Lila-Zoé Krauß (*1994, Alice Springs, AUS) is a multimedia artist, performer and musician, also known as L Twills. Under the name Opera of Imagination, Krauß develops a collaborative practice that combines queer-feminist speculation, video, textiles, collage, computer art, performance, acting, choreography and music into hybrid storytelling. With regard to current issues of subjectivity and society, her multimedia productions examine the relationship between perception, body, media and technology.
Krauß studied Fine Arts at HFBK Hamburg and CalArts Los Angeles and Sound Studies and Sonic Arts at UDK Berlin. She is currently based between Vienna and Hamburg.
Krauß has performed at numerous venues, including Kampnagel Hamburg, NAVEL LA, Popkultur Festival Berlin, Forum Stadtpark Graz, Documenta15, Secession Vienna, Detect Classic Festival and Volkstheater Wien. Her debut album [Freedom/Fiction] was released in 2020. She developed music for theater productions at Düsseldorfer Schauspielhaus, Schauspiel Hannover, Volkstheater Vienna, Schauspielhaus Vienna and Schauspielhaus Graz.
From 2021-2023 Krauß conceived and produced the multimedia opera project [After her Destruction], which manifested as performances, videos, music and installations; in February 2024, the music of the opera was released as a double album. From May to July 2024, the project was shown at Kunsthaus Hamburg and represented the artist’s first institutional solo exhibition.