Matters of Activity Film at Humboldt Lab

The Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« was represented with some objects in the exhibition »Nach der Natur« at the Humboldt Laboratory of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. You can watch an introduction to the Cluster in advance right here on this page. Watch the video below in German with English subtitles.

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What you see (in order of appearance):

1. Movement pattern of a biofilm. Copyright: Cécile Bidan

2. Scanning electron microscopy of a biofilm: Escherichia coli embedded in amyloid fibers. Copyright: Diego Serra and Regine Hengge

3 Cellulose in E. coli biofilm. Copyright: Diego Serra & Regine Hengge

4. Scanning electron microscopy of the biofilm: Escherichia coli embedded in pEtN cellulose. Copyright: Diego Serra & Regine Hengge

5. X-ray images of a compression woodcut during drying. Copyright: Michaela Eder

6./7./8./9./10. Processes of filtering – selecting: Color fan. Copyright: Veronika Aumann and Thomas Ness

11. Different weaving techniques in »The Bark Project« by Charlett Wenig and Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten. Copyright: Patrick Walter, MPIKG

12. Clothing made from the waste product tree bark - »The Bark Project« by Charlett Wenig and Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten. Copyright: Patrick Walter, MPIKG

13. Weaving process of a strip of wild silk and cotton dyed in indigo. Copyright: Salif Sawadogo

14. A spindle used to spin wild silk in West Africa. Copyright: Laurence Douny

15. Thread material made from wild silk. Copyright: Laurence Douny

16. Silk cocoon as used in the Marka Dafing community of West Africa for making women's clothing. Copyright: Laurence Douny (1) & Copyright: Michelle Mantel (2)

17. Biofilm. Copyright: Regine Hengge

18. »Active Curtain Project« – A curtain made of bacteria. Copyright: Bastian Beyer and Iva Rešetar

19. Elena Eulitz, Extension Charm (2019/2020). Copyright: weißensee kunsthochschule berlin, Photo: Christiane Sauer.

20. Liquid lacquer. Design: Luis Magg from »Scaling Nature (1): Wrinkles«. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin

21. Folded E Coli biofilm producing cellulose. Copyright: Diego Serra & Regine Hengge

22. / 23. / 24. Stone Web - Spatial modular system made of basalt fiber at weißensee school of art and design berlin, Idalene Rapp, Natascha-Katharina Unger, Christiane Sauer. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin, I. Rapp, N. Unger

25. 2018 project »Column« by Bastian Beyer and Daniel Suarez. Bacterial fossilization of a knitted and staggered construction. After treatment with the bacterial cultures, the construction is solid. Copyright: Bastian Beyer

26. The Flip. Design: Xingwen Pan from the project »Scaling Nature (1): Wrinkles«. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin

27. Wrinkled E Coli biofilm for the production of cellulose. Copyright: Diego Serra & Regine Hengge

25. Precon. Copyright: Lucius Fekonja

28. Alps. Copyright: Antje Nestler

29. Sticky stacks. Design: Serafina Baucken, Eva Eckert, Jojo Shone from the project »Scaling Nature (2): Fibers, Muscles and Bones«. Copyright: Mareike Stoll, weißensee school of art and design berlin

30. joinedUp. Design: Antonia Dönitz, Carlotta Scholz and Carla Santos Thomas from the project »Scaling Nature (2): Fibers, Muscles and Bones«. Copyright: Mareike Stoll, weißensee school of art and design berlin

31./ 32. Drafts of from the project »Scaling Nature (2): Fibers, Muscles and Bones«. Copyright: Mareike Stoll, weißensee school of art and design berlin