Her study visits have taken her to, among other places, the Academy of Fine Arts in Poznań (Poland), as well as the Ostkreuz School of Photography and Ute Mahler’s class at HAW Hamburg. Since 2017, she has been a member of Soundmarker, a laboratory for site-specific audio works. 

Böttcher’s works have been featured in exhibitions, publications, and site-specific audio formats at venues including the Prater Galerie, the Tempelhof Museum, the Kreuzberg Pavilion, and in public spaces throughout Berlin—including the Gardens of the World and Treptower Park. She has also carried out projects at Haus Döschnitz in Thuringia, in Rothenklempenow in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania, and as part of productions for Deutschlandfunk Kultur. Her work has been supported by numerous fellowships and grants, including from the Berlin Senate Department for Culture and Europe, NEUSTART KULTUR of the BBK, the Draußenstadt project grant, as well as research fellowships and residencies, including one at the IBA Thuringia. 

Work Title: Terry Cloth. When the Common Thread Splits.

In 1856, manufacturer Carl Heinrich Schiffner installed Germany’s first terry cloth loom in Großschönau. Consequently, one of the region’s most significant terry cloth industries developed here. This work examines the history of terry cloth weaving in Großschönau—from its rise in the 19th century through the GDR era to its dramatic decline after 1990. The installation combines textiles, images, and voices to create a densely woven space of memory. The focus is on towels as historical documents: these seemingly mundane objects point to global trade routes and labor realities, linking everyday practices to political and economic systems. Their soft surfaces bear traces of production, use, and ideology. The softness of the material is deceptive: it stands simultaneously for standardized labor and the promise of comfort and normality. Today, these textiles remain as silent bearers of a complex past.