Prof. Kathrin Böhm

Mein Beruf nennt sich Künstlerin, meinen Arbeitsraum sehe ich in der Gesellschaft. Meine interdisziplinäre und kollaborative Form des Arbeitens findet zumeist in kunstfremden Kontexten statt - sei es ein Unternehmen, eine städtische Nachbarschaft, eine Dorfgemeinschaft oder ein Fachbereich Wirtschaft.

Ich habe ursprünglich Abstrakte Malerei und Kunsterziehung an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nürnberg studiert, und später meinen Master of Arts am Goldsmiths College London erhalten.

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I keep calling myself an artist and I prefer to work within everyday situations. My practice is trans-disciplinary and collaborative, and mainly takes place in non-art situations – be it an enterprise, a suburban neighbourhood, a rural community or a department for business management.

I initially studied Abstract Painting and Art Pedagogy at the Academy of Fine Art Nuremberg, and later received an MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College London.

2020    UNO INO Berater*innen Genossenschaft mit Schwerpunkt Nachhaltige Unternehmenstransformation

//  Cooperative Business Consultation UNO INO focusing on Sustainable Business Transformation

            Link: https://unoino.de

2018    Centre for Plausible Economies c/o Company Drinks, zusammen mit
// together with Kuba Szreder

            Link: companydrinks.info/whats-on/economy/

2016    Keep it Complex – Make it Clear (bis 2021)

            Link: makeitclear.eu

2014    Company Drinks, Kunst in Form einer Getränkefirma
// Art in the shape of a drinks enterprise

            Link: companydrinks.info

2004    Kunst- und Architektur Kollektiv Public Works
// Art and Architecture Collective Public Works

            Link: publicworksgroup.net/about/

2003    Künstlerinnen Initiative Myvillages
// Artist Collective Myvillages
Link: myvillages.org

Meine Lehrtätigkeit im Angestelltenverhältnis umfaßt mehrjähriges Unterrichten an der Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, eine Postdoctoral Research Fellowship an der University of Wolverhampton, und regelmäßige Lehraufträge an Hochschulen europaweit, u.a. am Royal College London, University of Gothenburg und Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart.

Die Rural School of Economics von Myvillages, ein europaweites Lern-Netzwerk zwischen ländlichen Interessengruppen und kulturellen Partnern, ist seit 2020 im Entstehen, und schließt direkt an die von mir mitorganisierte Eco Nomadic School an.

Als Mitgründerin des Centre for Plausible Economies organisiere ich regelmäßig inter-disziplinären Wissenaustausch an der Schnittstelle zwischen Forschung und Aktivismus.

Ich habe ursprünglich Abstrakte Malerei und Kunsterziehung an der Akademie der Bildenden Künste in Nürnberg studiert, und später meinen Master of Arts am Goldsmiths College London erhalten.

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My teaching experience within institutional settings includes teaching at the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London, a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the University of Wolverhampton, and regular teaching assignments at universities in Europe, including the Royal College London, University of Gothenburg and Academy of Fine Art Stuttgart.

The Rural School of Economics is an ongoing inter-generational and trans-local network for mutual knowledge exchange which I have set up together with Myvillages, and which developed out of the Eco Nomadic School.

As a co-founder of the Centre for Plausible Economies I regularly organise inter-disciplinary knowledge exchange at the intersection between research and activism.

I initially studied Abstract Painting and Art Pedagogy at the Academy of Fine Art Nuremberg, and later received an MA in Fine Art from Goldsmiths College London.

Herausgeberin und Autorin (Auswahl) //
Edited and co-edited Publications  (selection)
 

Wilson, M., ONeill, P. (2022) Art on the Scale of Life. Co-produced with The Showroom London. Sternberg Press: Berlin/London

Böhm, K., Szreder, K. (2020) Icebergian Economies of Contemporray Art. Pyrammmida: London

Böhm, K., Feenstra, W. (editors) (2019) The Rural. Documents of Contemporary Art. Whitechapel Gallery and MIT Press: London und Cambridge (US)

Böhm, K., James, T., Petresu, D. (2017). Learn To Act. Introducing the Eco Nomadic School. Peprav: Paris.

Böhm, K., Feenstra, W., Schiffers, A. (2016). International Village Show. Alle Dörfer an einem Ort. Zusammen mit der Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst Leipzig. Jovis Verlag: Berlin

Böhm, K. (2016) Trade as Public Real, Economy as Public Space. Trade Test Site: Copenhagen

Böhm, K., Pope, M. (2015). Company: Movements, Deals and Drinks. Jap Sam Books: Prinsenbeek

Böhm, K. (2009) Who is Building What? CADRE Research Centre, University of Wolverhampton: Wolverhampton

Essays/Interviews/Podcasts (selection)

Wilson, M. (editor) (2021) On the question of Exhibition. Exhibition as Pile. PARSE Journal: Gothenburg

https://parsejournal.com/journal/#on-the-question-of-exhibition-part-1

Altay, C. (2021) Arteconomies. Ahali Podcast Serie 13: Istanbul

podcasts.apple.com/id/podcast/episode-13-kathrin-böhm/id1516621041

Beale,R., Fenneck, A. (editors) (2019) True Currency. About Feminist Economics. Podcast Series by The Alternative School of Economics: London

https://gasworks.org.uk/events/episode-5-we-are-the-true-currency/

deWachter, E.M. (2018). Culture is a Verb. Mansions of the Future: Lincoln

Für weitere Publikationen und Veröffentlichungsbeiträge siehe auch// To find more publications visit

http://www.andmillionsandmillions.net/current/publications

2021

COMPOST, The Showroom London

Link: www.theshowroom.org/exhibitions/kathrin-bohm-compost-for-future-use

Projektwebseite: www.compost.kathrinbohm.info

2020

Rural School of Econonomics, gemeinsam mit // together with Wapke Feenstra at Myvillages 

Projektwebseite: www.ruralschoolofeconomics.info

2019

Setting the Table: Village Politics, zusammen mit//together with Myvillages, Whitechapel Gallery, London

Poster Take Over, PUBLICS, Helsinki
When Decisions become Art, kunstbunker – Forum für Zeitgenössische Kunst Nürnberg

2018   

Culture is a Verb, Mansions of the Future, Lincoln

Redrawing the Economy, together with the Community Economy Research Network

2017   
From Here Since, CCA, Glasgow

Company: Movements, Deals and Drinks, Museum of London

2016   
International Village Show, gemeinsam mit//together with  Myvillages, Museum of Contemporary Art (GfZK), Leipzig

Brand News, Market Town, Radar Art Programme, Loughborough University

2015   
Forms of Finding, gemeinsam mit//together with  Myvillages, A-Z Collection Marzona, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin

Lammas Land Community Haystacks, Lee Valley Park, East London

2014   

Money Distribution Machine and other Useful Contraptions, Peckham Platform, London

2013   
Trade Show, co-curated with Gavin Wade, Eastside Projects, Birmingham

Good News From Nowhere, zusammen mit Myvillages, The Architecture Foundation, London     

I am a Shop, Communal Knowledge Programme, The Showroom, London

Für weitere Projekte und eine vollständigere Liste bitte hier clicken // To find a more comprehensive project list please click here

http://www.andmillionsandmillions.net/info/

2022

After Growth: A Symposium on Post-Capitalist Imaginaries, Nottingham Contemporary

Antrittsvorlesung Alanus Hochschule

2021
Art as Artistic Enterprise, MA in Social Entrepreneurship, Goldsmiths College London
Heimat, Talk Series, University Kassel 
Redrawing the Economy, as part of Reframing Community-based Economies', SIRIUS, Ireland
Krater Summer School, Center of Creativity / Museum of Architecture and Design, Ljubljana 
 

2020

Liviana, International Community Economies Conference, Community Economies Institute
C4R, Keynote on Artist Residencies, organised by aaa, online
Politics of Food, Book launch and Talk, Delfina Foundation, London

2019 
Culture is a Verb, Lincoln Annual Keynotes on Culture, Mansions of the Future, Lincoln
Community Production and Collective Products, talk at Steamhouse, Birmingham
Re-drawing Art World Economies, with Kuba Szreder, Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
The Rural, conference, Whitechapel Gallery, London (co-organiser)

2018 
Unlearning Economy, Elephants in the Room, Casco Art Institute: Working for the Commons, Utrecht
Economies as a Means, Valand Academy, Gothenburgh
Trade as Public Realm, Camberwell College, UCL, London 
 

2017
Working Across Divides, Frieze Projects Symposium, Goethe Institut London 
London Salon on Edgelands, City Now City Future Programme, Museum of London
Learn To Act International Workshop, Sheffield University (co-organiser)
Civic University, organised by public works, Tate Exchange, Tate Modern

2016 
Company Drinks, talk and workshop, Trade Test Site, Arhus
Trade as Public Space, talk and workshop, mima, Middlesbrough
Myvillages and Company Drinks, Culture Now Series, ICA, London

2015 

Serpentine Transformation Marathon, Serpentine Galleries, London
Art and Economy Seminar, Radar, Loughborough University
Re-imagining Rurality Conference (keynote), University of Westminster, London
Glocal Design, conference, University of Bolzano (It)

2014 
Art and Mental Health, House of Lords, London
Rural Luxury and Natural Fermentation, CLIC workshop, Höfen and Frensdorf, Southern Germany
Collective Product Development, workshop, Trade Show, Eastside Projects, Birmingham

2013 
Talking Shop, presentation and discussion, The Showroom, London 
Cut and Paste, Read+Talk+Make Workshops organised Andrea Francke, Lambeth, London 
Kathrin Böhm reads Colin Ward, Reading Anarchism Programme, New Art Space Amsterdam, Amsterdam 
 

2012 

The Art of Making Things Public and Getting Things Done, talk, Glyndŵr University, Wrexham 
Miljonprogrammet – the city of the future, talk, School of Architecture & the Built Environment, Stockholm 

Community Economies Institute, worldwide

Link: www.communityeconomies.org/about/community-economies-institute

Asociacion de Arte Util

Link: https://www.arte-util.org

Advisory Panel, Economy the Blockbuster, Manchester Museum

East London Traders Guild, UK

Landworkers Alliance, UK

Ich verstehe Wirtschaften als einen gemeinsamen kulturellen Raum, in dem wir alle aktive Gestalter:innen sind, und Werte und Beziehungen verhandeln und festlegen.

Meine künstlerische Arbeit in und mit Unternehmen prägt meinen Werdegang seit 1999 maßgeblich. Sie reicht von Wandgestaltungen zu Strategiepapieren, von der Gründung einer Getränkefirma zur Mitarbeit in internationalen Forschungsprojekten, vom Kuratieren themenspezifischer Ausstellungen zu fachspezifischen Veröffentlichungen.

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I understand and define economy as a shared public and cultural realm, which is actively shaped by all of us by negotiating and organising values and relationships.

My work at the intersection to enterprise, political economy and everyday economies has been constant and evolving throughout my practice. Examples range from office decoration to strategy development, from setting up enterprises to teaching diverse economies, from curating economy focused exhibitions to publications of the subject.