Guest Room:
Annekathrin Kohout

Guest Room aims to spark collaboration. Annekathrin Kohout, writer and cultural scientist, has decided to team up with writer, curator of contemporary art and founding director of the Philara Collection, Katharina Klang. Together, they have developed the following framework for your submissions: “No.”

​No. Noooooooooooo. No longer. No more.

What does (an expressed) no look like?

Selection

    • Nika Sandler, The World of Hedonia_01, Moscow, RUS | DER GREIF
      Nika Sandler, The World of Hedonia_01, Moscow, RUS
    • EJ Hassan, EJHassan_5, Home, AUS, 2022 | DER GREIF
      EJ Hassan, EJHassan_5, Home, AUS, 2022
    • Mai Vendelbo, bw_imcoming_maiviedemonat, Silkeborg, DNK | DER GREIF
      Mai Vendelbo, bw_imcoming_maiviedemonat, Silkeborg, DNK
    • Barbi Arcuschin, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, RUS, 2016 | DER GREIF
      Barbi Arcuschin, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation, RUS, 2016
    • Yuhan Cheng, Goodbye Isaiah, New York, USA, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Yuhan Cheng, Goodbye Isaiah, New York, USA, 2022
    • Miloushka Bokma, The Power of Paralysis 1 (50x70), | DER GREIF
      Miloushka Bokma, The Power of Paralysis 1 (50x70),
    • Jordi Jon, Franco's head, Barcelona, ESP, 2016 | DER GREIF
      Jordi Jon, Franco's head, Barcelona, ESP, 2016
    • Sarah Malakoff, Fog, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Sarah Malakoff, Fog, Brookline, Massachusetts, USA, 2022
    • Md. Zobayer Hossain Joati, Untitled, Dhaka, BGD, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Md. Zobayer Hossain Joati, Untitled, Dhaka, BGD, 2018
    • Kate Sterlin, A woman and child sit in front of the window with their hands on the glass., Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Kate Sterlin, A woman and child sit in front of the window with their hands on the glass., Los Angeles, CA, USA, 2020
    • Dante Busquets, Santa Rosalía, Santa Rosalía, BCS, MEX | DER GREIF
      Dante Busquets, Santa Rosalía, Santa Rosalía, BCS, MEX
    • Julie Fowells, momma's sheets, Vancouver, WA, USA | DER GREIF
      Julie Fowells, momma's sheets, Vancouver, WA, USA
    • Mohamed Hassan, MOMO5556, Wales, GBR, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Mohamed Hassan, MOMO5556, Wales, GBR, 2022
    • Steve Braun, Reiter’s erwachen, Nuremberg, DEU, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Steve Braun, Reiter’s erwachen, Nuremberg, DEU, 2018
    • Francesco Merlini , DD37_014, Midland, Michigan, USA, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Francesco Merlini , DD37_014, Midland, Michigan, USA, 2019
    • Ian Wainaina, alone together, New York, USA, 2019 | DER GREIF
      Ian Wainaina, alone together, New York, USA, 2019
    • Harrison Clarke, In Bed, Ontario, CAN | DER GREIF
      Harrison Clarke, In Bed, Ontario, CAN
    • Shubhra Dixit, Untitled, Delhi, IND | DER GREIF
      Shubhra Dixit, Untitled, Delhi, IND
    • Elena Suvereva, Untitled, Porto, PRT, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Elena Suvereva, Untitled, Porto, PRT, 2022
    • Joshua Poehlein, Poehlein_DerGrief_NO!_02, Renton, WA, USA, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Joshua Poehlein, Poehlein_DerGrief_NO!_02, Renton, WA, USA, 2022
    • Luca De Vincentis, 01, Rome, ITA | DER GREIF
      Luca De Vincentis, 01, Rome, ITA
    • Sebastian Riemer, Sebastian_Riemer_ _, Düsseldorf, DEU | DER GREIF
      Sebastian Riemer, Sebastian_Riemer_ _, Düsseldorf, DEU
    • Nicole Benewaah, Feeling No Pain, Bremen, DEU, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Nicole Benewaah, Feeling No Pain, Bremen, DEU, 2020
    • John MacLean, NO 71%_Are the Dangers Posed by AI Risks Worth Taking?, London, GBR, 2022 | DER GREIF
      John MacLean, NO 71%_Are the Dangers Posed by AI Risks Worth Taking?, London, GBR, 2022
    • Berit Schneidereit, Draperie VIII, X, PRT, 2018 | DER GREIF
      Berit Schneidereit, Draperie VIII, X, PRT, 2018
    • Philipp Baumgarten, no_1, Pölzig, DEU | DER GREIF
      Philipp Baumgarten, no_1, Pölzig, DEU
    • Vera Nowottny, notlonger, outdoor, DEU, 2020 | DER GREIF
      Vera Nowottny, notlonger, outdoor, DEU, 2020
    • Egor Borie, DSC04198, Tbilisi, GEO, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Egor Borie, DSC04198, Tbilisi, GEO, 2022
    • Margaret Liang, Untitled (Self Defense Manual II), London, GBR, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Margaret Liang, Untitled (Self Defense Manual II), London, GBR, 2022
    • Brage Sørlie Kaale, Jens on concrete, Oslo, NOR, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Brage Sørlie Kaale, Jens on concrete, Oslo, NOR, 2021
    • Chiara Benzi, Trademark, Bologna, ITA, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Chiara Benzi, Trademark, Bologna, ITA, 2022
    • Baptiste Penetticobra, thecruzz_1, Ixtapaluca, MEX, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Baptiste Penetticobra, thecruzz_1, Ixtapaluca, MEX, 2021
    • Baptiste Penetticobra, thecruzz_2, Ixtapaluca, MEX, 2021 | DER GREIF
      Baptiste Penetticobra, thecruzz_2, Ixtapaluca, MEX, 2021
    • Sibylle Feucht, Ase Balear 2022, Esporles / Mallorca, ESP, 2022 | DER GREIF
      Sibylle Feucht, Ase Balear 2022, Esporles / Mallorca, ESP, 2022
    • Yichen Zhou, Humiliated and Insulted, New York, USA | DER GREIF
      Yichen Zhou, Humiliated and Insulted, New York, USA
Annekathrin Kohout | DER GREIF
Annekathrin Kohout

Annekathrin Kohout (*1989) is a freelance writer and cultural scientist. From 2016 to 2022 she was a research assistant at the Department of German Studies at the University of Siegen, where she completed her PhD on the nerd as a social figure in May 2021. She is co-editor of the book series „Digitale Bildkulturen“ at the publishing house Klaus Wagenbach as well as the journal „POP. Culture and Criticism.“ Since 2022 she has been a member of the editorial board of the international „Global Pop Journal“. Her most recent book „Nerds. A Pop Culture History“ was published by C.H.Beck in January 2022.

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Katharina Klang

Katharina Klang (*1985) is a writer and freelance curator of contemporary art and founding director of the Philara Collection, which she managed from 2016 – 2022. She studied art history and philosophy in Düsseldorf and Prague. Her interests focus on memory culture, archives, politics of public space, human-animal relations, and the ethics of collecting. Her curatorial practice is grounded in a queerfeminist, non-discriminatory, collective, caring, and anti-classist stance.