Ort(e)

nGbK, Karl-Liebknecht-Str. 11/13, 10178 Berlin

Participants

Rob Crosse, Marlene Heidinger, Bethan Hughes, Dunja Krcek, Samir Laghouati-Rashwan, Julia Löffler, Anne Marie Maes & Margarita Maximova, Jesse McLean, PARA (Peter Behrbohm, Lina Brion, Vanessa Amoah Opoku, Jonas Fischer, Amelie Neumann, Kolja Vennewald, Joy Weinberger), Laure Prouvost, Lex Rütten & Jana Kerima Stolzer, Shirin Sabahi, Hoda Tawakol, Sophie Utikal

Working Group

Lina Brion, Vanessa Amoah Opoku, Jonas Fischer, Amelie Neumann, Kolja Vennewald

Houseplants are entangled in the colonial history of botanical gardens and the destruction of habitats, but also in privatized practices of life support. On the one hand, they are status symbols and fetishes, and on the other, they provide an opportunity to reflect on regenerative and caring activities for the preservation of ecosystems.

Based on a site-specific concept for the care and propagation of discarded potted plants, the PARA collective invited contemporary artists dedicated to the relationships between humans and plants. How does the well-being of plants reflect human behavior? How are encounters with plants influenced by (post-)colonial conditions? Does a rethinking of relationships with plants also lead to a relearning of human relationships with one another? The exhibition and event program addresses the conditions of vitality, the limits of caring resources, and constructions of nature and femininity. Video and spatial installations, sculptures, paintings, and textile works reveal the tension between protection and control inherent in plant conservation and question its transformative potential.

Dates:

SEP 11 • WEDNESDAY

Opening from 6 p.m. with a DJ set by Marylou

SEP 14 • SATURDAY

2–3 p.m. Curatorial tour and plant care with PARA (de)

3–4 p.m. Swarm Dust / Zwermstof

Performance by Anne Marie Maes and Margarita Maximova

SEP 28 • SATURDAY

4:30–5:30 p.m. Curatorial tour and plant care with PARA (en)

6–8 p.m. Obeah Plant-estries: Environmental Maafa | Ecologies of De-Traumatisation

Lecture performance and meditative ritual by Anguezomo Nzé Mboulou Mba Bikoro, in collaboration with Nane Kahle (en)

October 12 • Saturday

2–8 p.m. 2–5 p.m.

6–7 p.m. 7–8 p.m.

Colour, Touch, Sound: Encountering the Vegetal

Rust Orange, Chlorophyll, Transparent Yellow

Walk and workshop on plant-based color palettes and their location in an urban context with Dunja Krcek (de)

Listening Through Hands

Lecture performance for eco-empathic listening by Mélia Roger (en)

Conversation with Dunja Krcek and Mélia Roger, moderated by Gilly Karjevsky (en)

October 13 • Sunday

2–5 p.m. Meadow with Brains

Workshop For children (ages 5 and up): Making funny plant heads

with Josephine Hans

Duration approx. 30 minutes, new start every half hour

2–5 p.m. Curatorial tours and plant care with PARA (de)

November 6 • Wednesday

5–6 p.m. Curatorial tours and plant care with PARA (de)

6:30–8:30 p.m. A Plant out of Place

A performative spatial activation by and with Juliana Oliveira

Reading and discussion with Jessica J. Lee

November 16 • Saturday

5–6 p.m. Curatorial tours and plant care with PARA (de)

6:30–8:30 p.m. Showing Plants

Lectures, discussions, and screening with Fanny Brandauer,

Rob Crosse, Shirin Sabahi, and Bethan Hughes

November 17 • Sunday

3–6 p.m. Plant Music

Long Duration Concert by Miki Yui

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As part of Berlin Art Week