Ute Ritschel (Darmstadt)

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Ute Ritschel is a Curator, Cultural Anthropologist, Eat Art Performer and Artist.

Since 1995 she is the curator of the biannual exhibition Vogelfrei - Art in Privat Gardens in Darmstadt. Since 2002 curator of the International Forest Art Association in Darmstadt and organiser of twelve Forest Art Path symposiums in Germany, USA and China. Founder of the Centre for Performance Studies (ZPS) and the Centre of Art and Nature (ZKN).

Her curatorial work includes Art in Nature, Sustainable Art, Performance Art and Eat-Art-projects. Since 1999 producing ArtTables, a series of performative dinners, creating Food Performances and lectures, since 2014 creating Food Photography always using the idea of artistic fieldwork and mapping the terrain.