Wildes Gedenken und Kontaminierte Landschaften.

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Haben Pflanzen und Landschaften ein Gedächtnis? Wie schreibt sich Erinnerung in die Landschaft ein? Inwiefern sind Bäume und Sträucher Zeug*innen von Verbrechen? Diesen Fragen wollen wir im Seminar gemeinsam nachgehen. 

Ausgehend von Martin Pollacks Buch kontaminierte Landschaften,  fragt fragen wir nach den Opfern des Nationalsozialismus denen keine Denkmäler gewidmet sind, die nicht durch Mahnmale erinnert werden. Dennoch finden sich zahlreiche Spuren in Wiesen und Wäldern. 

Statt Denkmälern aus Stein bezeugen Pflanzen, Wiesen und Wälder was die Bewohnerinnen der Orte oft bis heute verschleiern wollen: Sie bezeugen Gewalt.  

Daraus hat sich in den vergangenen Jahren  eine Denkmalkultur entwickelt, in der Künstler*innen nach einem neuen Umgang mit dem Erinnern an den Holocaust forschen.

Im Seminar wollen wir uns Theorien und Praktken des Gedenkens in der visuellen Kultur widmen und fragen: Welche nicht institutionalisierten Praktiken des Gedenkens in der visuellen Kultur existier(t)en? Welche braucht es noch?

Wir besuchen u.a. die KZ-Gedenkstätte Oranienburg, den jüdischen Friedhof Weißensee und weitere Mahnmale. Zudem sichten und besprechen wir künstlerische Arbeiten zum wilden Gedenken.

Zudem findet im Mai in Kooperation mit der Kunstuni Linz eine Ausstellung mit Symposion statt, auf die wir zusammen hinarbeiten können. 

Veranstaltungen im Wintersemester: Stay tuned :-)

Liebe Alle, die Termine der „Sprechen über...“  Veranstaltungen werden hier bald angekündigt: Stay Tuned!

Beyond the White Cube - intersektional kuratieren

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Queer Perspectives and Art History

The book „ambivalent work*s. queer perspectives and art history“, edited by Daniel Berndt, Susanne Huber and Christian Liclair is freshly published and available open access! As there are not that many books on queer perspectives and art history, I thought I'd share it with you. But I also want to self-advertise because I have also written an article for this collection.

https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/ambivalent-work-s-7097

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ambivalent work*s presents case studies, close- and against-the-grain readings of art works across different media and geographies, conversations on the epistemological and methodological frameworks of a queerly-informed art history, and artistic contributions. Together they revisit central aspects such as visibility, failure, transgression and subversion in recent art production while at the same time providing valuable links for transhistorical explorations. The book highlights queerness in visual and material culture with regard to the specific conditions of the making and experience of art in different cultural, sociopolitical, and historical contexts. Making a case for polyvalence and simultaneity, ambivalent work*s demonstrates how intersectional approaches extend the examination of queer capacities in art and art history beyond issues related solely to sexuality and gender. Scholarly and artistic articulations equally push the boundaries of the academic field of art history while giving shape to an (im)possible project of a “queer art history.”

With contributions by Daniel Berndt, Jennifer Doyle, Aleksandra Gajowy, David J. Getsy, Susanne Huber, Katrin Köppert, Christian Liclair, Renate Lorenz, Fiona McGovern, Diyi Mergenthaler, Lucas Odahara, Rena Onat, Barbara Paul, and Ashkan Sepahvand.

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Infos zum neuen Selbstbestimmungsgesetz für Trans* Inter und Nichtbinäre Personen

Das Selbstbestimmungsgesetz (SBGG) tritt am 01.11.24 in Kraft.

Es ermöglicht Personen, ihren Geschlechtseintrag und ihre(n) Vornamen zu ändern.

Ab dem 01.08.24 kannst du bei jedem Standesamt anmelden, dass du deinen Geschlechtseintrag und deine(n) Vornamen ändern möchtest. Frühestens drei Monate später kannst du dann die Erklärung abgeben. Anmeldung und Erklärung erfolgen beim gleichen Standesamt.

Gute Infos zum Gesetz findest du hier:

https://sbgg.info/

Auch hochschulintern kannst du deinen Namen und Personenstand unkomliziert ändern. Dazu berät dich gerne das Referat für Studierendenangelegenheiten oder ich (Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragte). Den Antrag und Infos findest du hier:

https://kh-berlin.de/studium/studienorganisation/namens-und-personenstandsaenderung

Extra-terrestial anthropology: design thinking for a post-planetary social life

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You are all warmly invited to David (Jeeva) Jeevendrampillai's lecture on Thursday 11th @16.15, the last in the current series.

Jeeva will be giving his lecture live over Zoom to the audience in the Hörsaal 3075, Unter den Linden 6, or you can join online (zoom details at the end of this post).

Abstract

What happens to our conceptions of being human, our bodies, our relationships to others, to the environment from plant to house when we leave the familiarity of the Earth? Through investigations into the anthropology of outer space, this talk will present learnings from building a home on Mars, growing plants on the International Space Station, hugging in microgravity and going to the bathroom on the Moon. In so doing we will consider the role of Utopia in our conceptions of home, our relation to plants in the age of an impending ecological apocalypse, the role of emotion in conceptions of future living and eschatology in design practice and narratives of sustainability. Taking outer space design thinking as a frontier space of imaginative and creative design, the talk will ask what we can learn from such design practices. What do they tell us about the forms of humanity we imagine the future will bring and what might be possible when we become post-planetary.

Bio:

David Jeevendrampillai (Jeeva) is a Senior Research Fellow in Anthropology on the European Research Council Funded ETHNO-ISS project at University College London (UCL). He researches emerging notions of planetary citizenship with particular reference to those who advocate for the power of seeing the Earth from space. In doing so he considers the emergent notions of territory, place and universal human futures as people grapple with cosmic and planetary scale social belonging. He is the founder and director of UCL’s Centre of Outer Space Studies, a member of the UCL Space Domain committee and the IAF’s Space Habitats Committee. He has consulted with organisations working on space habitats at NASA, ESA and on Earth based analogues for outer space living. He has previously published on community building at the local scale, now working at the planetary scale his work encompasses anthropology of technology, place, notions of the future, design, utopianism, and fears of the end of the Earth.

Selected Publications

Jeevendrampillai, D., & Parkhurst, A. (2021). Making A Martian Home: Finding Humans On Mars Through Utopian Architecture. Home Cultures, 18 (1), 25-46

Parkhurst, A., & Jeevendrampillai, D. (2020). Towards an Anthropology of Gravity: Emotion and Embodiment in Microgravity Environments. Emotion, Space and Society, 35, 100680.

Jeevendrampillai, D. Buchli, V., Parkhurst, A., Kozel, A., Bunch, G., Gorbanenko, J. & Tereshin, M. (2023). An Ethnography of an Extra-terrestrial Society: the International Space Station. In The Routledge Handbook of Outer Space Studies. Gorman, A., Salazar, J.F., Eds.

Forthcoming:

Jeevendrampillai, D. & Fortais, S. (2024) Terraforming a field site: Reflections on crafting knowledge on Mars. in Gorbenenko, J. Kozel, A. & Jeevendrampillai, D. Eds Exploring Ethnography of Outer Space: Methods and Perspectives. Routledge. Forthcoming. Under Contract.

Gorbenenko, J. Jeevendrampillai, D. & Kozel, A. (2024) Introduction in Gorbenenko, J. Kozel, A. & Jeevendrampillai, D. Eds Exploring Ethnography of Outer Space: Methods and Perspectives. Routledge. Forthcoming. Under Contract.

Jeevendrampillai, D. & Parkhurst, A. (2024) “Yesterday’s Coffee is tomorrow’s coffee”: The body, human waste, and off-world living. In ‘Pollution: Mary Douglas revisited’ Lynch, R. & Littlewood, R. Eds Forthcoming. Routledge.

Jeevendrampillai, D. & Parkhurst, A (2024). The Restaurant at the End of the World. In Social Sciences Off Earth: An Introduction to Outer Space Studies. Praet, I. & Pitrou, P Eds. Oxford University Press. In Press.

Zoom link:

Topic: »Cultures of Regeneration« Lecture Series

Time: Jul 11, 2024 04:00 PM

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!!Cancelled!! SprechenÜber 10.07.24

Dear everyone,

Unfortunately, due to sickness, we have to cancel SprechenÜber event this week. We won't have any upcoming event this semester anymore. Thank you!

Warm regards,

Josua

Stephanie Bunn's lecture 'Basketry, Renewal and Regeneration' this Thursday 4th @16.15

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Stephanie will be giving her lecture over Zoom to a live audience, so please come to Hörsaal 3075, Unter den Linden 6, Humboldt Universität, or join us online:

Topic: »Cultures of Regeneration« Lecture Series 

Time:  Jul 4, 2024 04:00 PM 

Please download and import the following iCalendar (.ics) files to your calendar system. Weekly: https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/meeting/u5cldOCsrT0vE9LFF1T8A8mBnt9_S_Gbb3W4/ics?icsToken=98tyKu-rpjgjHteTtRCBR_MqGojCXejztiFYj_pxujm0N3hyOg7UOPYbDYFAN9rS

Join Zoom Meeting https://hu-berlin.zoom-x.de/j/63839436596?pwd=Q9GhqiyLURWYPw7VwyZc8aLGIr1UP1.1

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One tap mobile +496938980596,,63839436596# Germany

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'Basketry, Renewal and Regeneration' 

Basketry hand-skills involve familiarity with materials, hand to eye coordination, and dexterity. All of these activities nurture a developing human attention out into the world, and also inwards, integrating mind, body and environment. Basketry-like textiles are some of the earliest biodegradable textile forms made by humans. In their creation, basket-making thus both reflects developments in human cognition, and is also implicated in that development.

Used as a means of occupational therapy in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, basketry skills were considered to be healing for people with acquired brain injury, shell shock and stroke. And yet practical basketry techniques and can also contribute to mathematical understanding, the gestural skills involved expanding geometric and spatial comprehension. At the same time, as artefacts made from plants, baskets and related textiles ground this knowledge firmly in the environment. There is a sense, then, that practically engaging with basketry skills can provide a form of renewal and growth, for the injured, for human learning and for the environment. It is therefore of concern that such skills are often now deemed obsolete with the growth of more mechanical systems for making.

In this guest lecture, Dr Stephanie Bunn draws on her experience of working with basketry practitioners, mathematicians and with the UK National Willow Collection to explore these questions.

SprechenÜber - Wednesday, 03.07.2024 - 5PM - @HÖRSAAL - With Amund Ulvestad!

Come and join us at SprechenÜber, this Wednesday, July 3rd with Amund Ulvestad

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5 PM @Hörsaal (C105)

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In this session, we will exchange thoughts and ideas on the fields of art and design, while also exploring the work of Amund Ulvestad, a multimedia artist, musician, and composer based in Oslo and Berlin.

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The event is conducted by Birgit Kunz & Una Preuss

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Amund Ulvestad has held solo exhibitions and performances at institutions like Atelier Nord, Trøndelag Center for Contemporary Art and KW Institute for Contemporary Art in Berlin. Since 2015, he has also created music and sound for over 30 theatre and dance productions, including at the Norwegian National Theatre, the Croatian National Theatre and The Ibsen Theatre, as well as collaborating with a host of ensembles in the international independent performing arts field. He has also scored music for several feature films. Ulvestad is a member of the dance company ULF kompani, the theatre company Heløe/Ulvestad and the sound choreography group Vingelklang, and has collaborated extensively with other artist like Kit Wan (HK), Bendik Giske (NO) and Tzuan Wu (TW).

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Since 2015, Ulvestad has been a guest lecturer at The Norwegian University for Science and Technology and the Norwegian Theatre Academy, and since 2020 he has been affiliated with Freie Universität Berlin as an artist in residence and associate fellow. He has been awarded the Artist's Work Grant from the Norwegian Arts Council twice. 

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CREDIT POINTS

For bachelor students attending 4 of SprechenÜber events will get 2 credit points, but the event is open for everyone! :)

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Let's connect and talk more about art and design! :)

Follow us on instagram: @SprechenÜber

Amund Ulvestad's Instagram: @a.ulvestad

!!!Today!!! SprechenÜber, 5pm @PROF.MENSA :)

Come and join us at SprechenÜber, Today, 5 pm at Prof. Mensa with Truls Krane Meby

Today on SprechenÜber, we are getting to know a Filmmaker, Truls Krane Meby. He will share his experiences, his working process, and also explore the significance of design in filmmaking, highlighting how design elements contribute to overall impact of a film.

CREDIT POINTS

For bachelor students attending 4 of SprechenÜber events will get 2 credit points, but the event is open for everyone! :)

Let's connect and talk more about art and design! :)

Follow us on instagram: @SprechenÜber

Truls Krane Meby Instagram: @trulskm

Charlotte Linton lecture on natural dyeing in Japan, tomorrow 16.15 Uhr

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Charlotte Linton is in Berlin to give her talk tomorrow in person, so do join if you can. Otherwise you can join online using the link in the post below (from June 13th).

Re-evaluating traditional practice in the regenerative moment: A case study of natural dyeing in Japan.

Natural dyeing was the primary method used to colour textiles globally prior to the widespread adoption of chemical dyes introduced from the 1850s. In Japan, where a vibrant, diverse and productive textile economy functioned into the 1980s, chemical dyes have also been embraced. But the importance of traditional practice to the ‘nation’ has meant many local industries continue to use natural materials in their dyeing practices, despite reduced output as textile production for the kimono cloth industry continues to decline. Based on ethnographic fieldwork on the islands of Amami Oshima and Okinawa in southern Japan, this talk will consider how local dyeing practices are experiencing a resurgence guided by a new generation of migrant craftspeople who meld traditional and contemporary Japanese aesthetics and values. Yet rather than being confined to the products they make; I discuss how their work has a wider impact by contributing to the regeneration of the rural locations they have made their home.

Bio

Charlotte Linton is an anthropologist and designer whose work is situated at the intersection of visual, material and economic anthropology, textiles and ethnoecology. She is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Social Anthropology at All Souls College, University of Oxford. Charlotte has carried out ethnographic work with Harris Tweed weavers in the Outer Hebrides of Scotland (2016) and natural dye craftspeople on the island of Amami Oshima, southern Japan (2021 & 2023). Her current research explores the intersection of textiles and agriculture in the UK, USA and India.

Reminder: Open Call Gender Exhibition! Submit Now!

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Open Call: Studentische Ausstellung „Gender Perspectives in Art & Design“

Beschäftigst du dich in deinen Arbeiten mit feministischen Themen, mit Geschlecht, Identität, Sexualität, Begehren oder Körper? Wir suchen studentische Arbeiten für eine Ausstellung zu „Gender Perspectives in Art & Design“, die im Dezember im Foyer der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin gezeigt wird. Mit feministischen Perspektiven wollen wir ungleiche Geschlechterverhältnisse und Körperpolitiken in Kunst, Design und Theorie analysieren, reflektieren und sichtbar machen. Wie können Künstler_innen und Gestalter_innen in sexistische Strukturen intervenieren? Welche feministischen Praxen machen sie sichtbar und verhandelbar? Studierende aller Geschlechter, die sich künstlerisch-gestalterisch mit diesen oder ähnlichen Fragen auseinandersetzen, sind eingeladen, sich bis 30.06.2024 mit ihren Arbeiten zu bewerben.

Wann? 5.-18. Dezember 2024 (anlässlich des Aktionstags #4genderstudies)

Wie bewerbe ich mich? Schicke Bilder/Dokumentation o.ä. deiner Arbeit und eine kurze Projektbeschreibung + Bio (max. 1 Seite) digital an gender_ausstellung@kh-berlin.de

Weitere Infos:

Wir suchen fertige Arbeiten von Studierenden der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin Arbeiten die Genderthematiken wie die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter, sexualisierte Diskriminierung oder Gewalt, geschlechtsspezifische Benachteiligung, Stereotype oder Geschlechterparität zum Thema haben bzw. für diese Themen sensibilisieren.

Wer kann sich bewerben? Studierende und Absolvent_innen der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin aus allen Fachgebieten

Wer organisiert? Rena Onat (Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragte), Phila Weber (AStA und Mode), Marina Ludig (Textil und Materialdesign), Rayen Laferte (Bühne und Kostüm), Beratung durch Prof. Astrid Stricker (Grundlagen)

Rahmenprogramm – geplant ist ein Begleitprogramm mit Vorträgen

Open Call: Student exhibition “Gender Perspectives in Art & Design”

Do you deal with feminist themes, gender, identity, sexuality, desire or the body in your work? We are looking for student works for an exhibition on “Gender Perspectives in Art & Design”, which will be shown in the foyer of the weißensee school of art and design berlin in December. We want to use feminist perspectives to analyze, reflect on and make visible unequal gender relations and body politics in art, design and theory. How can artists and designers intervene in sexist structures? Which feminist practices make them visible and negotiable? Students of all genders who deal with these or similar questions artistically and creatively are invited to apply with their work by 30.06.2024.

When: December 5-18, 2024 (on the occasion of the #4genderstudies day of action)

How do I apply? Send pictures/documentation or similar of your work and a short project description + bio (max. 1 page) digitally to gender_ausstellung@kh-berlin.de

Further information:

We are looking for finished works by students of the weißensee school of art and design berlin that deal with gender issues such as gender equality, sexualized discrimination or violence, gender-specific discrimination, stereotypes or gender parity or raise awareness of these issues.

Who can apply? Students and recent graduates of the weißensee school of art and design berlin from all subject areas

Who organizes? Rena Onat (Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer), Phila Weber (AStA and Fashion), Marina Ludig (Textile and Material Design), Rayen Laferte (Stage and Costume), advice from Prof. Astrid Stricker (Fundamentals)

An accompanying program with lectures is planned

SprechenÜber - 26.06.2024 - 5PM - @Prof.MENSA - With Truls Krane Meby

**Come and join us at SprechenÜber, next Wednesday, June 26th with Truls Krane Meby
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5 PM @Prof. MENSA

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Next Wednesday on SprechenÜber, we are getting to know a Filmmaker, Truls Krane Meby. He will share his experiences, his working process, and also explore the significance of design in filmmaking, highlighting how design elements contribute to overall impact of a film.

Truls Krane Meby is an award-winning filmmaker from Lofoten, in Arctic Norway, who works as a director, editor, and writer in Norway, Berlin and London, whose work has screened at festivals world-wide, among many others at Palm Springs, Aspen Shortsfest, Interfilm, and Nordic Panorama. 

„I have written and directed several short films and a feature film, all of which are about people in an extremely local, personal, subjective relationship to an intrusive world that is enormous, chaotic, and overwhelming – struggling to understand their surroundings. We are increasingly governed by massive forces that we find difficult to understand or control: climate, technology, market forces, war, and changing perceptions of the body (the latter I have personally experienced in relation to sexuality and gender).

Our challenge now is to broaden our perspective. I am working on finding new forms of expression that can depict this challenge from surprising angles. In films like Grep, World Wide Woven Bodies, Mobile, Katja Dreams of Waking Up, and The Weight of Sight, I explore a series of interrelated, recurring themes in intersecting constellations: body, sexuality, and gender; technology, globalization, and climate; power and autonomy; self-understanding, inner life, and communication. These are personal films that I attempt to make both probing and seductive, intellectual and physical. Dramas with a sense of humor that increasingly feature mythical elements, placing people as part of larger processes.“

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Let's connect and talk more about art and design! :)

Follow us on instagram: @SprechenÜber 

Truls Krane Meby Instagram: @trulskm

!!!Today!!! SprechenÜber @Hörsaal

Come and join us at SprechenÜber today with Yehuda Inbar

5 PM @Hörsaal

On this session we are getting to know an artist from the classical music realm. This would be a really interesting exchange for us visual artists and designers! :)

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CREDIT POINTS

For bachelor students attending 4 of SprechenÜber events will get 2 credit points, but the event is open for everyone! :)

Let's connect and talk more about art and design! :)

SprechenÜber - 19.06.2024 - 5PM - @HÖRSAAL - With Yehuda Inbar

Come and join us at SprechenÜber on Wednesday, 19th of June with Yehuda Inbar

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5 PM @Hörsaal

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On this session we are getting to know an artist from the classical music realm. This would be a really interesting exchange for us visual artists and designers! :)

„Pianist Yehuda Inbar is gaining international recognition as one of today’s most intriguing and enterprising young artists. (….)

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Inbar’s debut album featured Schubert unfinished sonatas as well as Schubert inspired contemporary music by Widmann and Finnissy, including Finnissy’s Vervollständigung von Schuberts D840, a completion Inbar has commissioned and premiered in 2017. The release has been hailed by critics of the Sunday Times (UK), Diapason (France), PianoNews (Germany), Pizzicato (Luxemburg), Haaretz (Israel), among others. This debut release is part of Inbar’s long term on-going project of performing the complete Schubert piano sonatas, and will be followed by further commissions.

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Having curated already various concert series including Levinsky 24, interacting figurative art and music in Tel Aviv (2012), and the Sherriff Centre Concert Series in London (2018), in 2020 he received grants from the Senate für Kultur und Europa, as well as from the Musikrat for cultural projects in Berlin. 

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Inbar currently furthers his PhD at the Royal Academy of Music in London, raising a discussion on strangeness in Schubert, involving composers as diverse as Brett Dean, Michael Finnissy, Richard Barrett, Gerorg Friedrich Haas, Jörg Widmann, Morgan Hayes, and others.“

Invitation to 'What If?' opening tomorrow @17.00-21.00, Haus der Statistik

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Liebe Freund:innen, Kolleg:innen und Netzwerkpartner:innen,

Wir möchten euch herzlich zur Ausstellungseröffnung What if…? einladen, die am Donnerstag, den 06. Juni 2024, von 17:00 bis 21:00 Uhr stattfindet.

Ausstellung:

What if…? Ein transdisziplinärer Diskurs zur Zukunft gesunder, grüner Städte

Künstler:innen: Klaus Bock, Lena Gätjens, Nicole Schuck, and Nilra Zoraloglu

Eröffnung: 06.06.2024 17.00 - 21.00 Uhr

Öffnungszeiten: 07.06. - 09.06.2024 12.00 - 18.00 Uhr

Freier Eintritt

OTTO Projektraum, Haus der Statistik

Otto-Braun-Straße 70-72,

10178 Berlin

Von Februar bis Juni 2024 hat die Berliner Landesbeauftragte für Naturschutz und Landespflege vier Künstler:innen eingeladen, urbane Natur zu interpretieren. Im Austausch mit Wissenschaftler:innen aus Forschungsbereichen der Ökologie haben sie an der Entwicklung künstlerischer Werke gearbeitet. Diese interdisziplinäre Zusammenarbeit verknüpft Forschung und künstlerische Praxis und strebt danach, neue narrative Strukturen sowie alternative Perspektiven auf Forschungsfragen zu entwickeln. Die Ergebnisse dieser spannenden Zusammenarbeit werden vom 07.06.2024 bis 09.06.2024 in Zusammenarbeit mit dem The Nature of Cities Festival (TNOC) im OTTO Projektspace am Haus der Statistik präsentiert.

Wir würden uns sehr über euren Besuch freuen und laden euch ein, auch andere Interessierte mitzubringen oder diese Einladung weiterzuleiten.

Herzliche Grüße

Robert Köpke, Lucy Norris und Aletta Bonn

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Dear friends, colleagues, and network partners,

We warmly invite you to the exhibition opening What if…? on Thursday, June 6, 2024, from 5:00 PM to 9:00 PM.

What if…? A Transdisciplinary Discourse on the Future of Healthy, Green Cities

Artists: Klaus Bock, Lena Gätjens, Nicole Schuck, and Nilra Zoraloglu.

Opening: June 6, 2024, 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM

Opening hours: June 7 - June 9, 2024, 12:00 PM - 6:00 PM

free entry

OTTO Project Space, Haus der Statistik

Otto-Braun-Straße 70-72,

10178 Berlin

From February to June 2024, the Berlin State Commissioner for Nature Conservation invited four artists to interpret urban nature. In collaboration with scientists from various fields of ecology, they have developed artistic works. This interdisciplinary collaboration combines research and artistic practice and aims to develop new narrative structures and alternative perspectives on research questions. The results of this exciting collaboration will be presented from June 7, 2024, to June 9, 2024, in collaboration with The Nature of Cities Festival (TNOC) at the OTTO Project Space at Haus der Statistik.

We would be delighted to see you there and encourage you to bring others who might be interested or to share this invitation.

Best regards,

Robert Köpke, Lucy Norris, and Aletta Bonn

Robert Köpke

Curator, Robert Creates Space

robertcreatesspace@gmail.com | www.robertcreatesspace.com

Prof. Dr. Lucy Norris

weißensee kunsthochschule berlin

Bühringstraße 20, 13086 Berlin | lucy.norris@kh-berlin.de

Prof. Dr. Aletta Bonn

Landesbeauftragte für Naturschutz und Landespflege Berlin

im Hause der Senatsverwaltung für Mobilität, Verkehr, Klimaschutz und Umwelt

Am Köllnischen Park 3 | 10179 Berlin

LbN@senMVKU.berlin.de | aletta.bonn@idiv.de

Open Call: Gender, Identity, Sexuality, Body, Desire

Open Call: Studentische Ausstellung „Gender Perspectives in Art & Design“

Beschäftigst du dich in deinen Arbeiten mit feministischen Themen, mit Geschlecht, Identität, Sexualität, Begehren oder Körper? Wir suchen studentische Arbeiten für eine Ausstellung zu „Gender Perspectives in Art & Design“, die im Dezember im Foyer der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin gezeigt wird. Mit feministischen Perspektiven wollen wir ungleiche Geschlechterverhältnisse und Körperpolitiken in Kunst, Design und Theorie analysieren, reflektieren und sichtbar machen. Wie können Künstler_innen und Gestalter_innen in sexistische Strukturen intervenieren? Welche feministischen Praxen machen sie sichtbar und verhandelbar? Studierende aller Geschlechter, die sich künstlerisch-gestalterisch mit diesen oder ähnlichen Fragen auseinandersetzen, sind eingeladen, sich bis 30.06.2024 mit ihren Arbeiten zu bewerben.

Wann? 5.-18. Dezember 2024 (anlässlich des Aktionstags #4genderstudies)

Wie bewerbe ich mich? Schicke Bilder/Dokumentation o.ä. deiner Arbeit und eine kurze Projektbeschreibung + Bio (max. 1 Seite) digital an gender_ausstellung@kh-berlin.de

Weitere Infos:

Wir suchen fertige Arbeiten von Studierenden der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin Arbeiten die Genderthematiken wie die Gleichstellung der Geschlechter, sexualisierte Diskriminierung oder Gewalt, geschlechtsspezifische Benachteiligung, Stereotype oder Geschlechterparität zum Thema haben bzw. für diese Themen sensibilisieren.

Wer kann sich bewerben? Studierende und Absolvent_innen der weißensee kunsthochschule berlin aus allen Fachgebieten

Wer organisiert? Rena Onat (Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragte), Phila Weber (AStA und Mode), Marina Ludig (Textil und Materialdesign), Rayen Laferte (Bühne und Kostüm), Beratung durch Prof. Astrid Stricker (Grundlagen)

Rahmenprogramm – geplant ist ein Begleitprogramm mit Vorträgen

Open Call: Student exhibition “Gender Perspectives in Art & Design”

Do you deal with feminist themes, gender, identity, sexuality, desire or the body in your work? We are looking for student works for an exhibition on “Gender Perspectives in Art & Design”, which will be shown in the foyer of the weißensee school of art and design berlin in December. We want to use feminist perspectives to analyze, reflect on and make visible unequal gender relations and body politics in art, design and theory. How can artists and designers intervene in sexist structures? Which feminist practices make them visible and negotiable? Students of all genders who deal with these or similar questions artistically and creatively are invited to apply with their work by 30.06.2024.

When: December 5-18, 2024 (on the occasion of the #4genderstudies day of action)

How do I apply? Send pictures/documentation or similar of your work and a short project description + bio (max. 1 page) digitally to gender_ausstellung@kh-berlin.de

Further information:

We are looking for finished works by students of the weißensee school of art and design berlin that deal with gender issues such as gender equality, sexualized discrimination or violence, gender-specific discrimination, stereotypes or gender parity or raise awareness of these issues.

Who can apply? Students and recent graduates of the weißensee school of art and design berlin from all subject areas

Who organizes? Rena Onat (Women's and Equal Opportunities Officer), Phila Weber (AStA and Fashion), Marina Ludig (Textile and Material Design), Rayen Laferte (Stage and Costume), advice from Prof. Astrid Stricker (Fundamentals)

An accompanying program with lectures is planned

Tomorrow's lecture: Cordelia Polinna

Hi Everyone,

Tomorrow's lecture will be given by Dr Cordelia Polinna in person at the HU, 4.15 -5.45pm (Unter den Linden 6, Hörsaal 3075). You are all warmly invited to attend, and take part in the discussion afterwards :) This is a timely and highly relevant topic for you designers in Berlin!

Abstract

There is probably no other region in Europe where growth and shrinkage are as close to each other as in Berlin and Brandenburg – and especially in Lausitz. The Lausitz region, despite “Reconstruction East” and an unprecedented transformation from one of the largest opencast coal mining regions in the world to a gigantic local recreation area, now known as the Lausitz Lakeland, has shrunk considerably at the same time.

For us, Lausitz is a region of the future with enormous potential for the energy transition, for industrial production, but also as an attractive residential location and leisure region. But how can we shift the discourse from one of deficits to one of opportunities? What does a realistic, future-oriented vision for Lausitz look like, one that avoids romanticizing rural life or fostering unsustainable growth? The region’s future hinges on developing a resilient model that balances growth with environmental and social considerations, aiming for a harmonious influx of people that aligns with the region’s capacity and preserves its character. The talk will draw on Cordelia’s practical projects to show which steps can be taken on the way to a new narrative of Lausitz.

Bio

Dr. Cordelia Polinna, born in 1975 in Berlin, is an urban planner and researcher. She studied Urban and Regional Planning, as well as Urban Design, in Berlin and Edinburgh. After completing her doctorate at the Technical University of Berlin, she served as a visiting professor there from 2011-2013, teaching Planning and Architectural Sociology.

Dr. Polinna has extensive experience in research and teaching, both nationally and internationally. She was a DFG Post-Doctoral Fellow at the Transatlantic Graduate College “Berlin – New York History and Culture of Metropolises in the 20th Century” and spent time as a Visiting Scholar at New York University.

During her career, she founded Polinna Hauck Landscape + Urbanism, and was the managing partner at Urban Catalyst GmbH (2017-2022). There she headed numerous projects which dealt with strategic planning, spatial transformation, participatory planning processes and sustainable mobility e.g. in Berlin, Munich, Bern/Switzerland and at a national level. In 2022 she founded the planning consultancy forward Planung und Forschung based in Berlin.

In 2022 Cordelia also founded the Institut für Resilienz im Ländlichen Raum with architect Simon Breth, based in Annahütte in the district of Oberspreewald-Lausitz. The Institute for Resilience in Rural Areas uses specific projects to test and research the extent to which a multi-perspective, integrated approach to the topic of resilience can initiate a transformation that allows us to deal well with crises and the associated disruptions and to contribute to sustainable and resilient spatial development. Cordelia explores the relationship between city and countryside, commuting between Berlin and Lusatia.

She is a member of the German Academy for Urban and Regional Planning (DASL) and a registered urban planner in the Berlin Chamber of Architects.

Links:

https://blog.dasl.de/warum-ein-raumbild-fuer-die-lausitz/

www.irlr.de

https://transformation-lausitz.ioer.eu/fileadmin/user_upload/transformation-lausitz/files/raumlabor_dokumente/wow_planungslab_bericht_lang.pdf

A Deutschlandfunk-Interview “Essay und Diskurs“ will be broadcast on the 26th of May, and afterwards available online. (I will post the link later).

Neuer Beirat der Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragten ist gewählt!//New Feminist Council was elected!

Copyright

© Rena Onat

Heute war die Wahl für den Beirat der Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragten aka FLINTA-Beirat, feministischer Beirat oder Frauenbeirat. Wir bewegen uns weiter in den Gemeinsamkeiten und Widersprüchen intersektionaler und trans*inklusiver Gleichstellungsarbeit, der Vertretung von Fraueninteressen und der Verbesserung der Selbstbestimmung für Trans*Inter*Nichtbinäre Menschen im (Kunst-)Hochschulkontext. Dafür ist es umso wichtiger, als Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragte ein beratendes Gremium zu haben - also danke schon mal an alle Mitglieder des neuen Beirats und herzlichen Glückwunsch zur Wahl! Ein großer Dank auch an Heike Overberg und Simone Wolters für die Durchführung der Wahl sowie an Stefanie Rau für Organisation und Werbung. Außerdem mein Dank an Leoni Adams und Annette Mann für die Erstellung der Wahllisten. 

Today was the election for the Advisory Board of Women's and Gender Equality Representative aka FLINTA Advisory Board, Feminist Advisory Board or Women's Advisory Board. We continue to move forward in the commonalities and contradictions of intersectional and trans*-inclusive equality work, the representation of women's interests and the improvement of self-determination for trans*inter*non-binary people in the (art) university context. This makes it all the more important to have an advisory body as a women's and equal opportunities representative - so thank you to all members of the new advisory board and congratulations on your election! Many thanks also to Heike Overberg and Simone Wolters for conducting the election and to Stefanie Rau for organizing and advertising. I would also like to thank Leoni Adams and Annette Mann for compiling the electoral lists.

Der neue Beirat sind//members of the new council:

Prof. Astrid Stricker

Prof. Doreen Schulz

Susan Lipp

Anastasia Zagorni

Stefanie Rau

Nayeli Vega Vargas

Charlotte Rhode

Ida-Marie Simonsen 

Renee Klaaßen

viele Grüße, Rena Onat

Morgen (Di 12-14 Uhr), Prof-Mensa! Wählt den neuen feministischen Beirat!

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Morgen Mittag in der Prof-Mensa - wählt den neuen Beirat der Frauen- und Gleichstellungsbeauftragten!