Holitopia 2024

Witness future design and art coming together to turn visions into reality: futures you can see and touch! MoA members Christian Stein, Rasa Weber, Natalija Miodragović, Dimitra Almpani-Lekka, Antje Nestler and Kristin Werner contribute to this year's Holitopia Festival with a keynote, panel, discussion and speculative workshop at Campus Wilhelminenhof of HTW Berlin. Don't miss your chance for a reduced ticket for the conference day. But there are also lots of free activities, such as the exhibiton »Above the Sea of Air« with works from the Cluster.

Conference Day with Contributions from Cluster Members on 20 September

Panel Talk by Christian Stein
on the social significance of games, games for education and research, gamification and serious games as well as the mindset of solving problems with and through games

Keynote by Rasa Weber
»Sympoïetic Design - Tangible Invitations for Humans, Animals, Microbes, Animate and Inanimate Matter in the Ocean«

Speculative Workshop by Antje Nestler and Kristin Werner with Natalija Miodragović and Dimitra Almpani-Lekka
»Growing Architecture - Co-Designing with Fungi«

In this workshop, we dive into the interconnected world of fungi and their mycelium together with researchers and architects Dimitra Almpani-Lekka and Natalija Miodragović from Matters of Activity. In their research they experiment with fungal material systems in the architectural context, supported by the Biomaterials Lab of the Applied and Molecular Microbiology department of TU Berlin.

We will explore the properties and behaviors of mycelium in nature and architecture and speculate about possible futures: Could the buildings of tomorrow be grown in collaboration with plants and fungi? Can fungi help us build life-supporting networks in the cities to maintain natural resources and the local biodiversity? How can co-designing and co-habiting with a living organism transform our experience of future architecture and our relationships with other species? The experienced speculation team of CollActive Materials, Antje Nestler and Kristin Werner, will guide you – no previous knowledge or special skills are required!

The conference day is accompanied by the exhibition »Above the Sea of Air«, where Christian Stein, Rasa Weber, Natalija Miodragović and Dimitra Almpani-Lekka will exhibit their projects Myko.Plektonik: Scaffold for Fungal Growth; SymbiOcean; Stretching into Virtuality and beyond.

Here's your chance to get 30% off your ticket (or 50% if you are a Cluster member) – First come, first served! Send an email to moa.public.relations [​at​] hu-berlin.de to receive one of the limited vouchers to access the conference for 30% (or 50%) off!

Public Days with Free Access – 21 and 22 September

Two days of artist talks, workshops, curator tours, performances and concerts aimed at a broad audience who want to actively participate in co-creating alternative futures. The program spans various sites on the campus along the Spree, including indoor and outdoor exhibition spaces and the urban garden.

More Information

Find out more about the whole festival, the program and the exhibition here:
https://www.holitopia-festival.com/