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In May 2026, I will teach the class, Photography in a Changing Climate, at the Penumbra Foundation. You can read more about it and sign up here.

On January 21, 2026, I will present my book, “The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall” alongside Sophie Fenwick (”New York Waterfront Diary”) at the Ritual Photo Salon in NYC. Holger Thoss will moderate the conversation.

I am thrilled to have been awarded a 2026 NYSCA Support for Artists grant for my new project, “The Sinking City,” addressing climate change impacts on Lower Manhattan. NYFA is my fiscal sponsor.

The English edition of my book of “The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall” was launched at Deutsches Haust at NYU on October 9, 2025 as part of the conversation, "Artistic Reflections on 35 Years of German Reunification." The conversation among the art historian Sarah Alberti and the artists Barbara Bloom, Krzysztof Wodiczko, Gesche Würfel, and graphic designer Kay Bachmann was moderated by Jörg Schumacher, Director of Goethe Institute New York. The event will be presented by Deutsches Haus at NYU and 1014 – Space for Ideas. 
 
“The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall”/”Die Ab- und Anwesenheit der Berliner Mauer” was published by DISTANZ in a German and an English edition in July 2025. You can purchase a copy of the book from my website, one of the bookstores listed here or from the DISTANZ website.

The Tagesspiegel published a page-long article about “The Absence and Presence of the Berlin Wall” and the book launch at Künstlerhaus Bethanien.

Radio Blau interviewed me prior to our presentation at the MdbK (Museum of Fine Arts) Leipzig on August 6, 2025.

The live podcast, “Warum ist das Leben so lang? #64 - Die Ab- und Anwesenheit der Berliner Mauer mit Gesche Würfel” that was recorded by Paule Hammer and Florian Hesselbarth at the Museum der bildenden Künste, Leipzig in August 2025 is now available.