c u r r i c u l u m Karin Christof [email protected] v i t a e www.karinchristof.com Karin Christof lives and works as a curator, researcher, lecturer and cultural producer in Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Having studied architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, as well as fine Arts at the University of Applied Arts Vienna, Karin has been developing, coordinating and directing architectural and art projects, as well as being involved in educational programming: In 2004 she founded an international project space for art in Amsterdam, Agentur in Transit, as a platform to discuss and show positions within contemporary art. From 2010 until 2014 she directed Architecture Centre aMb in Houten, focusing on planning issues for cultural planning and (landscape) architecture in the Netherlands. From October 2014 onwards her research will be directed towards the Citizen Professional, carried out with the Open University Milton Keynes and the University of Amsterdam. Education 01 FINE ARTS: Royal College of Art London. Gerrit Rietveld Academie Amsterdam. University of Applied Arts Vienna 00 ARCHITECTURE: MSc. Vienna Univ. of Technology. Strathclyde University Glasgow. University of Applied Arts Vienna 93 LINGUISTICS | ROMANCE STUDIES: BA. University of Vienna. University of Graz. University Paris VIII 91 FURNITURE AND INTERIOR DESIGN: Diploma Kolleg Mödling - A 87 GRAMMAR SCHOOL: Bruck/Mur – A Stipendia | Prizes 2014 THE CITIZEN PROFESSIONAL: Part-time Scholarship Research Open University Milton Keynes, Social Sciences 2012 WATERBERGEN: Design by Research coop. Dingeman Deijs and Jeroen Atteveld, Unsolicited Architecture, NaI, Mondriaan Fund and Ministry of Infrastructure and Economy, NL 2002 DUTCHADROOM: Emanuel and Sofie Fohnstipendium, videointerviews IJburg, Amsterdam 2000 WINDOW+SPATIAL ENLARGEMENT: Approach to an Integral Solution: Research, Federal Ministry Vienna 1999 CHAISE DE FENÊTRE: Foldable balcony, 1st prize Josef Frank Stipendium 1998 Projects (Selection) MYTH COLLABORATION, Moderator debate In Search of Europe?, Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien Berlin, 2014 REACTIVATE!, Moderator New Role of the Architects, Pakhuis de Zwijger, Amsterdam, 2014 CRAFTSMANSHIP AND NEW ENTREPRENEURSHIP IN LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, Lecture series, Architecture Centre Makeblijde | aMb coop. NVTL, 2013-2014 HOUDEN VAN HOUTEN; MODEL CITY HOUTEN FUTUREPROOF, Symposium on future developments for New Town Houten, coop. municipality Houten, 2014 INNOVATIVE LANDSCAPE, Lecture series, Architecture Centre Makeblijde | aMb coop. NVTL (Netherlands Association for Landscape Architecture), 2012-2013 HANDS-ON URBAN PLACE MAKING, Debate on Urban Place Making and issues of ownership, Architecture Centre Makeblijde | aMb coop. Alterra Wageningen UR & Gemeenten voor duurzame ontwikkeling (GDO), 2013 ABOUT THE BORDER: THE ROLE AND SIGNIFICANCE OF BOUNDARIES IN CONTEMPORARY LANDSCAPE ARCHITECTURE, Lecture series, Architecture Centre Makeblijde | aMb coop. NVTL , 2011-2012 DUET FOR CANNIBALS: FORMS OF CULTURAL APPROPRIATION, Screening and discussion program on colonialism as forms of cultural appropriation, Agentur coop. Inti Guerrero, Royal Tropical Institute Amsterdam, 2009-2010 MYA, Development exhibition format for artworks and residencies within foundation NAC. Coop. Teresa Iannotta, Rotterdam, 2009 C-U-THERE, Debate on the perceptions on feasible public space in New Towns. With a.o. Ivan Nio (sociologist), Frans Driessen (social researcher), Gijs Oenen (philosopher), Marjan van Gerwen (cultural strategist), Marit Geluk (programme manager International New Town Institute). Podium voor Architectuur, Haarlemmermeer, 2008 ART AS MOTOR, TRANSFORMATORHUIZEN. Debate on City Renewal & Gentrification Amsterdam. 66 East, Centre for Urban Culture, Amsterdam, 2006 THE FOOT IN THE DOOR: MANIFESTOS OF LIVING, Curator exhibition with discursive program on concepts of living, coop. Jan Tabor and Peter Bogner, Künstlerhaus Wien, 2000 c u r r i c u l u m Karin Christof [email protected] v i t a e www.karinchristof.com Installations (Selection) CUTTING.EDGE.WINDOW: Sound installation. exhibition Assembly Stepney City, London. Royal College of Art London and Goldsmiths College, 2000 CHAISE DE FENETRE: foldable window seat. Installation private flat, 3rd floor window to the street, 1070 Wien, 2000 OPERATIONSCHNITTSTELLEFENSTER. Text /Video Installation Schikanederbar Wien. University of Applied Arts /L. Ponger, 1999 BUFFALO: Functional Light object. Commission: Private. 1040 Wien, Buffalo – USA, 1998 TRAFO: Functional Light object. Commission: Firma Trafomodern, A, 1998 FRAMEX: Installation courtyard. Exhibition Das erste Haus – Marianne Maderna. Architekturzentrum Wien, 1996 Research (Selection) THE CITIZEN PROFESSIONAL: The Role and Impact of this New Urban Figure for Projects in the public realm. Research. Open University Milton Keynes and University of Amsterdam, 2014 AQUAPUNCTURE: Multifunctional (Rain)Water Storages for Re-Use in Public Space. Interdisciplinary design research project. Coop. Dingeman Deijs en Jeroen Atteveld. Commission: Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment, Zuidas and VUmc, Amsterdam, 2014 REGARDING ARCHITECTURE2 REGARDS: Social Impact on New Planning Methodologies. Research. Vienna University of Technology and Gerrit Rietveld Academy, IJburg, Amsterdam 2002 WINDOW & SPATIAL ENLARGEMENT: Approach to an Integral Solution. Research. Commission: Federal Ministry Vienna, 2000 Teaching (Selection) A PERFECT WORLD: Designing a City for All. Academy of Architecture Amsterdam. Coop. Architecture Centre Makeblijde | aMb and Reinder Bakkers, Amsterdam, 2013-2014 O6: Academic papers and research. Academy of Architecture, Amsterdam School of the Arts, Amsterdam, since 2004 THE HUMAN BEING AND THE PUBLIC REALM, Participatory Design of public Space. Visiting critic, Academy of Architecture Amsterdam, since 2010 Publications (Selection) A PERFECT WORLD: DESIGNING A CITY FOR ALL. K. Christof, H. Ligteringen (eds), Architecture Centre Makeblijde | aMb, Amsterdam, 2014 BOTTOM-UP TOP-DOWN: THE NEIGHBOURHOOD AS TOOL FOR URBAN DESIGN, K. Christof, in: OnAIR, Amsterdam School of the Arts, 12, 2012 WORKING WITH ARCHITECTONIC DNA, K. Christof (ed.), Podium for Architecture and JapSam Books, Heijningen, 2010 ARTWORKS FOR PUBLIC SPACE, K. Christof (ed.), Podium for Architecture, Haarlemmermeer, 2009 VERMITTLUNG BITTE! NEDERLANDSE EN OOSTENRIJKSE ARCHITECTUURCENTRA IN GESPREK (Mediation please! Dutch and Austrian Architecture Centres in conversation), K. Christof (ed., et al), Podium for Architecture, Haarlemmermeer, 2008 DER WOLLENE ZUGEDECKTE UND DER SCHAUER. BEMERKUNGEN UND AUSFÜHRUNGEN ZUR SCHNITTSTELLE FENSTER (The Woolen Disclosed and the One Looking: Remarks and Comments on the Interface Window). K. Christof, Triton Publisher, Vienna (MA Thesis, architecture), 2002 Miscellaneous FOUNDATION MOBIATION: An experiment in minimum space/impact and maximum living. Board member, Amsterdam, 2013 – FACULTY COUNCIL, Chairman and representative docents. Academy of Architecture Amsterdam, 2012 – 2014 ARCHITECTURE CENTRE MAKEBLIJDE | AMB, Coordinator / Urban Curator, Houten, 2010 – 2014 ARTI & AMICITITAE, Programm commission, selection exhibition proposals, Amsterdam, 2008 – 2010 PODIUM FOR ARCHITECTURE, Project Manager and Sparring Partner, 2007 – 2010 AGENTUR IN TRANSIT, Director / Curator, Amsterdam, 2004 – 2010