Myvillages

Myvillages, established by the artists Kathrin Böhm, Wapke Feenstra, and Antje Schiffers in 2003, is a collective to address the cultural production in and of rural spaces. The initiative challenges the cultural dominance of cities by highlighting rural practices, mindsets, and locations as significant cultural actors. Its work spans diverse projects that explore resources, practices, and knowledges in the countryside that respond to challenges related to urbanization and the environment.

Through international and trans-local collaborations, Myvillages fosters a new dynamism in understanding and engaging with the countryside, not as a backdrop but as an active cultural ground for artistic operation and critical inquiry.

The myvillages.org website documents the collective work from 2003 to 2023.

The current work by Kathrin Böhm and Wapke Feenstra from Myvillages is captured on the Rural School of Economics website (since 2021).