Outcast Registration

About the Projects

OUTCAST REGISTRATION serves as an archive of all research projects by Ulrike Möntmann and documents their results.

Both THIS BABY DOLL WILL BE A JUNKIE and PARRHESIA are gender-specific arts-based research projects focusing on an issue that western European countries have consistently ignored. Although women drug addicts represent “only” 4 to 14% of Europe’s total population of drug users and are thus considered by the legal system and society as a “negligible phenomenon”, around 65% of the inmates in women’s prisons are drug addicts. How can it be that this state of affairs leads to the marginalisation of this group and what has brought them into this precarious position?

Since 1998 Ulrike Möntmann has been realising multi-year projects with partners from art, science and politics in cooperation with drug addicts in European prisons, therapy facilities and reception centres. In interdisciplinary artistic research and practice, complex issues are discussed that arise from the cooperation of all participants. The aim of the investigations is to uncover facts and to identify concrete connections from different perspectives. This is not about confirming the asymmetrical relationships with the women affected which certainly exist or about discussing the measures of the organs of executive power; the aim is to uncover the conditions in societal systems that are unthinkingly taken for granted and accepted.

OUTCAST REGISTRATION is a form of intervention that requires reflection and commentary to reveal the conditions that are structurally entrenched in social processes and make them perceptible as public affairs.

The following are the two main projects devised and conducted by Ulrike Möntmann, in cooperation with incarcerated, drug-addicted women throughout Europe since 1998.

THIS BABY DOLL WILL BE A JUNKIE (TBDWBAJ)
(2004-2009) consists of eighteen biographies of female drug addicts from five western European countries and it forms the basis of OUTCAST REGISTRATION.
more about TBDWBAJ

PARRHESIA: THE RISKY ACTIVITY OF SPEAKING UP AND SPEAKING OUT
(2019-) continues the investigation carried out in TBDWBAJ. Individual implementations of the project are to take place in prisons in northern and southern Europe in 2021-2027.
more about parrhesia

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  • Realisation PARRHESIA AT | Schweizer Haus Hadersdorf Wien

    April 2022 - Schweizer Haus Hadersdorf Wien, Vienna, AT

    Project Lead

    Ulrike Möntmann, PhD

    Organisation

    Stefanie Elias, Vienna, AT

    Support Realisation

    Barbara Gegenhuber (clinical psychology)

    Claudia Bienert (public relations)

    Laura Thomas (psychology)

    Advice and Assistance Realisation

    Stefanie Elias, Vienna, AT
    Stefan Auberg, Amsterdam, NL

    Editor

    Gesa Steinbrink, Cologne, DE

    Supported by

    FWF – Austrian Science Fund, Project Number AR 211-G21 in Program for Arts-based Research zur | PEEK, Vienna, AT

    University of Applied Arts Vienna, Institute Media Theory and Support Art and Research, Vienna, AT

    WID – Peter Weibel – Research Institute for Digital Cultures, Vienna, AT

    Mondriaan Fund, NL – Amsterdam


  • OUTCAST REGISTRATION - ARTISTIC RESEARCH

    Project leader

    Ulrike Möntmann, NL – Amsterdam | A – Vienna

    Research Associate

    Nina Glockner, NL – Amsterdam | A – Vienna

    Editorial

    Jutta Kaußen, D – Frankfurt

    Translation

    Gloria Custance & Isaac Custance, D – Berlin

    Beverley Jackson,
 NL – Amsterdam

    UX Design + Project Management OUTCAST REGISTRATION

    Sjoerd Fit, NL – Heiloo

    Website Development

    Jason Yergeau, NL – Amsterdam / Haarlem

    Previous Website Development (archived)

    Thonik, NL – Amsterdam


    Supported by

    FWF – Austrian Science Fund, Project Number AR 211-G21 in Program for Arts-based Research zur | PEEK, A – Vienna

    University of Applied Arts Vienna, Institute Media Theory and Support Art and Research, A – Vienna

    Mondriaan Fund, NL – Amsterdam

    Fonds Kwadraat, NL – Amsterdam

    AFK Amsterdams Fonds voor de Kunst, NL – Amsterdam

    KÖR Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, A – Vienna

    MATRA KAP Program, Dutch Embassy, HR – Zagreb

  • Realisation TBDWBAJ HR | Požega

    October – November 2008

    Women’s State Prison (Ženska Kaznionica), HR – Požega

    Series Josipa Boźić, Požega, HR, inmate Ženska Kaznionica

    Series Justina Kralj, Požega, HR, inmate Ženska Kaznionica

    Series Pia Herc, Zagreb, HR, inmate Ženska Kaznionica

    Series Vana Knez, Požega, HR, inmate Ženska Kaznionica

    Support Realisation/Intervention

    • Ministry of Justice, Zagreb, HR
    • NGO B.a.b.e. – Be Active Be Emancipated (Koraljka Dilić, Mirjana Hrga, Zdravka Sadžakov, Sanja Sarnavka), Zagreb, HR
    • Dutch Embassy, MATRA KAP Program (Nataša Galo-Samac, C.M. Trooster, Camilla Veerman), Zagreb, HR

    Organisation

    • Ivana Borovnjak, Zagreb, HR

    Advice and Assistance Realisation

    • Ivana Borovnjak, Zagreb, HR
    • Nina Glockner, Amsterdam, NL, Bochum, D
    • Iva Prosoli, Zagreb, HR
    • Mirela Srsa, intern, BA student, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL

    Technical Assistance Ceramics

    • Matthias Keller, 's Hertogenbosch, NL

    Audio Installation

    • Nick Snaas, Zeist, NL

    Photography

    • Ivana Borovnjak, Zagreb, HR
    • Nina Glockner, Amsterdam, NL, Bochum, D
    • Luuk Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
    • Bastienne Kramer, Amsterdam, NL

    Translation/Proofreading

    • Ivana Borovnjak, Zagreb, HR
    • Nina Glockner, Bochum, D
    • Beverley Jackson, Amsterdam, NL
    • Iva Prosoli, Zagreb, HR
    • Lies de Wolf, Amsterdam, NL

    Graphic Design/Web Design


    • Ivana Borovnjak, Zagreb, HR
    • Yvonne van Versendaal, Amsterdam, NL

    Website Development

    • Micha Bakker, Cheryl Gallaway (hexaplex), Amsterdam,NL

    Archive/Exhibition TBDWBAJ HR | Zagreb

    • 27 – 30 April 2009
    • Human Park, Galerija SC, Zagreb, HR

    Intervention TBDWBAJ HR | Zagreb

    • 27 April 2009
    • Drop off Series Pia Herc [twenty-four dolls]

    Expert Meeting TBDWBAJ HR | Zagreb

    • 27. April 2009
    • Galerija SC, Zagreb, HR

    Participants Expert Meeting

    • Alexandra Landré, art historian, curator, Amsterdam, NL (Moderation)
    • Nataša Škaričić, journalist, Zagreb, HR (Moderation)
    • Vesna Babic, Ministry of Justice, Zagreb, HR
    • Barbara Blasin, artist, Zagreb, HR
    • Benjamin Erasović, sociologist, Zagreb, HR
    • Marta Kiš, curator, Galerija SC, Zagreb, HR
    • Dubravko Klarié, marshal, Zagreb, HR
    • Iva Kovač, artist, Zagreb, HR
    • Kristina Leko, artist, Zagreb, HR
    • Ljubica Matijević-Vrsaljko, lawyer, specialized on human rights, Zagreb, HR
    • Željko Mavrović, chairman, NGO Pet +, Zagreb, HR
    • Karla Pudar, curator, Galerija SC, Zagreb, HR
    • Slavko Sakoman, psychiatrist, Zagreb, HR
    • Sanja Sarnavka, chairwoman NGO b.a.b.e., Zagreb, HR
    • Robert Torre, psychiatrist, Zagreb, HR
    • Maja Vučić, psychologist, Zagreb, HR

    Curator TBDWBAJ HR

    • Ivana Borovnjak, Zagreb, HR
    • Alexandra Landré, Amsterdam, NL

    Supported by

    • Fonds BKVB – The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture Amsterdam, NL
    • Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
    • NGO B.a.b.e. (Be Active Be Emancipated), Zagreb, HR
    • Dutch Embassy, MATRA KAP Program, Zagreb, HR
    • Taxi Zagreb, Zagreb, HR

  • Project Realisation TBDWBAJ | AT Vienna

    • October – November 2007
    • Justizanstalt Wien Favoriten, Vienna, AT

    Series Alma Kahn, AT, inmate Justizanstalt Favoriten, Vienna, AT

    Series Ingeborg Kleinberg, Vienna, AT, inmate Justizanstalt Favoriten, Vienna, AT

    Series Ivana Landmann, Carinthia, AT, inmate Justizanstalt Favoriten, Vienna, AT

    Series Kara Linasielka, Vienna, AT, inmate Justizanstalt Favoriten, Vienna, AT

    Support Justizanstalt Wien Favoriten

    • Monika Domjan, intern, student psychology, Vienna, AT
    • Corinna Obrist, psychologist, JA Wien Favoriten, Vienna, AT
    • Dr. Wolfgang Werdenich, psychologist, prison principal JA Wien Favoriten, Vienna, AT

    Advice and Realization

    • Nina Glockner, Amsterdam, NL, Bochum, DE

    Technical Assistance Ceramics

    • Matthias Keller, s'Hertogenbosch, NL
    • Eva Werdenich, Vienna, AT

    Audio Installation

    • Nick Snaas, Zeist, NL

    Photography

    • Benedikt Fischer, Amsterdam, NL, Vienna, AT
    • Nina Glockner, Amsterdam, NL, Bochum, DE
    • Luuk Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
      Bastienne Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
    • Nick Snaas, Zeist, NL

    Translation/Proofreading

    • Nina Glockner, Bochum, DE
    • Beverley Jackson, Amsterdam, NL
    • Rolf Möntmann, Osnabrück, DE
    • Linda Marie Schulhof, Münster, DE
    • Lies de Wolf, Amsterdam, NL

    Graphic Design/Web Design


    • Ivana Borovnjak, Zagreb, HR
    • Yvonne van Versendaal, Amsterdam, NL

    Website Development

    • Micha Bakker, Cheryl Gallaway (hexaplex), Amsterdam,NL

    Archive/Exhibition TBDWBAJ AT | Vienna

    Intervention TBDWBAJ AT | Vienna

    • 16. October 2009
    • Drop off Series Ivana Landmann [twentythree dolls]

    Expert Meeting TBDWBAJ AT | Vienna

    • 16 October 2009 KUNSTHALLE wien project space
    • Treitlstrasse | Karlsplatz, Vienna, AT

    Participants Expert Meeting

    • Peter Weibel, Institute Media Theory, University of Applied Arts Vienna, A, ZKM | Center for Art and Media, Karlsruhe, DE (Keynote)
    • Christine Hohenbüchler, artist, Technical University of Vienna, Vienna, AT
    • Marty Huber, speaker, dramaturgy, Queere Activist
      IG Kultur Österreich, Vienna, AT
    • Alexandra Landré, art historian, curator, Amsterdam, NL
    • Tina Leisch, director, journalist und political activist, Vienna, AT
    • Lucas Lenglet, artist, Amsterdam, NL
    • Thomas Mießgang, managing curator KUNSTHALLE wien, Vienna, AT
    • Corinna Obrist, psychologist, Justizanstalt Favoriten, Vienna, AT
    • Iva Prosoli, art historian, Museum City of Zagreb, Zagreb, HR
    • Eva van Rahden, communication sciences and dramatics, Volkshilfe Wien, SOPHIE- Educational Space for Prostitutes, Vienna, AT
    • Dr. Shird-Dieter Schindler, psychiatrist, director, Sociomedical Center Baumgartner Höhe, Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse, Vienna, AT
    • Hanne Seitz, Professor of Aesthetical Practise | Aesthetical Education, University of Applied Sciences, Berlin, DE
    • Wolfgang Zinggl, Wochen Klausur, Speaker Cultural and Minority Affairs, Member of the the lower chamber of Austrian Parliament (Die Grünen), Vienna, AT

    Assistance Intervention/ Expert Meeting

    • Benedikt Fischer, Amsterdam, NL, Vienna, AT

    Supported by

    • Drogenkoordination (Drugs Coordination) Wien, Vienna, AT
    • Fonds BKVB – The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, NL
    • Justizanstalt Wien Favoriten, Vienna, AT
    • Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam, NL
    • GEWISTA Vienna, AT
      Ministry of Justice, Vienna, AT
    • KÖR Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Vienna, AT
    • Kunsthalle Wien Project Space, Karlsplatz, Vienna, AT
    • Dutch Embassy, Vienna, AT
    • University of Applied Arts, Vienna, AT
    • VIEW Vision Entwicklung Westgürtel, Kubus EXPORT, Vienna, AT

  • Project Realisation TBDWBAJ CH | Hindelbank

    • February – March 2007
    • Women’s prison Anstalten Hindelbank, CH – Hindelbank

    Series Mella Affolter, Basel, CH, inmate Anstalten Hindelbank

    Series Kristine Stam, Solothurn, CH, inmate Anstalten Hindelbank

    Series Maria von Bank, Solothurn, CH, inmate Anstalten Hindelbank

    Series Reneé Gasser, Bern, CH, inmate Anstalten Hindelbank

    Advice and Realisation

    • Bastienne Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
    • Jolanda Visser, Rotterdam, NL

    Technical Assistance Ceramics

    • Matthias Keller, 's Hertogenbosch, NL

    Audio Installation

    • Kees Reedijk, Amsterdam, NL
    • Nick Snaas, Zeist, NL

    Photography

    • Jeroen Alberts, Amsterdam, NL
    • Karin Domenig, Bern, CH
    • Luuk Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
    • Bastienne Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
    • Kristine Stam, Solothurn, CH

    Translation/Proofreading

    • Eva Bürkli, Rüttenen, CH
    • Anna Bürkli, Solothurn CH
    • Beverley Jackson, Amsterdam, NL
    • Rolf Möntmann. Osnabrück, DE
    • Linda Marie Schulhof, Münster, DE
    • Lies de Wolf, Amsterdam, NL

    Graphic Design/Web Design


    • Yvonne van Versendaal, Amsterdam, NL

    Website Development

    • Micha Bakker, Cheryl Gallaway (hexaplex), Amsterdam, NL

    Supported by

    • Fonds BKVB – The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, NL
    • Mama Cash Foundation, Amsterdam, NL

  • Project Realisation TBDWBAJ NL | ZEIST

    • 2006 – 2007
    • Ambulatory Therapy Institution ARTA Lievegoed, NL – Zeist

    Series Tessa de Vries, Hereveen, FRL, NL, resident Arta, Zeist, NL

    Series Renske Westra, FRL, NL, resident Arta, Zeist, NL

    Series Hester van de Beuken, Amsterdam NL, resident Arta, Zeist, NL

    Series Louise van der Laan, Bunschoten NL, resident Arta, Zeist, NL

    Support Realisation

    • Jacques Michael Abas, psychiatrist ARTA, Zeist, NL
    • G.M. Hoeymakers, JVA Ter Peel, Dutch Ministry of Justice, NL
    • Hans Kassens, coordinator Drug Rehabilitation Program ARTA, Zeist, NL
    • Willemijn Los, head of MDHG Interest group drug (ab)users, Amsterdam, NL
    • Ingeborg Schlusemann, AMOC - Drug assistance for non-resident European Citizen, Amsterdam, NL

    Advice and Realisation

    • Jolanda Visser, Groningen, NL

    Technical Assistance Ceramics

    • Matthias Keller, 's Hertogenbosch, NL
    • Bastienne Kramer, Amsterdam, NL

    Audio Installation

    • Nick Snaas, Zeist, NL

    Photography

    • Luuk Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
    • Nick Snaas, Zeist, NL

    Translation/Proofreading

    • Nina Glockner, Bochum, DE
    • Beverley Jackson, Amsterdam, NL
    • Fryske Akademy, Ljouwert, FRL
    • Rolf Möntmann, Osnabrück, DE
    • Sjoerdtsje Willemsma, Noardburgum, FRL
    • Linda Marie Schulhof, Münster, DE
    • Jolanda Visser, FRL, NL
    • Lies de Wolf, Amsterdam, NL

    Graphic Design/Web Design


    • Yvonne van Versendaal, Amsterdam, NL

    Website Development

    • Micha Bakker, Cheryl Gallaway (hexaplex), Amsterdam, NL

    Archive/Exhibition TBDWBAJ NL | Amsterdam

    • Liefde in de Stad / Love is like Oxygen
    • September – October 2007
      W139, Paradiso und SKOR (Foundation art in Puublic Space)

    Intervention TBDWBAJ NL | Amsterdam

    • 21. September 2007
    • Drop off Series Hester van de Beuken [twentytwo dolls]

    Expert Meeting TBDWBAJ NL | Amsterdam

    • 21 September 2007, W139, Amsterdam, NL

    Participants Expert Meeting

    • Gijs Frieling, artist, director W139, Amsterdam, NL (Moderation)
    • Jeroen Boomgaard, art historian, Lectorship art and public space, Gerrit Rietveld Academie and University of Amsterdam, NL
    • Marieke van Doorninck, historian, politician, municipal council, Amsterdam, NL
    • Carolien Gehrles, politician, Amsterdam, NL
    • Erik Hagoort, art theoretician, NL
    • Doede Hardeman, art historian and curator, Gemeentemuseum The Hague, NL
    • Ruud Kaulingfreks, philosopher, NL
    • Greet Kuipers, psychiatrist, NL
    • Willemijn Los, head of MDHG Interest group drug (ab)users, Amsterdam, NL
    • Jonas Staal, artist, Rotterdam, NL
    • Michael Tedja, artist, Amsterdam, NL
    • Judith Vega, philospher, gender studies, sociology, Rijksuniversiteit, Groningen, NL

    Supported by

    • AFK Amsterdam Fonds voor de kunst, Amsterdam, NL
    • Fonds BKVB – The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, NL
    • Mama Cash Foundation, Amsterdam, NL

  • Project Realisation TBDWBAJ D | Vechta

    • August – November 2002
    • Women’s prison Justizvollzugsanstalt für Frauen Lower Saxony, DE – Vechta

    Series Rebecca Mertens, Vechta, DE

    Support JVA

    • Ministry of Justice, Hannover, DE

    Project Realization TBDWBAJ D | Unna

    • June – August 2004
    • LÜSA e.V. Long Term Transition and Support Program, DE – Unna

    Series Karin Pausch (posthumous)

    Support LÜSA

    • Ana Dias de Oliveira, director LÜSA e.V., Unna, DE
    • Ulrike Trümpert, director AIDS Hilfe Unna, DE

    Advice and Realisation

    • Bastienne Kramer, Amsterdam, NL

    Technical Assistance Ceramics

    • Matthias Keller, EKWC ’s Hertogenbosch, NL

    Audio Installation

    • Kees Reedijk, Amsterdam, NL
    • Salan Zijlstra, Delft, NL

    Photography

    • Luuk Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
    • Bastienne Kramer, Amsterdam, NL
    • Roland Lutz, Unna, DE

    Translation/Proofreading

    • Renée C. Hoogland, Amsterdam, NL
    • Rolf Möntmann,. Osnabrück, DE
    • Linda Marie Schulhof, Münster, DE
    • Lies de Wolf, Amsterdam, NL

    Graphic Design/Web Design


    • Anton Mooijekind BV, NL
    • Yvonne van Versendaal, Amsterdam, NL

    Website Development

    • Micha Bakker, Cheryl Gallaway (hexaplex), Amsterdam,NL
    • Anton Mooijekind, NL

    Intervention TBDWBAJ D | Unna

    • 21 July 2005
    • Drop off Series Karin Pausch – posthumous [sixteen dolls]

    Expert Meeting TBDWBAJ D | Unna

    • 21 July 2005, City of Unna, DE

    Participants Expert Meeting D | Unna

    • Anabela Dias de Oliveira, director LÜSA e.V. (moderation)
    • Bartmann, Politiker, sdeputy mayor of the city of Unna, DE
    • Gudrun Bürhaus, politician, GAL-fraction, Unna, DE
    • Heinz-Dieter Edelkötter, social worker, director Youth Care Office, Unna, DE
    • Achim Farys, artist, Dortmund, DE
    • Martina Fuchs, director of Die Tafel, Unna, DE
    • Heike Gutzmerow, politician, youth care executive, Unna, DE
    • N. Hahn, politician, health department, Unna, DE
    • David Hofmann, social worker, anonymous drugs advice center, Unna, DE
    • Claudia Keuchel, social worker, cultural administration, Unna, DE
    • Klaus Küssner, head of social welfare office, Unna, DE
    • Uwe Kutter, politician, Unna, DE
    • M. Makiolla, politician, district administrator, Unna, DE
    • Jörg-Uwe Pehle, theologian, City Church, Unna, DE
    • Ulrike Trumper, director AIDS Hilfe Unna, DE

    Supported by

    • Willemijn Los, head of MDHG Interest group drug (ab)users, Amsterdam, NL
    • Ingeborg Schlusemann, AMOC – Drug assistance for non-resident European Citizen, Amsterdam, NL
    • Fonds BKVB – The Netherlands Foundation for Visual Arts, Design and Architecture, Amsterdam, NL