Silent green presents from 10. January 2025 (Vernissage 09.01.) the exhibition UnNatural Encounters in cooperation with the European Media Art Platform (EMAP) and transmediale. What can artistic perspectives reveal that data and facts cannot? How does art succeed in making this tangible? Can art and technology work together for the development of new forms of communication, empathy, solidarity, and responsibility for our environment?
Image above: courtesy silent green.
These questions will be the focus of the major group exhibition UnNatural Encounters. Ten specially selected works, created between 2022 and 2024 within the scope of the European Media Art Platform‘s (EMAP) Europe-wide residency programme, will be presented in the Betonhalle. As part of the exhibition, transmediale will present an eleventh work in the adjacent transmediale studio.
With works by Tatsuru Arai & Boris Vaitovič, Carl Emil Carlsen, Bethan Hughes, Juliane Jaschnow & Stefanie Schroeder, masharu, Ali Akbar Mehta, Davor Sanvincenti, Studio Above&Below, Transformative Narratives, Endi Tupja & Klodiana Millona and Marc Vilanova. The works exhibited are an exploration of the fundamental issues of our time: environmental sustainability, socio-ecological justice and technological change
The artists work on a transdisciplinary and collaborative basis, bringing together art, science and technology in innovative ways. Their acoustic experiments, immersive landscapes and speculative visions of the future examine the complex relationships between people, technology and the environment. Their approaches are diverse, ranging from data visualisation and experimental documentary film to sound sculpture, performance, video and interactive VR installations. Each work opens up new perspectives on the dynamics of our ecosystem and encourages reflection on the far-reaching consequences of human activity on the environment.
Programme
9.1. | Opening night | Performance: Tatsuru Arai | Betonhalle
Admission: 7 pm
Welcome: EMAP, transmediale & silent green | 7:30 pm
Performance ‘Re-solarization’ by Tatsuru Arai | 8:00 pm
Arai’s performance creates a sensory experience in which sound, light and visual projections are precisely coordinated to create a futuristic, meditative atmosphere.
10-19.1. | group exhibition I Betonhalle, transmediale studio
Opening hours: Mon-Fri, 2 pm-8 pm / Sat-Sun, 11 am-8 pm
Free admission
10.1.+11.1. | Earth Tasting Workshop with masharu | Atelier
What is the meaning behind earth eating traditions? Where does edible earth come from? What are the possible advantages and disadvantages of eating earth? What relationship do we humans create with our environment and with non-human living beings? The workshop offers the opportunity to taste a selection of edible soils from around the world as well as human-made compost with different production methods. The workshop will be held in English.
10.1. | 6 pm
11.1. | 11 am + 2 pm
17.1.-19.1. | A.I. Programming/Composing with Max Jitter | 3-day workshop with Tatsuru Arai | Atelier
Tatsuru Arai welcomes participants to the Max Jitter workshop, which is suitable for absolute beginners as well as experienced professionals. The workshop focuses mainly on A.I.-generated visuals from photos (for example flowers). The goal is to create special video and sound effects by applying A.I. and algorithms to arbitrary photos. The workshop will be held in English.
17.1. | 5-8 pm
18.1. | 2-5 pm
19.1. | 2-5 pm
10.1.-19.1. | Purgatory EDIT – Interactive cyber-based performance with Ali Akbar Mehta | transmediale studio
Purgatory EDIT offers the opportunity to take part in an interactive cyber-based performance every day. This lasts approx. 45-60 minutes and enables 1:1 interaction with the installation using EEG headgear and XR glasses.
Tue-Fri: 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm & 6:30 pm
Sat-Sun: 12:00 pm, 2:00 pm, 3:30 pm, 4:30 pm & 6:30 pm
19.1. | Elastic Continuum – Reading with Bethan Hughes | 6 pm
Elastic Continuum explores the flexible connections between people, plants, politics and power through the material and symbolic transformations of the plant Taraxacum koksaghyz. The narrative of this new volume in the Processing Process series from K. Verlag unfolds in two interwoven storylines: One follows the plant’s historical journey. The other retraces the artist’s own path as she encounters the plant and the people interwoven in her story. The reading will be accompanied by Anna-Sophie Springer and Etienne Turpin from K. Verlag. The reading will be held in English.
WHEN?
Opening: Thursday, 9. January 2025
Exhibition period: Friday, 10. until Sunday, 19. January 2025
WHERE?
silent green Kulturquartier
Gerichtstraße 35
13347 Berlin
COSTS?
free entry
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