In 2024, on the occasion of the 40th anniversary of the Bremen Women Artists’ Association, Petra Fiebig visited GEDOK fellow artists at their workplaces. Guided by the central question, “How to survive as a female artist?”, she interviewed them about life decisions, economic conditions, and the challenges of artistic work. In Fiebig’s installation – presented at the GAK and composed of digitally recorded routes, photographs, drawings, and notes from conversations at the GAK – only a fraction of these interviews was incorporated. To share the knowledge contained within them and to draw attention to often overlooked realities, a publication is now being released that makes structural challenges visible and provides autobiographical insights into the artists’ lives, working methods, and strategies.
Published on the occasion of the project „Gehen, Sammeln, Aufzeichnen“ by Petra Fiebig, which was on view at GAK Gesellschaft für Aktuelle Kunst from September 21 until November 3, 2024 on the occasion of the anniversary 40 years of Künstlerinnenverband Bremen, GEDOK.
How to survive as a female artist. Petra Fiebig im Gespräch mit
Elfin Açar & Edeltraut Rath, Monika B. Beyer, Sophia Bizer, Marion Bösen, Susanne Bollenhagen, Kirsten Brünjes & Manuela Weichenrieder, Claudia Christoffel & Pia van Nuland, D.O.C.H. Julia Dambuk, Karin Demuth & Carolin Klapp, Hanna Döring & Annemarie Strümpfler, Evita Emersleben & Svenja Wetzenstein, Marikke Heinz-Hoek, Emese Kazár, Sirma Kekeç, Sabine Schellhorn, Gertrud Schleising, Marina Schulze & Sabine Wewer
Paperback with flaps, 11,7 x 16,5 cm
304 pages, 25 color images
Design: Franzi Bauer
Ed. by Annette Hans / GAK Bremen 2026
EURO 15,- / 12,-*
incl. 7% VAT,
* for members of GAK and GEDOK Bremen