seminars on queer performance practice and interactivity.

2019: Paper presentation at Trans Studies, Trans Lives (UCL)

2019: Paper presentation at Embodying Fantastika (Lancaster University)

2019: Paper presentation at Productive Futures in Science Fiction (Birkbeck)

2018: Scholarship awarded by the Oppenheimer Memorial Trust, South Africa

2018: Publication of interdisciplinary Science Fiction project Portal: The Letters in the Ellipses Journal for Creative Research

2018: Publishing of queer, anarchist, Sci-Fi themed tarot deck, The Tarot of Many Doors, via comprehensive crowdfunding

2018: Presentation of Harry Potter and the Magical Message Boards: Continuous collective storytelling in online fan spaces at the Digital Stories Symposium, University of York

2018: Presentation of The Changeling’s Story: The Fantastic Duplicity of Queer Bodies at Current Research in Speculative Fiction, University of Liverpool

2018: Presentation of Escape Artists; the Revolutionary Potential of Science Fiction Roleplaying Games, at Imagining the History of the Future: Unsettling Scientific Stories, University of York

2018: Inclusion of work in Polymorph Other at IMT Gallery, London

2017: Inclusion of work in DEEP ANGER, TRUE LOVE, TENDER CARE, an exhibition of video and performance at The Horse Hospital in London curated by Linda Stupart

2016: Presentation of Portal: The Disappearance of Francis Lain at Open Dialogue Box, Cape Town

2016: No Show Museum: Nothing is Impossible (North American Tour)

2016: What a LARP! speaker at the Franschhoek Literary Festival

2015: Proposal, Jnr Gallery, Cape Town

2014: OPENLab artist residency, Bloemfontein

2014: Awarded Scarce Skills scholarship by National Research Foundation, South Africa

2014: South African Art Now Now, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam

2013: Critics’ Choice, AVA Gallery and Restructuring Encounters, Sanlam Permanent Collection, Cape Town

2012: A-MAZE Interact, a festival of interactive art, Johannesburg