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.

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.


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.


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