muddy measures. when wetlands and heritage converse

The exhibition muddy measures. when wetlands and heritage converse examines the relationship between wetlands and heritage. The phrase »muddy measures« is inherently contradictory. Measurements seek to make something comprehensible and comparable, often for the purpose of research, but also for exploitation or control. However, the term »muddy« evokes opacity and ambiguity. Both heritage and wetlands elude a single definition. When diverse wetlands-related practices are considered heritage, questions related to power, knowledge, and futures come to the surface. In wetlands, we observe heritage as a future making practice where multiple world perspectives encounter and potentially conflict. Heritage-making reveals how a certain group determines and negotiates what is valuable in the present.
This project asks: How does a heritage perspective reshape our understanding of wetlands? Conversely, how does engaging with wetlands in transformation alter our understanding of heritage? How are wetlands measured and what counts as measurement? What and who falls out of the grid?

The exhibition is organized by Cluster Associated Member Yoonha Kim, together with Juliana Robles de la Pava and Margareta von Oswald as part of their work at the Centre for Advanced Studies inherit. heritage in transformation and entails works of the Cluster members Charlett Wenig and Lucy Norris as well as Léa Perraudin and Iva Rešetar as part of the ＿matter festival.

The opening will take place on March 27th at 6.00 pm. There will be a guided tour at 6.30 pm, followed by a reception.