Birgit Ramsauer
spinet pieces	The "spinet" instrument itself, 2003 Entering the unknown (with Gloria Coates), 2004
statement	Dialogue and exchange have always been very important for my installations, photography, performances, videos and poems. As I myself went through different professions I am deeply convinced that the different kinds of knowledge and experiences in the arts and science should be in an ongoing dialogue. In 1997, during the ART : HOME – LESS project, I started to work with collaborators. Since the beginning of 2003 I have asked different international artists to take part in the project „spinet“ and become collaborators. The idea is an experiment on the Gesamtkunstwerk, to find a team of collaborators who will work together in a free exchange. And to grow into new dimensions within your own art by crossing borders and widening horizons within this concept in all different aspects of form, structure, age, concept, media, types of arts and nationalities.
link	www.birgitramsauer.net
country	Germany
bio	1982-1989 studies at the Universities of Erlangen-Nuremberg and Bamberg for teaching and Magister Artium in German Literature, Art History. 1990.1995 studies at the Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg. 1997-2000 project ART : HOME – LESS in NYC, Moscow, Marseille, Berlin (scholarship of DAAD, Kolodzei Foundation USA, Triangle France, Museum der Verbotenen Kunst, Kunstfabrik). Assistant professor, Academy of Fine Arts, Nuremberg. 2001 artist in residency, Atlanta. 2002 artist in residency at Worpswede, “JWD”, Worpswede Künstlerhäuser, Gallery of the City of Bremen, Kunsthalle Bremen, scholarship of the Adenauer-Foundation, Berlin. 2003 Guest Professor, The Cooper Union, NYC; 2004 Guest professor at School of Art, Atlanta