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.
(DE)
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.
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.
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
6. Sommerakademie | Kulturhaus Häselburg
It was a pleasure lecturing and ninja-training the participants of this intensive course as part of 6. Sommerakademie this year.
many Thanks for having me Kulturhaus Häselburg Gera (more info here).
virtual tour | locus anamnesis
Some thoughts and words on my work and practice, as part of this virtual tour of LOCUS ANAMNESIS.
the virtual exhibition is online for five more days, until 28.2.22.
visit locus anamnesis.
STATE[S] OF PANIC | galerie eigenheim | weimar
the vernissage on the 21 nov and the interactive game on the 23 nov were brilliant: thank you very much to all that came.
please note the artist talk and finissage will both be taking place now on thursday, 26 november, [starting at 7 pm] and you are warmly invited to join both then.
below are some photos from the STATE[S] OF PANIC installation, which will remain up through 26 november.
see more about DIE OHNMACHT, galerie eigenheim, or other work of mine with these links.
exhibition details STATE[S] OF PANIC | galerie eigenheim, weimar
it is my pleasure to invite you to view my newest work, STATE[S] OF PANIC, on display as part of galerie eigenheim‘s themed series of exhibitions, DIE OHNMACHT, taking place at their weimar location.
STATE[S] OF PANIC will be on display 21 – 26 nov, and details about the vernissage, interactive game, artist talk and other parts of the event are listed below for your reference [with the entire DIE OHNMACHT event running from 15 nov – 18 dec].
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[STATE[S] OF PANIC | kathryn gohmert | 21 – 26 nov]
vernissage: sat, 21 nov, 7 pm
“game”: mon, 23 nov, 7 pm
artist talk: wed, 25 nov, 7 pm
finissage: thurs, 26 nov, 7 pm
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other talented artists showing their work as part of DIE OHNMACHT include: yang ming, til ansgar baumhauer, david ashley kerr, and sandra monterroso.
more details about the artists, their work, the concept and DIE OHNMACHT’s itinerary can be found on the galerie eigenheim website, the facebook page or in the information listed below.
DIE OHNMACHT [THE UNCONSCIOUSNESS]:
the impenetrable complexity of current global events often eludes an objective assessment. the attempt to gain a rational, factual insight into the interrelationships of world politics often leaves us in a state of exhaustion, confronting us with more and more questions the closer we examine them until we are often left with a complete loss of an overview as a result.
global events and global conflicts are carried out locally with their origins also often based in local events. on this basis, we seek to firstly explore the understanding of global contexts from a local perspective. we have invited five politically focused artists from different parts of the world to open conversation with us by using their work as a starting point. each artist has a local, source-based concentration in their work from which global contexts will be developed and examined. in five consecutive, individual presentations, we will get closer to each respective culture’s formative background and current conflicts with the help of each subject’s work as well as using excerpts from the respective body of work as a whole. conversations and public talks with the artists are the second step toward deepening and discovering the origins of local conflicts on global contexts.
addressing these approaches, kathryn gohmert (* 1983 / texas / usa) opens dialogue about both the perspectives and origins of american people regarding their relationship toward violence and weapons and the resulting position of the USA in world events with the mixed media installation, STATE[S] of PANIC, specifically created for this concept. david ashley kerr (* 1986 / victoria / aus) examines the effects of colonialism on modern australia using photography and video works. yang ming (* 1962 / fujian / chn) gives us insight into the current situation in china through a developed conversation. sandra monterroso (* 1974 / gtm) let us participate in her research about the influences of colonialism in the progressive decline of indigenous, south american cultures and till ansgar baumhauer (* 1972 / de) explains excerpts from historical contexts in the conflict between the west and the middle east in his work COLLATERAL DAMAGE (30+).
skill exchange | agora collective, images
the idea behind the skill exchange workshop, led this weekend by the individual artists collectively making up AFFECT’s current artists-in-residence group, was that each artist had a very specific technique / methodology which had been purposefully developed in their life, becoming fine-honed to the point of near superpower level.
with the ultimate design of passing on unusual skills to strangers and thereby empowering them, each artist devised the details of the specific workshop they felt most masterful and capable in leading.
topics included how to successfully avoid conversation on airplanes, traveling backwards at top speed, composing haikus, nordic rope-tying techniques [survival], how to successfully avoid paying rent, the art of climbing trees like a ninja assassin, and the ancient dutch technique of expertly cloning plants.
my tree-climbing workshop.
my tree-climbing workshop.
my tree-climbing workshop.
plant-cloning workshop by rune bosse.
haiku-writing workshop by jose cori.
how to avoid conversations on airplanes by alice bucknall.
skill exchange workshop | agora collective | sat, 26 july [today]
it’s today! hope to see you, 6 – 9 pm, at agora for the AFFECT module ii SKILL EXCHANGE workshop. join us this gorgeous saturday afternoon to learn how to rescue people from drowning, climb trees, avoid paying rent, clone your plants and more…
see our listing on artberlin.de here for more information.
skill exchange | agora collective [sat, 26 july]
the second edition of AFFECT: agora’s program for collaborative artistic practices is pleased to invite you to partake in the first collective event developed by the current artists in residence: alice bucknell [us], aviv benn [il], daniel almgrenrecén [se], josé cori [de], jol thomson [us], kathryn gohmert [us], rune bosse [dk].
right at the beginning of the “contextualizing” phase of the program, facilitated by diego agulló, the recently arrived participants have been learning from one another specialized skills, abilities and super powers — such as the world famous texan tree-climbing technique, how not to pay your rent, northern rope survival – just to name a few…
on the occasion of “AFFECT PRESENTS,” an event format developed by agora to celebrate the presence of their new residents, the artists decided to extend the dynamics of this introductory phase of the program and share it with an open audience in a series of short workshops accompanied by virgin smoothies.
join us in a day of mutual exploration and skill exchange.
when: saturday, 26th july
time: 6 – 9 pm
where: agora collective
mittelweg 50, berlin-neukölln
[AFFECT is conceptualized by agora collective e.v. and module ii is moderated by fotini lazaridou hatzigoga, facilitated by diego agulló, sarah lewis, yves scherer, john holten, judith lavagna and coordinated by paz ponce.]
www.agoracollective.org/affect
feel free to join & share the event on facebook here.
HUSTLE | art on the bund
i’m really happy that my work will be involved in this weekend’s upcoming art of the bund walk, saturday, 4 may.
the HUSTLE exhibition at studio rouge on the bund will be one of the sites visited on this route [if you are interested in participating, rsvp to artonthebund@126.com].
for more information on studio rouge on the bund, visit their gallery website here.
artists: make it happen in shanghai | epws discussion panel
i’m very happy to be included on the epws discussion panel this month for ARTISTS: HOW TO MAKE IT HAPPEN IN SHANGHAI, along with fellow creatives susanne junker, rachel marsden, and lisa juen.
rsvp to info@epws.org if you would like to join the evening on 22 may.
