Enno Schmidt
Enno Schmidt (* November 14th, 1958 in Osnabrück) is a german artist and activist of the universal Unconditional Basic Income UBI. He is co-founder of the Basic Income Initiative in Switzerland.[1] and in Taiwan[2]. He lives in Basel.
Life and Career[edit]
Enno Schmidt grew up in Osnabrück and studied painting at the Städelschule, in Frankfurt am Main. He exhibited in solo and group exhibitions in Germany and abroad and was awarded the Frankfurt Art Prize of the Lions Club.
In 1989 he took part in innovation talks in an industrial company, brought in new ideas with the perception of an artist, brought the company and other artists together for the start of the art and economic future project 'Tree-Cross'[3], Avenue Kassel-Eisenach, became co-founder of 'Enterprise Art and Economy - Expanded, Ltd', whose managing director he was until 1996. Schmidt is a member of the Social Sculpture Research Unit[4] of Oxford Brookes University and was involved in the establishment of the Zukunftsstiftung Soziales Leben[5] in the trust office of GLS Bank in Bochum. At the Interfacultative Institute for Entrepreneurship at the University of Karlsruhe, the chair of Götz Werner, he held a teaching position according to his own concept from 2005 to 2007.
In 2006 Enno Schmidt and the entrepreneur Daniel Häni founded the Initiative Grundeinkommen Schweiz in Basel. His film „Grundeinkommen – ein Kulturimpuls“, which he released together with Daniel Häni in 2008, reached over a million viewers and was translated into 20 languages. In October 2013, the initiative was able to submit 126,000 signatures for a referendum on the introduction of the unconditional basic income in Switzerland in Berne, which led to the national referendum (Volksabstimmung Schweiz) on 5 June 2016. The campaign and actions of the Basic Income Initiative received worldwide media coverage[6] and stimulated discussion in many countries. Enno Schmidt works in the Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) and is internationally active as an initiator and lecturer[7]
Lectures (Interviews)[edit]
TV/Video Interviews[edit]
- the REAL news, 2013: The Activist Behind Switzerland's Referendum for Guaranteed Income
- TBU, Russian state television, October 2013: Report and interview with Enno Schmidt
- Ruptly TV, Digital Journal, October 2013: TV Interview witht Enno Schmidt
- The Thom Hartmann Show, The Big Picture RT, November 26, 2013: A Basic Income is Not a Crazy Idea
- NTV Russia, 2014: Report with Enno Schmidt and the team
- Aljazeera, Washington, Income for all, March 2014: The Stream speaks with: ...Enno Schmidt
- Aljazeera, Balkan, March 2014: Enno Schmid pokrenuo je inicijativu da svaki punoljetni građanin Švicarske mjesečno dobija 2.500 franaka
- Aljazeera, Qatar, Inside story, June 2016: Should governments provide a minimum wage for everyone?
- i24, 2016: Equal income for all? The man behind 'Basic Income Switzerland' explains
- CNBC, 2016: Basic income vote alone was ...Interview with Enno Schmidt
- Russia Today, Swiss to vote on sweet minimum monthly income, October 2016: http://rt.com/news/swiss-adult-minimum-wage-794 TV Report and Interview with Enno Schmidt and members of his initiative]
Radio Interviews[edit]
- BBC, BBC NEWS, Swiss to vote on incomes for all, December 2013: Report and interview with Enno Schmidt and other
- Swissinfo, Radio diskussion with Enno Schmidt, 2014: Should everyone in Switzerland get a basic income from the government?
- Deutschland Radio Kultur, June 2016: Was ist der Wert der Arbeit?
- DRadio Sputnik, Interviews with Enno Schmidt, October 2017: Alpine Utopia: Swiss Float Idea of Universal Basic Income
Newspaper Interviews[edit]
- FAZ (Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung), 2009: Geld verdienen ohne zu arbeiten Interview with Enno Schmidt, Susanne Wiest, Götz W. Werner
- NYT (New York Times Magazine) 2013: Switzerland’s Proposal to Pay People for Being Alive - Annie Lowry from a conversation with Enno Schmidt
- RTVSLO, Radio Slovenija, RTV Slovenija, MMC's interview with co-founder of Movement for Basic Income, October 2013: Ljudje potrebujejo denar, da kupijo dobrine, saj lahko le tako gospodarstvo deluje
- PBS NEWSHOUR, 2014: How a stupid painter from Switzerland is revolutionizing work Paul Solman interviewing Enno Schmidt, London
- Bloomberg Businessweek, The Swiss Join the Fight Against Inequality, 2014: Interview by Stephan Faris with Enno Schmidt, Marilola Wili, Che Wagner Paul Solman interviewing Enno Schmidt, London
- BIEN, 2015: Toru Yamamori interview with Enno Schmidt
- TAZ, 2016: Weder spektakulär noch radikal Stefan Pangritz, Interview with Enno Schmidt
- BIEN, 2016: Swiss referendum leader discusses basic income
- Tokyo Keizai, Interview with Enno Schmidt, May 2017: Is basic income the savior of AI unemployment days?
- Swiss Info, Articel by Enno Schmidt, June 2018: Can the basic income bring the light to Japan?
- Aargauer Zeitung, Article an interview about and with Enno Schmidt, June 2018: Warum Schweizer Ideen zunehmend Weltkarriere machen
Filmography[edit]
Films (Selection)[edit]
- 2008: Grundeinkommen – ein Kulturimpuls The movie, download original in german, by Kult Kino
- 2009: Wir machen Demokratie – Grundeinkommen im Bundestag
- 2012: Stimmen zum Grundeinkommen
- 2012: Ansichten eines Mönchs
- 2012: Kultur ist die Basis der Wirtschaft
- 2012: Grundeinkommen im Blick der Wissenschaft
- 2013: Tanz in den Mai
- 2013: Goldener Oktober
- 2013: Schweizer Rekordsammeln
- 2014: Income and Health
- 2014: Pay for it
- 2015: Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen in China
Writings[edit]
Books[edit]
- 1994, Enno Schmidt, Klaus Wolbert (Hrsg.): Idee Unternehmen Wirtschaft und Kunst – erweitert Discussion Forum Mathildenhöhe, Darmstadt
- 2016, Enno Schmidt, Daniel Straub und Christian Müller (co. Autoren): Grundeinkommen von A bis Z, Limmat Verlag, Zürich. ISBN 978-3-85791-806-3 Search this book on
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Articles[edit]
- Tagungsband, 2006: „Symposium Grundeinkommen: bedingungslos“ - The reasons for the basic income from art, Universität Karlsruhe
- Männerzeitung, 2011: Unconditional Basic Income?
- grundeinkommen.ch, 2015: An income to fight the mafia
Exhibitions[edit]
Group-Exhibitions[edit]
- 1990: "The Pleasures within Distances", Galerie W.I.D.O.W., Sydney
- 1994: Frankfurter Preisträger, Galerie ak, Frankfurt/M
- 1998: "8x8x8", Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt/M
- 1999: "On Paper", Stalke Galerie, Kopenhagen
- 2000: "Alles 700", Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/M
- 2000: "Seventy in two thousend on the road to Meikle Seggie", Stanley Picker Gallery, London
- 2003: "Ökonomie der Kunst", Projektzentrum für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Dresden
- 2005: "Produkt und Vision", Kunstfabrik am Flutgraben, Berlin
Solo-Exhibitions[edit]
- 1990: "Cure", Galerie Sander, Kassel
- 1990: "Stand der Dinge", Heine Fabrik, Offenbach am Main
- 1993: "Werrabrücke", Galerie Strauss und Adamopoulos, Frankfurt/M
- 1995: "Kronen", Galerie Strauss und Adamopoulos, Frankfurt/M
- 1998: "Unternehmensbetrachtung", Berger Kirche, Düsseldorf
- 2000: "Oxford Series", The Arena, Oxford
Individual Verifications[edit]
- Enno Schmidt - official website
- Grundeinkommen – ein Kulturimpuls
- Wir machen Demokratie – Grundeinkommen im Bundestag
- Bedingungsloses Grundeinkommen in China
References[edit]
- ↑ [1], Initiative Grundeinkommen Schweiz
- ↑ [2], Basic Income Initiative Taiwan
- ↑ [3], Tree-Cross / Aktion Baumkreuz
- ↑ [4], Social Sculpture Research Unit
- ↑ [5], Zukunftsstiftung Soziales Leben
- ↑ [6], BBC /Switzerland's voters reject basic income plan
- ↑ [7], Should governments provide a minimum wage for everyone?
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