Artist Lab Species Politics

Organism Democracy and Club Real invite 6 cultural workers/activists/researchers concerned with the diversity of humans and other species to an artist lab where we exchange perspectives aimed at dismantling right-wing ideologies behind the common demand for rights for “nature”.

The invited artists were selected on the basis of their proximity to certain organisms and their projects. We would like to propose an experiment and an artistic practice exchange in which the guest artists are invited to present a relevant contribution by speaking as a species and from the perspective of a species in relation to the question: Where does your species place itself on the political spectrum of humanity (left, center, right)? specific forms of domination of the selected species should be taken into account (e.g. swarm mentality, etc.). We propose to start from a collection of texts, narratives or accounts of the life of species that challenge evolutionary thinking towards a complex, richer and non-hierarchical understanding of life.

Gues artists & Organismen:
Yann Colonna as a date palm (input: weaknesses of contemporary left-wing positions)
Marie Pierre Leroux as a slime mold (input: coexistence/symbiosis as a principle of life)
Michelle Marie Letelier as Huiro (Macrocystis pyrifera)
Marcela Moraga as a zebra mussel (Input: Creatures of contaminated diversity – guerrilla actions)
Georg Reinhardt as a fire ant (input: ant pacifism)
Nat Skoczylas as Lichen (Anarchist)

Where: Bildhauerwerkstatt des BBK Berlin, Osloer Str. 102, 13359 Berlin, more information here https://organismendemokratie.org/en/where/berlin-osloer-str/

Mulled wine reception at Organismendemokratie Berlin Osloer Straße, Saturday November 18, 19.00 – 21.00, in the urban forest between Osloer Str 107 and 108, all welcome, please register in advance so that we can buy enough mulled wine and apple punch.