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Cleo Wächter


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Durch den Asphalt gewachsen: Beikraut als Kunst (2024)

with Lusin Reinsch

Essay on artistic approaches to weeds and other spontaneous vegetation.

Published in Kultur Mitte Magazin (in German)

„The Tumble“ by Chan Sook Choi (2023). Video still: courtesy of the artist

Goldrausch – weit mehr als ein Ausstellungsprojekt (2024)
with Lusin Reinsch

Article introducing the Goldrausch Künstlerinnenprojekt and the exhibition Goldrausch 2023 – on the edge of, highlighting the program’s role in supporting women* artists in Berlin.

Published  Kultur Mitte Magazin (In German)

Gott Miau Miau Avatar Mutter (2023)
with Lusin Reinsch


Curatorial text on the participatory art-on-architecture project by Jelena Fužinato, made for the Zille-Haus, Berlin, Moabit.

Published in Kultur Mitte Magazin (In German)
Read the English version here. 



The Sum of Things, The Sum of the City (2022)

Essay on the act of dwelling and attentive perception in urban space, in response to Thea Djordjadze’s exhibition at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin.

Published in Tubelight (online, in Dutch)
Or read the English Translation.

Short Texts (since 2021)

I have a Telegram group for Short stories by me, about animals, magic and my life. The texts are sporadically shared and to be read on the couch, on the go or in the waiting room.

Join the Telegram Group through this link.



Initation (2021)

Personal Essay on my arrival in a new city and what it takes to really settle in.

Published on Coven Berlin


How To Catch A Shadow (2020)

Essay accompaniying the How to Catch a Shadow  project.

Published on Mister Motley (in Dutch)
English version available here.




Time Travel Through the Netherlands (2017)

Essay reflecting on my experiences creating the Objectief Nederland project, for which I travelled to 52 locations across the Netherlands to revisit and reinterpret the 1974 photographic survey.

Published in Objectief Nederland – Changing Landscape 1974–2017 by Cleo Wächter and Reinjan Mulder.

Design: Studio Joost Grootens.
With accompanying essays by Merel Bem, Henk Baas, Berno Strootman, Peter Delpeut, and Ludo van Halem.
Published by nai010.

Supported by the Creative Industries Fund NL, the Cultural Heritage Agency of the Netherlands, NH Bos Foundation, Babel & Voss, and the Charema Fonds (Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds).

Read the text in English and Dutch here.