Elena Lach (they/she) lives in Vienna and works as a performer, personal assistant and director’s assistant. They research the queer use of public spaces under the name of SPACE HOLDER, helping neurodivergent people to access queer parties, so far at flucc and 4lthangrund. As part of the Careful Collisions Collective, Elena Lach designs queer movement spaces for contact improvisation. They love questions and non-verbal communication and practice social idiosyncrasy as a survival strategy and a way to conduct relationships. In the autumn of 2025, Elena Lach, together with Ema Benčíková, hosted a workshop entitled Spacing in: Relaxed Performance Lab for autistic and neuroqueer persons as part of accessible brut.