Future Public Spaces

Who does current public (green) space serve and who does it exclude? How does it relate to home, well-being and resilience? What role does art play in envisioning more inclusive public spaces? MoA member Babette Werner, Toni Karge, and Luïza Luz will explore these questions in conversation with LAS curators Agnessa Schmudke and Sophie Korschildgen.
Babette Werner is an art and visual historian who researches links between visual interpretations of natural phenomena and social discourses. Her work focuses on process-based art as living organisms, rewilding as a strategy for adaptation, transformation, and regeneration, and multi-species (co-)creation in times of crisis. Toni Karge is the urban gardening representative of the Berlin senate. As a city-wide point of contact for community gardens and an intermediary between gardens and the administration, he has actively contributed to them being recognized as significant parts of the urban landscape. Luïza Luz is a transdisciplinary artist, educator, singer-composer, and author whose work focuses on intersectional environmentalism and emancipatory pedagogies. Preceding the panel, Luïza presented a sound and lecture performance that interweaves auditory landscapes with reflections on monoculture, sharing, and eco-liberation.

A tasting menu followed the talk developed and served by culinary resident Chelsea Turowsky in exchange with the garden.

The event was part of a four-chapter public program centered around and located inside Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg's Pollinator Pathmaker, a living artwork for pollinating insects presented by the LAS Art Foundation in front of Naturkundemuseum Berlin.

The event took place from 6 to 9 pm on the forecourt of the Museum für Naturkunde and was held in English. It featured an expert conversation, a shared meal, and a performative gesture. More information on the website of LAS foundation: https://www.las-art.foundation/explore/pollinator-pathmaker-summer-programme