"hope vs. chaos" | theater rudolstadt


Many thanks to Theater Rudolstadt for hosting their “Hope vs. Chaos” event during the US election and inviting me to participate as one of their speakers.

It was a pleasure to be a part of this celebration, although the results of the election were not quite what we had hoped. What a highlight in what turned out to be a very difficult week for the world. Thank you MDR Thüringen for the lovely video.


MEHR MENSCH ALS MENSCH: Gonzomechanics | Kunstfest Weimar

MEHR MENSCH ALS MENSCH (MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN)
GONZOMECHANICS
VERNISSAGE: 24. August, 2024, 6 pm / 18 Uhr
Stockwerk e.V.
24 August -  6 September, 2024
(Wed. - Sat. Sa, 4 - 7 pm)

The project MEHR MENSCH ALS MENSCH (More Human Than Human) by Gonzomechanics aims to promote cultural exchange and diversity using the experiences of local communities and their stories to alter artificial intelligence (and therefore humanity). In short, using technology to become better humans.

Gonzomechanics is an international artist collective consisting of Caitlin Pickall, Chen Hangfeng, Kathryn Gohmert, Gökçen Dilek Acay and Laurent Lettrée, founded by artist Kathryn Gohmert. With a focus on interactive machines and installations, Gonzomechanics develops new forms of behavior and thought that result from viewer participation with its inventions. 

During Kunstfest Weimar 2024, Gonzomechanics presents its first public project at Stockwerk Weimar and holds a series of events involving the local community. Through workshops and interactive performances, Gonzomechanics collects stories and experiences, using them as a starting point to subsequently diversify AI. In MEHR MENSCH ALS MENSCH, Gonzomechanics seeks to improve the world by using technology to enhance more empathy for other people and more visibility for the stories of the marginalized. 

Gonzomechanics wants to destabilize the current trend of war by finding a way to create more understanding and connection between people using their art as a catalyst.

This project was generously funded by Kulturdirektion Weimar with cooperation from Lebenshilfe Weimar.

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Das Projekt MEHR MENSCH ALS MENSCH (MORE HUMAN THAN HUMAN) des Kollektiv Gonzomechanics soll kulturellen Austausch und Vielfalt fördern, in dem es die Erfahrungen lokaler Gemeinschaften und ihrer Geschichten nutzt, um künstliche Intelligenz (und damit die Menschheit) zu verändern.

In MEHR MENSCH ALS MENSCH versucht Gonzomechanics die Welt zu verbessern, indem es Technologie einsetzt, um bestimmte menschliche Qualitäten des Kollektivs zu verbessern: mehr Empathie für andere Menschen und mehr Sichtbarkeit für die Geschichten der Ausgegrenzten. Gonzomechanics will den aktuellen Trend zum Krieg destabilisieren, indem wir einen Weg finden, durch unsere Kunst mehr Verständnis und Verbindung zwischen den Menschen zu schaffen.

Gonzomechanics ist ein internationales Künstler*innenkollektiv bestehend aus Caitlin Pickall, Kathryn Gohmert, Chen Hangfeng, Gökçen Dilek Acay und Laurent Lettrée, gegründet von der Künstlerin Kathryn Gohmert. Mit dem Schwerpunkt auf interaktiven Maschinen und Installationen entwickelt Gonzomechanics neue Formen des Verhaltens und Denkens, die sich aus der Beteiligung des Betrachters an seinen Erfindungen ergeben.

Dieses Projekt wird dankenswerterweise von der Kulturdirektion Weimar gefördert.

DIE KUNST IST EINE TOCHTER DER FREIHEIT | EIGENHEIM Weimar

My painting, Angst frisst die Seele auf, is part of DIE KUNST IST EINE TOCHTER DER FREIHEIT exhibition at EIGENHEIM Weimar, opening 24 August. Visit the EIGENHEIM website for more info.

Opening 24.08. from 7 p.m., duration 24.08. – 28.09.2024, location EIGENHEIM Weimar, Asbachstraße 1, 99423 Weimar, participating artists Adam Noack, Anna Schimkat, Anna Bittersohl, Benedikt Braun, Claus Bach, Elisa Jule Braun, Enrico Freitag, Fernando Sánchez Castillo, Frederik Foert, Gökçen Dilek Acay, Kathryn Gohmert, Konstantin Bayer, Michal Schmidt, Moritz Stumm, Naomi Tereza Salmon, Philipp Kummer, Schorsch Kamerun, Sebastian Jung, Schröter and Berger, Timo Herbst and Marcus Nebe, Tommy Neuwirth

We want to take a stand because there is a lot at stake. On September 1, 2024, state elections will take place in Thuringia and Saxony, and a trend seems to be taking hold here too, which is currently occupying and dividing not only Germany and Europe, but also global politics. Populists and right-wing political currents are gaining more and more influence, and the causes and possible effects on politics, the economy and culture are being discussed at all levels.

The aim of this exhibition is to stand up for the fact that innovation, prosperity, cultural diversity and overall social responsibility can only flourish in a world characterized by internationality, equality and freedom.

Art and the City | Max Planck Institute


I'm very honored to be one of the speakers at the 6th International ART and the CITY Conference at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity (MPI-MMG) Göttingen.

It is a pleasure to be able to speak about my practice with the great minds in this lineup.

It is still possible to register as a visitor for the conference until May 31 here.

"Rising stars" | Voyage Dallas



I’m so excited Voyage Dallas featured my story and work in their latest string of interviews with creative entrepreneurs.

Grateful I even got to touch on my artist collective Gonzomechanics, and our mission as well as my own personal focus on connection and the brain in this article.

Wishing everyone a wonderful Mid-Autumn Festival.




Contemporary Art Across Political Divides: Difficult Conversations | Cambridge Scholars Publishing



It's finally out! It was an honor to contribute to Contemporary Arts Across Political Divides: Difficult Conversations.

Special thanks to editors, Tijen Tunali and Alla Myzelev and Cambridge Scholars Publishing for their support in bringing this project to life.

Seeing the paper Malak Yacout and I co-wrote, "Entre Quatro Paredes", included with the writings of these other brilliant minds is such a rush, as is using the soft power of art to open important conversations.

"Entre Quatro Paredes (Between Four Walls)" was written about the performance by the same name Atsuko Mochida, Malak Yacout, Martina Jakobi and I performed in Weimar, Germany in 2017.

You are also warmly invited to the webinar/book launch of Contemporary Arts Across Political Divides: Difficult Conversations, hosted online by Columbia University on September 24, 9 - 10 am New York time (EDT). Register for the webinar online here.

View the publication here.


She/Her | Tin District Open Studios, Dallas



The Tin District arts community of Dallas is hosting an Open Studio this Saturday, April 22, 2023, to coincide with the Dallas Art Fair.

You are also very welcome to visit the She/Her exhibition participating in the Open Studio at Ro2 Art (2606 Bataan St) which is showing works from my Isolation series along with the works of the other talented artists.

View the She/Her exhibition on Artsy here.

she/her | Ro2 Art, Dallas


The SHE/HER group show opens at ro2 art Dallas this Saturday, 18 March, with the vernissage from 7 - 10 pm (2606 Bataan St). It’s a pleasure having drawings from my isolation series included with work by these talented artists.
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Artists included: Allison Belliveau-Proulx, Gillian Bradshaw-Smith, Catherine Cornelius, Kathryn Gohmert, Candace Hicks, Bumin Kim, Hanna Kratsman-Robles, Yuni Lee, Julie Libersat, Yasuyo Maruyama, Jeanne Neal, Hayley Quentin, Cat Rigdon, Kathy Robinson-Hays, Dee Shapiro, Erica Stephens, Laura Lawson, Carroll Swenson-Roberts, Marilyn Waligore, Peggy Wauters, and Lillian Young.⁣

Image: Untitled 41 (Isolation), 2022, Kathryn gohmert / 14.8 x 21 cm / Ink, graphite and oil pastel on paper⁣
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interview "unterwegs in weimar" | mdr thüringen


So honored my FUTURA CEREBRA exhibition was a part of MDR Thüringen’s recent exploration of Weimar. It’s so nice to see my work on the walls surrounded by friends and holding a place in the cultural fabric of the place I call home. Love galerie eigenheim’s description too of their journey.
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“Zwei Tage Weimar! Ohne die kulturellen „Platzhirsche“ Goethe, Schiller und Bauhaus! Steffi Peltzer-Büssow begegnet Künstlern, die ihr Schicksal in die Hand nahmen und „einfach“ eine eigene Galerie gründeten, das „Eigenheim“. “⁣


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Performance + Artist Talk | RO2 Art, Dallas

You are warmly welcome to
my performance Brain Chorus 
and artist talk at RO2 Art Dallas
to celebrate the finissage of my
solo show FUTURA CEREBRA
this Saturday, 18 February, 2023.


Performance | Artist Talk 
18 February, 2023
1 pm (Dallas) / 20 Uhr (Berlin) 


PERFORMANCE:
"Kathryn Gohmert performs Brain Chorus live at RO2 Art in Dallas on the finissage of her solo exhibition FUTURA CEREBRA with EIGENHEIM Weimar/Berlin." 
In person and livestream.
1 pm (Dallas) / 20 Uhr (Berlin)

ARTIST TALK:
Yuni Lee and Kathryn Gohmert discuss in a joint artist talk at RO2 Art in Dallas, the paths their different work takes in exploring the brain/mind." 
In person and livestream.
2 pm (Dallas) / 21 Uhr  (Berlin)

FINISSAGE:
The FUTURA CEREBRA solo exhibition finishes at EIGENHEIM Weimar with the performance and artist talk livestreamed during the celebration.


18.02.2023 / 1 p.m. (Dallas) / 8 p.m. (Berlin)
BRAINS + MINDS:   FUTURA CEREBRA + MINDSCAPES
Kathryn Gohmert & Yuni Lee
Artist Talk & Performance @Ro2 Art Gallery & EIGENHEIM Weimar

The mind and brain come together through two international solo exhibitions: FUTURA CEREBRA (Future Brains) of Kathryn Gohmert at EIGENHEIM in Weimar, Germany and MINDSCAPES of Yuni Lee at RO2 Art in Dallas, Texas. Both series and artists intersect on Feb 18 at an event live streamed at both galleries: Kathryn Gohmert performs Brain Chorus live at RO2 Art (amid the breathtaking MINDSCAPES paintings of Yuni Lee) on the finissage of her solo exhibition in Weimar. Yuni Lee and Kathryn Gohmert then both discuss in a live streamed artist talk, the different paths their work takes in exploring the brain and mind, and the goals, challenges and processes of their separate practices.

BRAIN CHORUS:
The video performance Brain Chorus mimes and explores the human journey, from birth into making connection, migration and then, finally, death. We navigate our lives in near chaos, constructing codes to turn nonsense into sense, finding and losing connection, hoping then aging then dying (before starting over, reborn into something else). The value of life is brought into sharp focus in this piece in appreciating death in its periphery. Original electronic score by Bakläxa. Special thanks to Johannes Heller.

Ro2 Art Gallery is a contemporary fine art gallery located in Dallas' Tin District, just West of Downtown Dallas, that represents a diverse group of emerging, mid-career, and established contemporary artists. A second location, Ro2 Art Projects, in The Cedars Neighborhood of Dallas, focuses on emerging artists, curator-led exhibitions, and an artist-in-residence. The gallery, founded in 2010 by mother-and-son partners Susan Roth Romans and Jordan Roth, regularly collaborates with organizations such as The MAC and Cedars Union, and is a proud member of CADD - Contemporary Art Dealers of Dallas. Ro2 Art has twice been named Dallas Observer's “Best Art Gallery” and was presented with the 25th Annual Obelisk Award for small business by the North Texas Business Council for the Arts. The gallery’s art fair program has included the Dallas Art Fair, Texas Contemporary, and Art Aspen.

EIGENHEIM Weimar was founded as a space for contemporary art and communication in Weimar in 2006. Since 2016, with the support of the city of Weimar, EIGENHEIM Weimar has been at home in the gardener's house of the Weimarhallenpark, directly adjacent to the Bauhaus Museum. In addition to classical solo and group exhibitions, regular concerts and readings, project-related, curated thematic exhibitions are realized with the city of Weimar, the Cultural Foundation of Thuringia, the Bauhaus University Weimar, the Goethe Institute or the Kunstfest Weimar. EIGENHEIM Berlin moved into spacious premises on Linienstraße in Berlin Mitte in 2015. From 2018 to 2022, the gallery was present in Kantstraße in Charlottenburg.With the Berlin branch, the gallery expands its scope for exhibitions of its in-house artists* and the many curated thematic exhibitions with guest artists. The artists represented by EIGENHEIM Berlin work in various fields of the visual arts and convince with a varied portfolio that discusses current social issues and transports contemporary developments in the arts into the exhibition space. Bianka Voigt and Konstantin Bayer are responsible for the gallery.


RO2 Art Gallery:
2606 Bataan St., Dallas, TX, 75212  

EIGENHEIM Weimar/Berlin:
Asbachstr. 1, 99423 Weimar, Germany

livestream link:
http://ro2.us/artisttalk




"Brain Chorus" Performance | Thüringer Allgemeine


this was a nice surprise (and explains all the new faces at the performance at EIGENHEIM Weimar a few weeks ago)! Thank you Thüringer Allgemeine for the mention. ✨

FUTURA CEREBRA runs until 18 February at EIGENHEIM Weimar.


Happy Year of the Rabbit | 新年快乐!

 a year of hope! 


may we welcome
the abundance  
of this 
coming year
with an
inner peace.


Wishing you a  prosperous 
 new  lunar year.


You are also welcome to the Year of the Rabbit performance and print release (with bakläxa) on Saturday, 21 January at 7 pm as part my solo exhibition ‘FUTURA   CEREBRA’ at EIGENHEIM Weimar. ‘FUTURA CEREBRA’ runs until 18 February, 2023.

My solo exhibition ‘DER ZAHN’ also finishes this week at Galerie HELL Berlin. ‘DER ZAHN’ is up until 19 January, 2023.



futura cerebra | eigenheim weimar (solo)


my solo show ”FUTURA CEREBRA” OPENS THIS SATURDAY, JANUARY 7 AT EIGENHEIM WEIMAR with the newest work from my brain series.

vernissage: sATURDAY, january 7, 2023, 19- 22 uhr at asbachstr. 1, weimar.

“The paintings in the exhibition „Futura Cerebra“ are studies of the stimuli through which we experience the world. These stimuli (emotional, cognitive and physical) are the basis for our individual and collective perception and creation of our reality.

Kathryn Gohmert breaks down the interplay of these complex processes into their basic framework, using a representation of these processes in the form of diagrams and charts. Symbols (such as arrows, numbers or characters) develop their own code and context and refer to the interplay of cause and effect. Gohmert depicts the process of decoding these diagrams into these paintings.”

(konstantin bayer, artist/director eigenheim weimar/berlin)


more info on the eigenheim website.


Christmas Catalog | Eigenheim Weimar/Berlin



Happy Holidays! My newest brain paintings are included in eigenheim weimar / berlin’s Christmas catalog with these other talented artists. More news also coming soon for 2023 …⁣

view the catalog here or on their website.⁣ ⁣

Wishing everyone some chill and creative downtime with their chosen tribe this season. ⁣

der zahn | galerie HELL Berlin (solo)


”der zahn” solo exhibition opens next week AT GALERIE HELL BERLIN and features my newest body of objects and drawings.

vernissage: sATURDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2022, 18 - 21 uhr at Spittastr. 2. (lichtenberg) Berlin.

”Primal dreams are the entryway to this haunting, autobiographical body of work.

What we see is what is between the dream and the physical form. What we think about is the space of the black depth of coal and ink. What we hear is copper singing through charred wood.

The event of a transformation into ashes will look like a specimen. It will look like the detached and intimate home movies that keep beats on a wall.”

(alexis knowlton, artist/director galerie HELL)
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”der zahn” einzelausstellung wird nächste woche in der GALERIE HELL BERLIN eröffnet und zeigt meine neuesten objekte und zeichnungen.

vernissage: SAMSTAG, 10. DEZEMBER 2022, 18 - 21 uhr in der Spittastr. 2. (lichtenberg) Berlin.

”Ur-Träume sind der Zugang zu diesem eindringlichen, autobiografischen Werk.

Was wir sehen, ist das, was zwischen dem Traum und der physischen Form liegt. Woran wir denken, ist der Raum der schwarzen Tiefe von Kohle und Tinte. Was wir hören, ist das Singen von Kupfer durch verkohltes Holz.

Das Ereignis einer Verwandlung in Asche wird wie ein Spezimen aussehen. Es wird wie die losgelösten und intimen Heimvideos aussehen, die den Beat an der Wand halten.”

(alexis knowlton, Künstlerin/Direktorin galerie HELL)

MATERIALIZE IT | galerie eigenheim weimar


MATERIALIZE IT: material and its processing

EIGENHEIM Weimar, Asbachstraße 1, Weimar

Opening 22.10.2022, 7 pm
22.10. - 20.11.2022

Participating artists:

Gökçen Dilek Acay, Uli Aigner, Liz Bachhuber, Konstantin Bayer, Christoph Blankenburg
Benedikt Braun, Christian Claus, Frederik Foert, Enrico Freitag, Kathryn Gohmert
Kathrin Henschler, Rainer Jacob, Robert Krainhöfner, Adam Noack, Nina Röder
Stefan Schiek Michal Schmidt, Katrin Steiger, Gabriele Stötzer, José Taborda


„Materialize it“ behandelt die Vielseitigkeit der Materialien in der Kunst und die unterschiedlichen handwerklichen Verarbeitungsmöglichkeiten. Ob Stein, Ton, Holz, Metall, Glas, Plastik oder Öl auf Leinwand – das Material ist grundlegender Ausgangspunkt fast jeden künstlerischen Prozesses und jeder künstlerischen Forschung. Ein passendes Wortspiel für das Einwirken auf und Verändern von natürlichem Rohmaterial im Rahmen des künstlerischen Schöpfungsprozesses bestehend aus einem Dreiklang zwischen Material, intellektueller Leistung und handwerklicher Praxis.


more at galerie eigenheim…