Exhibition »Stretching Materialities«

Matter is dead? Objects are lifeless? Think again! In the exhibition »Stretching Materialities,« which was opened on September 16th, the liveliness and activity of matter can be experienced in a completely new way. The Tieranatomisches Theater becomes an interactive playground: a real cloud levitates in the middle of the room, reacting to body heat and movement and hovering around visitors like a strange creature. Stones reveal their weathering as a dynamic process of change. Large willow structures carefully co-crafted by humans and computers entwine into inhabitable space. Traditional Korean Hanbok Clothing, filled with moving elements, vibrates on the visitor's skin depending on their movement. Walking through the room with virtual reality glasses, visitors can enter the glass elevator in the center. With one touch of a button, the journey goes straight into the material, or more precisely into the CT scan of a stone. Or high into the clouds to interact with air molecules.

It is an exhibition like you have never experienced before. With knowledge from the research of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, an interactive laboratory space has been created that allows completely unexpected insights into thinking about matter – and makes it tangible how active the world around us really is.

The exhibition is accompanied by regular sound performances of the installation »Well-Tempered Hygrometer« in the nearby Object Lab of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik. More information about the kinetic sculpture by Anna Kubelík and dates of the performances can be found here.

The exhibition is curated by multidisciplinary scientists and designers of the project Object Space Agency of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin under the direction of Prof. Dr. Claudia Blümle and Clemens Winkler.

The exhibition is open from September 17, 2021, to January 21, 2022, Mon–Fri from 2–6 pm.

You can register for an individual on-site tour, a public tour, or book a tour for a larger group at the following email address:
stretching-mediation-tat [​at​] hu-berlin.de

The next dates for public tours are:

03.12.2021 4-5 pm
17.12.2021 4-5 pm
07.01.2022 4-5 pm
21.01.2022 4-5 pm

Registration is requested via the following link.

Please note the currently valid 3G regulations for visiting an exhibition. The exhibition will be open from September 17, 2021 to January 21, 2022, every Monday to Friday from 14-18.

»Stretching Materialities« is part of the Berlin Science Week 2021.

Wed, 3.11.2021, 4-6 pm
Ausstellungstour Stretching Materialities
Führung und Livepräsentationen im Tieranatomischen Theater

Fr, 5.11.2021, 4-6 pm
Exhibition Tour Stretching Materialities
Guided tour and exhibition and live presentations in the Tieranatomisches Theater

Mo, 8.11.2021, 4-6 pm
Exhibition Tour Stretching Materialities
Guided tour and exhibition and live presentations in the Tieranatomisches Theater

Past events:

Opening
16 September 2021, 6 pm

The exhibition opened on Thursday, September 16th, 2021 at 6 pm with a reception by the Object Space Agency curator team in front of the Tieranatomisches Theater. Afterward, the exhibition could be explored in different time slots until 8:30 pm.

The evening was accompanied by Oliver Schmids' sound performances on the installation »Well-Tempered Hygrometer« by artist Anna Kubelík.

Welcome addresses by:

Prof. Dr. Wolfgang Schäffner (Director of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«)
Prof. Dr. Sharon Macdonald (Director of the Hermann von Helmholtz-Zentrum für Kulturtechnik)
Felix Sattler (Curator of the Tieranatomisches Theater)
Prof. Dr. Claudia Blümle and Clemens Winkler (Project Leaders Object Space Agency, together with Project team and guests)