- All
- Curating
- Installation
- Participatory
- Performance / Staging
- Photography
- Public Space
- Video
![The Mattering Instinct](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mattering-instinct-00-300x200.webp)
The Mattering Instinct
![Learning Machines](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/learning-machines-09-300x200.webp)
Learning Machines (Everything We’ll Ever Think is Potentially There from the Start)
![Something Left Undone](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/left-undone-01-300x200.webp)
Something Left Undone
![Staggering Mind](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/staggering-mind-04-300x200.webp)
staggering Mind
![Reason's Muscle](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/reasons-muscle-01-300x200.webp)
Reason’s Muscle
![Das LEBEN SPIELEN](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/das-leben-spielen-00-300x200.webp)
Das LEBEN SPIELEN. A Social Parlor Game for the Neighborhood
![Wunschbilder](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/wunschbilder-00-300x200.webp)
Wunschbilder
![extrem interessant](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/extrem-interessant-00-1-300x200.webp)
extrem interessant
![Break it Down](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/break-it-down-00-front-300x200.webp)
Break it Down
![I Think I Know What You Want to Say](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/I-Think-I-Know-05-300x200.webp)
I Think I Know What You Want To Say
![Sag mir wo die Blumen sind](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/sag-mir-wo-00-300x200.webp)
Sag mir wo die Blumen sind. A Curated Guided Tour
![I'll Fly Away](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Ill-fly-away-01-300x200.webp)
I’ll Fly Away
![Mal schauen! Laien wählen Kunstwerke aus dem Depot](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/mal-schauen-01-300x200.webp)
Mal schauen! Laien wählen Kunstwerke aus dem Depot
![Mein lieber Schwan](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/mls-07-300x200.webp)
Mein lieber Schwan! Ein Wechselspiel mit Richard Wagners ‘Lohengrin’
![I Spy (Ich sehe etwas, was du nicht siehst)](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/I-spy-00-300x200.png)
I Spy (Ich sehe etwas, was du nicht siehst)
![seit ich ihn gesehen](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/schumann-00-300x200.webp)
Seit ich ihn gesehen – Reflexionen zu Robert Schumann in der Kunst
![durch und durch](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/durch-und-durch-00-300x200.png)
durch und durch
![Irmtraud Morgner Lesen](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/morgner-02-300x200.webp)
Irmtraud Morgner Lesen. A Memorial to the Writer
![downsizing](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/downsizing-01-300x200.webp)
downsizing
![portable attic](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/portable-attic-03-1-300x200.png)
portable attic
![public attic / ausgestellter speicher](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/public-attic-01-300x200.webp)
public attic / ausgestellter speicher
![Freiraumnutzung: Recherchen vor Ort](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/freiraumnutzung-01-300x200.webp)
Freiraumnutzung: Recherchen vor Ort
![Pflege: Zwischen Zwangshandlung und kultureller Heldentat](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/pflege-00-300x200.webp)
Pflege: Zwischen Zwangshandlung und kultureller Heldentat
![Wiedergabe](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/wiedergabe-02-300x200.webp)
Wiedergabe
![Rückblick / Re-Viewing](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/rueckblick-00_-300x200.png)
Rückblick / Re-Viewing
![thereisnoplacelikehome](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/thereisnoplace-00-300x200.png)
thereisnoplacelikehome
![devotion](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/devotion-01-300x200.png)
devotion
![M.o.M.(Mammalia ohne Mütter): Ein Pflegeprogramm](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/MoM-00-300x200.webp)
M.o.M. (Mammalia ohne Mütter): Ein Pflegeprogramm
![[privat]](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/privat-00-300x200.png)
[privat]
![miss perception](https://janetgrau.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/miss-perception-04-300x200.webp)
miss perception
janet grau
As an artist, I thrive on collaboration and exploring themes that resonate with people, such as language, culture, and human connection. I rarely work alone, preferring to team up with other creatives or to create participatory projects.
Since the early 2000s, my artistic practice has focused on experimental, interdisciplinary, performance-based projects, that often involve diverse social groups and cultures. I use participatory methods to connect people outside the arts to the creative process, and have conducted a number of outreach activities to encourage active cultural expression among disadvantaged children and adults (not depicted on this website).
I have developed numerous participatory projects focusing on socially relevant issues that can be categorized as follows:
- Collections, archives and cultural identity
- Access to culture / cultural heritage
- Interpersonal communication and understanding
- Intercultural spaces and conversations across genres/fields
Recently, I have begun to create lecture-performances that explore key issues in cognitive science, such as cultural transmission (in Learning Machines) and “mattering theory” (The Mattering Instinct) by making these concepts accessible through performative and visual media.