25 Karat – Goldrausch 2015 October 10–25, 2015 Studio 1 in the

25 Karat – Goldrausch 2015
October 10–25, 2015
Studio 1 in the Kunstquartier Bethanien
Mariannenplatz 2, 10997 Berlin
Nike Arnold: Tres Tajadas, Caracas, 2015; Eva Salvador: Ohne Titel (aus der Serie „Köpfe 1“, 2011); Anne
Kollwitz: Regallager, 2015; Christin Kaiser: Denkmalschutz, 2015; Dagmar Weiss: my distrust in the present tense
VIII, 2007-2015
For 25 years, the Goldrausch Project for Women Artists has worked to redress the
gender imbalance in the art world. Every year it offers 15 jury-selected female artists in
Berlin the chance to strengthen their knowledge, broaden their networks, and develop
their professionalism through a postgraduate course – and thereby supports its
participants in embarking on successful careers.
A quarter century after the Goldrausch Project for Women Artists was founded, Berlin
has become the object of many artists’ desires – and home to about 10,000 artists,
according to the Berufsverband Bildender Künstler Berlin (Berlin Association of Visual
Artists). The city boasts two art schools and numerous galleries and project spaces. For
artists, attracting attention to their work in this internationally oriented arena represents
both an opportunity and a challenge. And throughout the process, a pattern persists:
Even though the majority of art students are women, female artists still garner less
attention than their male counterparts. In particular, solo exhibitions in the larger art
institutions or galleries are rarely devoted to the work of contemporary women artists.
The Goldrausch Project for Women Artists aims to provide its participants with tools to
become more visible on their own terms, without forcing this professionalization to be
constricting or conforming. The long-term objective is not assimilation or adaptation to
milieus traditionally closed to women, but rather an articulation of individual parameters
and active participation in a nuanced art public.
The anniversary exhibition “25 Karat – Goldrausch 2015” will show work by this year's
scholarship recipients. The show includes multidisciplinary conceptual pieces as well as
photography, sculpture, drawing, film and video, installation, monotype, and painting. In
addition, a large sculptural archival installation by Folke Köbberling will present
comprehensive material on former participants.
Artists Nike Arnold, Detel Aurand, Raluca C.E. Blidar, Juliane Henrich, Christin Kaiser,
Ezgi Kılınçaslan, Anne Kollwitz, Birgit Krause, Linda Kuhn, Eva Maria Salvador, Jana
Schulz, Cosima Tribukeit, Sarra Turan, Vidal & Groth, Dagmar Weiß
Archival sculpture Folke Köbberling
Curated by Birgit Effinger und Hannah Kruse
Exhibition dates October 10–25, 2015
Opening hours daily, 12–6 pm
Free entry
Opening October 9, 2015, 7 pm (Speakers include Helga Hentschel, director of the
Women’s Division in the Senate Department of Work, Women, and Integration in the
State of Berlin)
Press preview October 8, 2015, 11 am
Program
Entry to all events is free
Tuesday, October 13, 2015, 5 pm
Künstlerinnen heute (Women Artists Today)
Panel discussion (in German) with:
Dilek Kolat, senator for work, women, and integration in the State of Berlin
Kathrin Röggla, author, vice president of the Academy of Arts Berlin
Sofia Hultén, artist, Goldrausch participant 2002/2003
Chaired by: Claudia Wahjudi, cultural journalist, arts editor for Zitty magazine
Monday, October 19, 2015, 7:30 pm
25 Karat Extended, Goldrausch 2015 in Film
Film program with work by Nike Arnold, Detel Aurand, Raluca C.E. Blidar, Juliane
Henrich, Ezgi Kılınçaslan, Dagmar Weiß
Kino Moviemento (Kottbusser Damm 22, 10967 Berlin)
Thursday, October 22, 2015, 6 pm
KEEP IN TOUCH AND CARRY ON
A conversation on the necessity of creating structures that allow us to contently work,
live, and meet friends within a capitalist reality.
With Yvon Chabrowski and others
Please register your participation at: [email protected]
Sunday, October 25, 2015, 5 pm
Finissage and Reading
Lecture-performances by Hanne Lippard, Jana Schulz, Dagmar Weiß, Christine
Woditschka
Sound performance “world wide weird” by Linde Franke & Tzeshi Lei
Phone Me, Don’t Write & Other Tales of Sex and Love in the Digital Age with #Sergina
Wednesdays and Sundays (October 11, 14, 18, 21, 25, 2015), at 4 pm
Dialogic tours
Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 5 pm
Dialogic tour for art enthusiasts with limited eyesight
Organized by Goldrausch Project for Women Artists
On behalf of and with generous support from the Berlin Senate Department of Work,
Integration, and Women and the European Social Fund (ESF)
Media partner: taz – die tageszeitung
Further information and events
www.goldrausch-kuenstlerinnen.de
Press contact Denhart v. Harling
[email protected], +49 179 4963497