Winnie Herbstein. Photo: Matthew Arthur Williams Winnie Herbstein
Winnie Herbstein graduated from Glasgow School of Art (Environmental Art). Formerly a committee member at Transmission Gallery, Glasgow. Herbstein studied on the Women in Construction course at the City of Glasgow College and is a founding member of Slaghammers, a woman, trans and non-binary metal workshop. Her work focuses on historical and contemporary forms of organising, in relation to housing and the architecture and formation of space. She was a resident at the Rijksakademie, Amsterdam (2021-2023).
In 2024, Herbstein and René Boer will start the research project Contemporary Conflict within the fellowship Community and Conflict in an Urban Environment, a collaboration between Framer Framed and the Department of Political Science at the University of Amsterdam.
She is the initiator and co-editor of the book, Slamming Doors. On Falling Out and Fighting Back in a Housing Crisis (2025), co-published by Framer Framed and The University of Edinburgh.
Agenda
Bricks and Mortar
Discursive programme exploring how political movements navigate conflict.
Magazine
Digital commons & democracy / Citizenship / The living archive / Politics and technology / Social Practice /
Action Research / Citizenship / Community & Learning / Digital commons & democracy /
Fellowship of artist Winnie Herbstein and researcher René Boer extended
Action Research / Citizenship / Community & Learning / Digital commons & democracy /