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title: "The Needles • Artists"
description: "The Needles (Nina Sandino, Daniela Hernandez Flores, Andrea Vezga Acevedo and Ragnheiður Erla Björnsdóttir) is a Vienna-based performance collective aiming to create experiences using decolonial methods, artivism, practices of care, and sensory exploration."
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---

# The Needles

Last edited on 22.7.2026

![](https://brut-wien.at/assets/artists/the-needles/Nina-Sandino.jpg)

Nina Sandino

© Saleh Rozati

## artist.bio

The Needles (Nina Sandino, Daniela Hernandez Flores, Andrea Vezga Acevedo and Ragnheiður Erla Björnsdóttir) is a Vienna-based performance collective aiming to create experiences using decolonial methods, artivism, practices of care, and sensory exploration.

## Works at brut

- [Huggy Bears Days. Elsewhere (2023)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2023/11/Huggy-Bears-Days-2-The-Needles)
- [Handle with care featuring HUGGY BEARS Teil 1 (imagetanz 2023)](https://archiv2.brut-wien.at/de/Programm/Kalender/Programm-2023/03/Handle-with-care-featuring-HUGGY-BEARS-Teil-1)

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