Ecology

An ecology may not just exist in the biosphere but also be a model of thought for other kinds of entities. The concept of non-hierarchical connections between entities and knowledge is as sustainable as an undisturbed ecosystem. Various ecologies may be superimposed and interlaced with each other.

Sonic inclusions

21.09.2023, 21.09.23, 16.00-17.30

Sonic inclusions: Sound installation with recordings from Almaty, Berlin, Bogota, Kampala, Paris, Venice and more

Sound installation with recordings from Almaty, Berlin, Bogota, Kampala, Paris, Venice and more Find out more

Entangled Pathogens - Interview with Dr. Lina Moses

Above:Image of Ebola under microscope. Image Credit.

'Moses utilises methods from both epidemiology and ecology to understand the interface of human, animal and pathogen.' Read more

Seeds in conversation - A trans-territorial dialogue about seeds, care and resistance

15.01.2022, 15.01.22, 16:00 – 18:00

Seeds in conversation - A trans-territorial dialogue about seeds, care and resistance

We are very pleased to invite you to this transgenerational dialogue which will bring together the experiences and knowledge of women who live in distant territories. Find out more

How to do Nothing by Dharmendra Prasad

04.12.2020, 04.12.20, 15:00 – 16:30

How to do Nothing – A workshop by Dharmendra Prasad

Dharmendra and Tara have developed a workshop on how to do nothing in collaboration with Do Nothing Curating. The participants will experiment with doing nothing, toiling, and waiting – a continuation in practices of locality that lay ground to Dharmendra’s artistic work. Find out more

Politics of (dis)assembling

19.06.2023 — 29.06.2023, 19.06.23, 19:30 – 29.06.23, 22:00

Politics of (dis)assembling: Documenting in sketches: Lena Pozdnyakova and PATU

Politics of (dis)assembling on 19.06.2023 with T.J. Demos, Marwa Arsanios, ON/OFF Collective, Patu Politics of (dis)assembling on 29.06.2023 with Jennifer Ponce de Léon, STOP DEPORTATION CENTER BER!, ON/OFF Collective with Zoë Ritts, Patu Find out more

Do Nothing Curating

Learning together, when doing apart

Anümn/Plantar/Sow

07.11.2020, 07.11.20, 14:00 – 16:00

The Mapuche artist Paula Baeza Pailamilla (*1988, lives and works in Santiago, CL) centers her practice in the recuperation of ancestral knowledge. In performances, workshops, and videos she enganges the audience with Mapuche culture as a means to contrast the social and ecological modern condition. Find out more

Think about a blurry cloud

Harvesting

A Forest of Many Worlds

09.10.2021 — 30.10.2021, 09.10.21, 18:00 Exhibition Opening

A Forest of Many Worlds

With Paula Baeza Pailamilla, Aldir Polymeris, Willimann/Arai, Sarina Scheidegger, Dominik Zietlow and Paloma Ayala. Find out more

Just Listening

The (Un)Learner

Sonic Scavenging: Hidden Music In The Wild

29.07.2023, 29.07.23, 13:00 – 17:00

Sonic Scavenging: Hidden Music In The Wild organized by Lena Pozdnyakova and Eldar Tagi

“Sonic Scavenging: Hidden Music In The Wild” is a workshop organized by Lena Pozdnyakova and Eldar Tagi (of There, there working group). It is designed to open up the world of sound to children, offering them a unique opportunity to engage with their environment through auditory exploration. Find out more

Growing a Pearl

Growing a Pearl

'It’s hard to relate to an oyster, they have no brain and the most primitive of central nervous systems.' Read more

my art is not for you

The (Un)Learner

Reading between the lines: Hunting-Gathering

10.06.2023 — 30.06.2023, 10.06.23, 19:00 – 30.06.23, 21:00

Reading between the lines: Hunting-Gathering. Readings at Motto – on the course of the show, between the objects and between the lines  Curated by Liza Kin

The title and the approach to show (in the art practice or living as an artist and cultural worker under the conditions of capitalism to sustain a livelihood, hunting for projects, hustling with ideas, and other things) refers to numerous levels of existence in the world. Find out more

On Shrinking

Tiny chameleon Brookesia micra sitting on a match head. Image Credit.

In a human lifetime the period in which we grow taller is relatively short, a maximum of eighteen or nineteen years. Read more

Plant Sorcierès

Harvesting

Wet Nurses, Microbes, Milk-siblings: Milk as Liquid Conduit

Alonso Cano, Miraculous Lactation of Saint Bernard, 1650. Source.

'Milk impregnated the particular atmosphere of women.' Read more