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.

WOCHE DER DEMOKRATIE | deutsches nationaltheater, weimar

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thank you to everyone that visited and took part in WOCHE DER DEMOKRATIE at the deutsches nationaltheater in weimar over the last 10 days. it was lovely interacting with you.

also very honored that angela merkel visited the deutsches nationaltheater during the exhibition to celebrate the 100 year anniversary of the weimar republic.

photos of chancellor merkel’s visit to the exhibition.

more images of accountability machine on display during woche der demokratie can be found on instagram via: @kathryngohmert or @gonzomechanicsstudio.



WOCHE DER DEMOKRATIE | deutsches nationaltheater, weimar

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very pleased to have recent work included in the WOCHE DER DEMOKRATIE opening this friday, 1 february, at the deutsches nationaltheater in weimar.

this will also be the public debut of the gonzomechanics artist collective, as we show the interactive sculpture, compass: accountability machine together. 
the exhibition celebrates the 100 year anniversary of the meeting of the national assembly in weimar in 1919 which began the famous weimar republic.

the full line-up of lectures, performances and concerts can be found on the WOCHE DER DEMOKRATIE website, and image updates can followed on instagram.


MANIFEST OF PRACTICE | thüringer staatskanzlei, berlin

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incredibly honored to have work featured in the manifest of practice exhibition opening this week with great minds from bauhaus-universität weimar as part of bauhaus 100.

the show runs 17 jan – 1 feb at the thüringer staatskanzlei in berlin

opening hours are monday – friday, 9 – 18 uhr.

more information on the manifest of practice exhibition website and more about gonzomechanics on our website and @gonzomechanicsstudio on instagram.


DEUTSCHLAND… vernissage | galerie eigenheim, berlin

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thank you to all that joined the vernissage of the DEUTSCHLAND… exhibition at galerie eigenheim berlin.

the interactive work, citizenship: german edition, will be installed on site for the length of the show, 27 oct – 21 dec, 2018 at kantstraße 28, charlottenberg, berlin.

see the galerie eigenheim website or facebook page for more info.

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DEUTSCHLAND… | positions berlin art fair

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i’m proud to have my newest work included in this artist’s book with so many talented other artists. my interactive board game, citizenship: german edition, is installed on site and can be played  while the show runs. this game navigates players (using stamps as game tokens)  through the joys and agonies on the path to german citizenship by means of learning a complicated language, paying taxes, adapting to dramatic weather and partying in berlin.

selections of this artist’s book are on display this weekend, 9 - 12 September at booth B09 at the positions berlin art fair.

the publication DEUTSCHLAND… is on view until 4 October at galerie eigenheim weimar and can be found at their weimar location (asbachstraße 1, 99423) or their newly-opened berlin space (kantstraße 28, 10623, charlottenburg) .

details are below in german, or on the galerie eigenheim website.

DEUTSCHLAND… die 3. Edition von Eigenheim Weimar/Berlin

Eröffnung 24.08.2018 um 19 Uhr / Dauer 25.08. – 04.10.2018 / Ort Eigenheim Weimar (im Gärtnerhaus des Weimarhallenparks, Asbachstr.1, 99423 Weimar) / beteiligte Künstler Gökçen Dilek Acay / Akinbode Akinbiyi / Johannes Albers / Claus Bach / Konstantin Bayer / Marc Bijl / Anna Bittersohl / Benedikt Braun / Frederik Foert / Enrico Freitag / Kathryn Gohmert / Rayk Goetze / Marc Jung / Mischa Leinkauf / Berit Mücke / Timo Herbst und Marcus Nebe / Adam Noack / Nina Röder / Naomi Tereza Salmon / Anna Schimkat / Heike Stephan / Zentrum für Politische Schönheit / Julia Scorna / Gabriele Stötzer / Ulrike Theusner / Philip Topolovac / Christian Werner / Reinhard Zabka

Nach den beiden erfolgreichen Editionen zum Thema 10 Jahre Galerie Eigenheim (2016) und Handlungsanweisungen in der Kunst (2017) widmet sich Eigenheim Weimar/Berlin im Jahr 2018 dem Thema Deutschland…

Zusammen mit 28 nationalen und internationalen Künstlern diskutieren wir das Bild dieser Nation von heute, setzen uns mit der Geschichte auseinander und beschäftigen uns mit individuell biografischen Blickwinkeln auf dieses Land. Die Edition erscheint in einer Auflage von 12, im Format A3, in einer leinengebundenen Box und vereint Malerei, Druckgrafik, Fotografie, Installation, Sound- und Videoarbeiten. Mehr Informationen zur Ausstellung, den Arbeiten und den Künstlern finden Sie auf unserer Webseite. Wir freuen uns auf Ihren Besuch zur Eröffnung, zu den Öffnungszeiten oder jederzeit nach Vereinbarung.

calling blind series

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more images from this series can be viewed online here.

inspired by the history of wild turkey hunting, i trained myself to speak the language of these birds in the wildlife of upstate new york over the course of one month. this experience evolved into a series of sound instruments, found object sculptures, drawings and a site-specific installation.

special thanks to the national wild turkey federation, kaylee resha, jerry parham, michael schiavone, brian zielinksi, gene miller, douglas little and residency 108 for their generous support with this body of work.

residency 108 | clermont, new york

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as part of residency 108’s artist in residence program, this month i will be realizing an original series of works incorporating the 108 acres as both a starting point and installation site.

while researching and interacting with the landscape and wildlife of the property, i will be documenting my process and work online here.

this project is ongoing from 30 april – 28 may.

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3. berliner herbstsalon | maxim gorki theater, berlin

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you are  warmly  invited to the  3. berliner herbstsalon exhibition opening next saturday, 11 nov, hosted by  maxim gorki theater, berlin.


some of my  newest interactive work will be featured along with other participating artists’ + fellow mfa students from bauhaus-universität weimar.


please find information about the opening and other details below for your reference.

3. berliner herbstsalon
maxim gorki theater
11 – 26 november, 2017

opening : sat, 11 nov, 7 – 11 pm

normal hours : mon – fri, 4 – 11 pm
sat + sun, 1 – 11 pm

location :
kronprinzenpalais
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more about included artists, their work and an itinerary of scheduled events can be found on the websites below.

it would be lovely to see you at the exhibition if you are in the berlin area.

take care + see you soon.

maxim gorki theater 
3. berliner herbstsalon 


entre quatro paredes intervention | weimar

above: concept illustration by atsuko mochida.

above: concept illustration by atsuko mochida.

entre quatro paredes is a collaborative, guerilla performance in which walls transform themselves into rooms using the public spaces of weimar.

[scheduled interventions:]

fri, 14 july, 14:00 – 16:00
bauhaus-universität weimar [main building]

sat, 15 july, 17:30 – 19:30
locations announced via social media

find us on social media:
#entrequatroparedes2017


the living installation, entre quatro paredes, plays with intimacy, boundaries and borders by transporting itself through the public sphere by means of four interdisciplinary performers.

walls are no passive objects: as catalysts of change, walls actively reshape and restrict movement. acting as barriers, they can divide communities and isolate individuals, while also visibly and literally connecting strangers in intimate settings and serendipitous encounters.

simultaneously inclusive and excluding, occurring at a site and a “non-site,” entre quatro paredes transforms public spaces into immediate, private spaces within the context of four walls.

created and performed by kathryn gohmertmartina jacobiatsuko mochida and malak yacout saleh.


entre quatro paredes
 is part of summaery 2017, and is a satellite project of the exhibition, WITHINFOURWALLS.


more about martina jacobi
more about kathryn gohmert
more about atsuko mochida
more about malak yacout saleh

follow #entrequatroparedes2017

illustration by atsuko mochida

illustration by atsuko mochida


you are cordially invited to be among the first to preview the grand happening, HOTEL LEIPZIG. the event will commence, tuesday, 16 may at 12 pm directly west of the main train station at willy-brandt-platz [between kurt-schumacher-straße and gerberstraße]. a walk of art will explore the artistic interventions at various locations around the city centre, beginning with the first location at the former hotel astoria at 12 pm [noon].

participating artists:
vincent brière // rafaella constantinou // sophie foster // kathryn gohmert // ahmet kavas // rebecca a. layton // yihui liu // matthew lloyd // nasir malekijoo // atsuko mochida // denise rosero bermudez // feng runze // malak yacout saleh // sze ting wong // yi weihua


HOTEL LEIPZIG is a project of the mfa program, “public art and new artistic strategies,” under the direction of prof. danica dakić, anke hannemann, ina weise and jirka reichmann (coordination) with bauhaus-universität weimar.

more about HOTEL LEIPZIG

seeds | hotel leipzig

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this performance took place on 16 may, en route to the deutsche zentralbücherei für blinde from the leipzig hauptbahnhof.

roughly three million dandelion seeds were gathered in goethe’s park an der ilm. the seeds were relocated to a suitcase and then transported to leipzig by train. after carrying the suitcase to the entrance of the deutsche zentralbücherei für blinde [german central library for the blind], the suitcase was opened and the seeds handed out personally as ‘post’ to passing pedestrians.

as dandelion plants reportedly have medicinal properties which combat memory loss and decrease  the effects of dementia, the spreading of these seeds by way of this intimate, person-to-person method is intended to cure the repeating spells of memory loss human history continues to experience.