4-5 July – Exhibition: Interfacing, Relational Mapping and Storytelling with the Spree River Communities
The river that gives the Spreepark its name has characterised the city’s vibrant culture for centuries. Berlin is built from the river. The Spree has always had a strong influence on the development of the city’s neighbourhoods and their ecologies. The river landscapes are a vital commons in which social, economic, political, technical and cultural interests are interwoven: a ‘flowing library’ that connects the knowledge of the past and present with the visions of the future.
Who is the river? How could we get in touch with the river and its non-human actors in an experimental, non-verbal, playful, sensual and interactive way?
Through research, experimental field studies with their own observation instruments and in performative scenarios, design students at University of Applied Sciences Potsdam investigated new perspectives on the river and its communities. Ten projects tell how river animal hearts beat faster due to environmental stress, how flying seeds are spread along the river by updrafts, how our own senses feel the river atmospheres, how people communicate with water spirits through waves, what pictures the river itself draws, with what voices the reeds and the Spree become audible, how eternally persistent chemicals connect us with the river and how the Spree itself looks back at us humans.
A project by Myriel Milićević and Yin Boribun.
With Marlene Derwort, Paulina Deutmeyer, Julian Flörchinger, Benjamin Friese, Anna Gasviani, Kaixin Jin, Merle Kauf, Max Kramer, Anja Linke, Jolina Mumbela, Juliane Müller, Alexander Münch, Lisa-Marie Pfadt, Niklas Schmidt, Julian Scott, Shiming Shen, and Ragnar Wilczek.
In collaboration with Susa Pop |Public Art Lab as part of the Future DiverCities project and the Spreepark Art Space’s team.
05 July – Panel: The rights of the river as an ecosystem and legal entity
How can a river be defined as a legal entity? The global ‘Nature Rights’ movement is working to rethink nature as a legal space and to engage for legal rights for ecosystems. Local and international experts will present different perspectives on this topic.
With Christian Wolter / Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries, Judith Möllhoff / FU Berlin, Department of Politics and Law, Michaela Vieser, author for Nature Writing and Felipe Duarte, musician and storyteller of indigenous knowledge
Moderated by Ela Kagel (Platform Cooperatives Germany eG).
Exhibition
4.7. – 5.30-8 p.m. | Admission: 4 p.m.
5.7. – 5:30-10 p.m.| Admission: 4 p.m.
Panel
5.7. – 5.30-7 p.m. | Admission: 4 p.m.
Afterparty
5.7. – 8-10 p.m.
Nodes (Hydrophonic ambient / pesss)
Loufo (Downtempo / PaarPaletten/ Visionskultur)
Location: Spreepark Art Space
@Flamingos
Kiehnwerder Allee 2
12437 Berlin
