Caro Jost
Places in the In-Between

Caro Jost (*1965) is an artist and filmmaker living and working in Munich and New York. Her practice centers on the documentation of time, space, and events, uncovering traces of the past and recontextualizing them in a contemporary setting. 

In 2000, Jost began her long-term project STREETPRINTS in New York, developing a unique technique to capture imprints of streets and sidewalks on canvas. Her work also includes photography and film documentaries, such as Final Traces of the Abstract Expressionists (2014), which explores the former studios of Abstract Expressionist artists in New York.

Her work has been exhibited internationally and is part of renowned collections, including the Jumex Collection (Mexico City), ICC Collection (Athens), Chelsea Art Museum (New York), Colby Museum (Maine), Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus (Munich), Stadtmuseum München, and the archives of MoMA (New York) and the Peggy Guggenheim Collection (Venice), among others.

Work Description: 

Caro Jost’s artistic practice is centered on the act of documenting time, place and historical events, exploring how traces of the past can be made visible and placed within a contemporary context. In 2000, she developed

STREETPRINTS, a distinctive method of capturing the often-invisible remnants of urban history, preserving them in their raw authenticity. To date, she has created over 1,500 STREETPRINTS in more than 90 cities worldwide, transforming streets into silent witnesses of time and memory.

Jost refers to her approach as Analog Globalization; a process that transcends borders, prejudices and exclusions. In her work, urban landscapes become archives of collective history, where every imprint serves as a direct, physical connection to a specific place. Though abstract in form, each STREETPRINT remains deeply rooted in reality, bearing the weight of historical and socially significant sites. By working in public spaces across the world, Jost constructs a universal narrative – one where past and present coexist, and where cities themselves become vessels of remembrance.