Katja Assmann

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Katja Aßmann (born May 28, 1971 in Warstein ) is a German cultural manager and curator . She studied architecture at Bochum University and art history at Ruhr University Bochum . Since 2016 she has been Artistic Director of the ZKR - Center for Art and Public Space in Berlin.

Professional background

In 1999 Katja Aßmann took over the art and culture division of the International Building Exhibition Emscher Park . Before that, she worked as a freelancer for public relations as well as for the art, culture and architecture department of IBA Emscher Park during her studies.

After several years as a freelance curator and cultural manager, Assmann took over the project management in the field of art, culture and events at the Regionale 2006 in 2004 . Subsequently, she led projects of the state initiative StadtBauKultur NRW , within which she a. a. established the “Baukultur Salon” series of events.

In 2007 she was appointed project and program manager by the European Capital of Culture RUHR.2010 , where she developed and implemented projects in the fields of architecture, urban planning and the fine arts.

From 2012 to 2017 Katja Aßmann was the Artistic Director of Urbane Künste Ruhr , a new program pillar of Kultur Ruhr GmbH , which was launched as part of the sustainability of the cultural capital Ruhr.2010. Aßmann developed the artistic conception of Urbane Künste Ruhr and curated his own and co-productions together with regional and international artists and collectives.

In 2017 Aßmann was a freelance curator at the IGA International Garden Exhibition Berlin 2017 . At the same time she took over the management of the newly opened art institution ZKR - Center for Art and Public Space Schloss Biesdorf , also in Berlin-Marzahn. In February 2018, the CCNR separated from Biesdorf Castle and has since been working as a mobile nomadic institution a. a. in Spreepark Berlin or as a cooperation partner of the Floating University in the Tempelhof rainwater retention basin.

Projects

As a curator and cultural manager, Katja Aßmann u. a. curated or jointly responsible for the following projects:

  • Exhibition The Wall by Christo and Jeanne-Claude , Gasometer Oberhausen
  • The art exhibition sets standards in the Ludwig Galerie Schloss Oberhausen
  • Exhibition Sun, Moon and Stars in the Zollverein coking plant in Essen
  • Vitra exhibition "The World of Charles and Ray Eames "
  • Exhibitions “Stadtlicht-Lichtkunst”, “The Image of Modern People” and “Chronicle Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum”, Lehmbruck Museum Duisburg
  • Establishment of the Center for International Light Art Unna
  • Exhibition ENTRY2006 in cooperation with MoMA , Cooper Hewitt Museum , Vitra Design Museum in the coal washing plant, Zeche Zollverein Essen
  • Light art festival “Urban Lights Ruhr” in Unna, Bergkamen, Hamm, Hagen and Marl
  • Public art project and traveling exhibition “Actopolis - the art of acting” with the Goethe-Institut
  • Public Art Triennial Emscherkunst 2010, 2013, 2016
  • Theater festival "This is not Detroit" on the occasion of the closure of the Opel plant in Bochum
  • Theater project in public space "Truck Tracks Ruhr" with Rimini Protokoll
  • Project with refugee academics "Silent University Ruhr" with Mülheim roundhouse
  • Artistic educational project “Urban School Ruhr” with raumlaborberlin
  • Public art exhibition "Views of a Landscape" on the occasion of the IGA International Garden Exhibition Berlin 2017
  • Exhibitions “Mission Landscape”, “Between Spaces”, “Shifting View” with contemporary works and art in the GDR, in the ZKR - Center for Art and Public Space Schloss Biesdorf , in Berlin Marzahn-Hellersdorf

Publications (selection)

  • Experiment with a future. European Capital of Culture Ruhr.2010. In: Söke Dinkla / Peter Greulich / Karl Janssen (eds.): Tiger & Turtle - Magic Mountain. A landmark in Duisburg by Heike Mutter and Ulrich Genth. Ostfildern 2012, pp. 23-28, ISBN 978-3-7757-2822-5 .
  • Lending a face to change. City of Opportunities (together with Karl-Heinz Petzinka). In: RUHR.2010 GmbH (Ed.): RUHR.2010. The impossible capital of culture. Chronicle of a metropolis in the making. Essen 2011, pp. 28-39, ISBN 978-3-8375-0363-0 .
  • Parking motorway A42. Adventure road in the Emscher Landscape Park (published together with Jörg Dettmar). 2011.
  • The "primeval sequoia" and "learning to see". Baukultur dialogue and urban experiments (together with Ulrike Rose). In: Polis. Magazine for Urban Development 01/2011, 70-73, ISSN  0938-3689 .
  • Art and urbanity (together with Karl-Heinz Petzinka). In: MAP Markus Ambach Projects / StadtBauKultur NRW (Ed.): B1 | A40. The beauty of the great road. Berlin 2010, pp. 152–157, ISBN 978-3-86859-077-7 .
  • European Capital of Culture Ruhr.2010. A metropolis reinvents itself (together with Karl-Heinz Petzinka). In: Florian Matzner / Karl-Heinz Petzinka / Jochen Stemplewski (eds.): Emscherkunst. 2010. An island for art. Ostfildern 2010, pp. 23-36, ISBN 978-3-7757-2663-4 .
  • Walking on water. Art on the Seseke and its tributaries (published together with Billie Erlenkamp and Oliver Scheytt). 2010, ISBN 978-3-9814036-2-6 .
  • Culture of the park (together with Marion Taube). In: Projekt Ruhr GmbH (ed.): Masterplan Emscher Landscape Park 2010. Essen 2005, pp. 180–205, ISBN 3-89861-476-X .
  • In streams; in currents; in rivers. An exhibition about the rain, the river and the time (edited together with Henry Beierlorzer). 2006.
  • Culture of the park (together with Marion Taube). In: Projekt Ruhr GmbH (ed.): Masterplan Emscher Landscape Park 2010. Essen 2005, pp. 180–205, ISBN 3-89861-476-X .
  • Urbane Künste Ruhr 2012, 2013, 2014. Edited together with Lukas Crepaz and Florian Heilmeyer, Distance Verlag, ISBN 978-3-95476-070-1 .
  • Urbane Künste Ruhr - An experiment between art and planning. In: Emscherkunst (eds. Matzner, Crepaz, Geiß-Netthövel, Paetzel), Kerber Verlag. ISBN 978-3-7356-0240-4 .
  • Actopolis. Published together with Angelika Fitz, Martin Fritz under Goethe-Institut and Urbane Künste Ruhr, Jovis Verlag, ISBN 978-3-86859-472-0 .
  • Explorations in Urban Practice. Edited together with Markus Bader, Fiona Shipwright, Rosario Talevi, dpr-Verlag Barcelona, ISBN 978-84-947523-2-2 .
  • Urbane Künste Ruhr 2012–2017, published together with Lukas Crepaz and Florian Heilmeyer, Kerber Verlag, ISBN 978-3-7356-0365-4 .

swell

  1. ↑ http://www.baufachinformation.de/zeitschriftenartikel.jsp?z=2000129017639
  2. ↑ Katja Aßmann leaves the Urban Künste Ruhr. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  3. ↑ http://www.kulturwest.de/architektur/detailseite/artikel/stadt-kunst-fluss/
  4. ↑ The picture dispute about Biesdorf Castle. Retrieved February 14, 2019 .
  5. ↑ Performance tours through the Spreepark. In: tip berlin. August 27, 2018, accessed on February 14, 2019 (German).

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SURNAME Assmann, Katja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German curator, cultural manager and architect
DATE OF BIRTH May 28, 1971
PLACE OF BIRTH Warstein