MATTER OF FLUX
Festival
Women/ FLINTA* in Art, Science and Technology
The 4-day festival MATTER OF FLUX presents a rich and varied program from and for women/ FLINTA* in art, science and technology with panel discussions, lecture performances, numerous workshops, reading groups and other activities, including artist studio and lab visits. The festival has been generously supported by Kunstfonds’ program Neustart Kultur and is in cooperation with FEMeeting.
The MATTER OF FLUX festival takes place in the framework of the group exhibition MATTER OF FLUX. The multifaceted formats and events of the festival program are based on the rich outcome of several preparatory meetings at Art Laboratory Berlin earlier in 2023. More than 40 international Berlin-based women/ FLINTA* – artists, scholars from sciences and humanities and cultural producers in art, science and technology from both the Global North and the Global South – have been invited to collectively develop various CLUSTER groups and activities for the festival.
Six clusters – CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, LEAKY CYCLES, TECHNOLOGIES/ SENSORS/ INTERFACES, PLANT ENCOUNTERS, ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION and HYDRO-RELATIONS – offer workshops, talks, performances, zine-making lounges and more over the four days. In addition there will be a Smell workshop as well as artist studio, exhibition and laboratory visits.
The festival, acting as an interactive platform, welcomes other international or Berlin-based women/ FLINTA* in the fields of art, science and technology to join, exchange and create synergies. Art Laboratory Berlin has started to shape a MATTER OF FLUX network from and for women/ FLINTA* to create a larger ongoing program in the near and far future.
With contributions by artists, cultural producers and scholars from sciences and humanities:
Alanna Lynch, Alice Cannava, Anne Hölck, Annika Haas, Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research (AFSAR), Aslı Dinç, Baldeep Kaur, Cansu Tekin, Cammack Lindsey, Charmaine Poh, Chiara Garbellotto, Constanza Piña Pardo, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Flo Razoux, Gülşah Mursaloğlu, Han Wen Zhang, India Mansour, Jacky Hess, Jemma Woolmore, Käthe Wenzel, Kristina Stallvik, Lena Fließbach, Lena Johanna Reisner, Lisa Bell Weisdorf, Lucy Powell, Lyndsey Walsh, Marianna Szczygielska, Margherita Pevere, Mooni Perry, Nayeli Vega, Nicol Rivera Aro, Nicola Maria Hochkeppel, pamela varela, Park Hye-in, Petja Ivanova, Sarah Hermanutz, Selen Solak, Sina Ribak, Susanne Schmitt, Susanne Jaschko, Sybille Neumeyer, Theresa Schubert, WhiteFeather Hunter, Yan Lin.
The LONG Festival Program with Abstracts and Biographies is HERE available!
SHORT PROGRAM | OVERVIEW (with Pictures)
The festival takes place at PA58, Prinzenallee 58, 13359 Berlin (except Artist Studio Visits, Lab Visits, Exhibition visits), opposite of ALB
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Festival Venue: PA58, Prinzenallee 58, 13359 Berlin (opposite of ALB)
GET YOUR DAY-PASS HERE (REGISTRATION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL START IN THE MORNING OF THE SAME DAY ON THE FESTIVAL SITE)!
9:15 – 9:45 Registration on-site (for afternoon activities!)
10:00
MATTER OF FLUX Introduction
Regine Rapp (Art Laboratory Berlin)
Tuçe Erel (Art Laboratory Berlin)
Dalila Honorato (FEMeeting)
10:30 – 11:45
MATTER OF FLUX Panel Discussion
WhiteFeather Hunter (artist, researcher, Perth) – The Witch in the Lab Coat
Lyndsey Walsh (artist, researcher, Berlin) – SELF-CARE
Moderated by Regine Rapp (art historian, curator, Art Laboratory Berlin)
11:45 – 12:45
CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Lecture Performance
Presentation of the AFSAR (Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research) Reading Group with Charmaine Poh (artist, Berlin/Singapore), Hanwen Zhang (curator, researcher, Berlin/ China), Park Hye-in (curator, Berlin/ Seoul), Mooni Perry (artist, Berlin/ Seoul) and Yan Lin (writer, Berlin / Pingtan, China)
— 13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK —
Events to choose (register in the morning on-site)
14:00 – 15:30
LEAKY CYCLES Reading Group
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülşah Mursaloğlu (artist, Berlin), Cammack Lindsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin), Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)
14:00 – 17:00
TECHNOLOGIES/ SENSORS/ INTERFACES OCTOPUSSYNTRIC Workshop (Part 1 of 2)
Constanza Piña Pardo (artist, dancer, researcher, Berlin/ Chile), Nicol Rivera Aro (artist, researcher, dramaturg, Berlin/ Chile), pamela varela (artist, activist, poet, Berlin/ Mexico), Flo Razoux (biologist, educator, Berlin/ Marseille)
16:30 – 18:00
PLANT ENCOUNTERS. PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION Alchemic Cooking
Chiara Garbellotto (anthropologist, Berlin), Sina Ribak (researcher, Berlin)
17:00 – 18:30
CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Zine Making Workshop (Part 1 of 2)
Selen Solak (experimental researcher, Berlin), Marianna Szczygielska (feminist historian of science, Berlin), Baldeep Kaur (researcher, English Literature/ Science & Technology Studies, Berlin)
14:00 – 18:00 Ongoing activities
LEAKY CYCLES COMPOST Zine Lounge
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülşah Mursaloğlu (artist, Berlin), Cammack Lindsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin) Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Instant Storytelling sessions
Anne Hölck (scenographer, curator, Berlin), Nicola Maria Hochkeppel (cultural producer, health care consultant, Berlin), Petja Ivanova (artist, lecturer, Berlin), Aslı Dinç (artist, researcher, Berlin)
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION The Fluxional Shelf
Kristina Stallvik (artist, researcher, Berlin/ New York)
18:30
Reception @ Art Laboratory Berlin for MoF Festival participants
LOOK AT THE PICTURES of Thursday, the first festival day:
Friday, 16 June 2023 @ PA58
GET YOUR DAY-PASS HERE (REGISTRATION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL START IN THE MORNING OF THE SAME DAY ON THE FESTIVAL SITE)!
9:00 – 9:45 Registration on-site (for afternoon activities!)
9:00 – 10:00
LEAKY CYCLES SOIL EATERS – A Geophagy Ritual
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülşah Mursaloğlu (artist, berlin), Cammack Lindsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin), Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)
10:30 – 12:45
PLANT ENCOUNTERS. PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION Sites of Vegetal Life
Alice Cannava (editor/curator, designer/coder, Berlin), Lisa Bell Weisdorf (artist, Berlin), Kaethe Wenzel (artist, researcher, Berlin), Susanne Schmitt (artist, researcher, Berlin)
— 13:00 – 14:00 LUNCH BREAK —
Events to choose (register in the morning on-site)
14:00 – 17:00
PLANT ENCOUNTERS. PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION MicroCosMOSS Workshop
Susanne Jaschko (art historian, curator, cultural manager, lecturer, communicator, Berlin), Jacky Hess (biologist, Berlin), Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky (artist, Berlin), Lucy Powell (artist, researcher, Berlin)
14:00 – 17:00
TECHNOLOGIES/ SENSORS/ INTERFACES OCTOPUSSYNTRIC Workshop (Part 2 of 2)
Constanza Piña Pardo (artist, dancer, researcher Berlin/ Chile), Nicol Rivera Aro (artist, researcher, dramaturg, Berlin/ Chile), pamela varela (artist, activist, poet, Berlin, Mexico), Flo Razoux (biologist, educator, Berlin/ Marseille)
16:00 – 17:30
LEAKY CYCLES INFINITE RETURNS – A Role-playing Activity
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülşah Mursaloğlu (artist, berlin), Cammack Lindsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin) Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)
17:00 – 18:00
CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Glitter Kitchen Workshop
Selen Solak (experimental researcher, Berlin), Marianna Szczygielska (feminist historian of science, Berlin), Baldeep Kaur (researcher, English Literature/ Science & Technology Studies, Berlin)
13:00 – 16:00 Ongoing activities
LEAKY CYCLES COMPOST Zine Lounge
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülsah Mursaloglu (artist, berlin), Cammack Lindsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin) Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)
14:00 – 18:00 Ongoing activities
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Instant Storytelling sessions
Anne Hölck (scenographer, curator, Berlin), Nicola Maria Hochkeppel (cultural producer, health care consultant, Berlin), Petja Ivanova (artist, lecturer, Berlin), Aslı Dinç (artist, researcher, Berlin)
14:00 – 18:00 Ongoing activities
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION The Fluxional Shelf
Kristina Stallvik (artist, researcher, Berlin/ New York)
18:00 TRANS CHOIR sings
Outside of the festival venue
21:30 – 4 am
MATTER OF FLUX CLUB Night @ Panke Club
Starting with a Performance by the OCTOPUSSYNTRIC Workshop group (MoF Festival),
Later on DJ Sets by Mieko Suzuki & Baby Vulture (a.k.a. Daniela Huerta)
More information and tickets HERE.
(Free for registered festival participants)
LOOK AT THE PICTURES of Friday, the second festival day:
Saturday, 17 June 2023
REGISTER FOR EACH EVENT INDIVIDUALLY – HERE!
11:30 – 16:30 Open Café Hangout
13:00 – 16:00
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Liquifying Language Workshop
Annika Haas (media theorist, writer, Berlin)
14:00 – 17:00
SMELL Workshop
Lyndsey Walsh (artist, researcher, Berlin), Alanna Lynch (artist, researcher, Berlin)
13:00 – 16:30 Ongoing activities
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Instant Storytelling sessions
Anne Hölck (scenographer, curator, Berlin), Nicola Maria Hochkeppel (cultural producer, health care consultant, Berlin), Petja Ivanova (artist, lecturer, Berlin), Aslı Dinç (artist, researcher, Berlin)
(Festival visitors of 15 and 16 June can join freely)
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION The Fluxional Shelf
Kristina Stallvik (artist, researcher, Berlin/ New York)
(Festival visitors of 15 and 16 June can join freely)
Outside the Festival venue
15:30 – 16:30
LAB VISIT Plant Ecologies, FU Berlin
With India Mansour (biologist, Berlin)
21:00 – 21:40
EXHIBITION Visit tissues of care (wt), Charité
With Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin)
LOOK AT THE PICTURES of Saturday, the third festival day:
Sunday, 18 June 2023 @ PA58
REGISTER FOR EACH EVENT INDIVIDUALLY – HERE!
11:30 – 16:30 | Open Café Hangout
12:00 – 15:00
HYDRO-RELATIONS Vessels for Water Workshop
Jemma Woolmore (artist, researcher, Berlin), Lena Johanna Reisner (curator, writer, Berlin), Nayeli Vega (artist, designer, researcher, Berlin), Sarah Hermanutz (artist, Berlin)
13:00 – 15:00
CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Zine Making Workshop (Part 2 of 2)
Selen Solak (experimental researcher, Berlin), Marianna Szczygielska (feminist historian of science, Berlin), Baldeep Kaur (researcher, English Literature/ Science & Technology Studies, Berlin)
15:30 – 16:30
PLENUM — MATTER OF FLUX Get-Together
Final Discussion; Talking about next steps for a MoF Network
(Festival visitors of 15 and 16 June and MoF Network colleagues are welcome to join)
12:00 – 16:00 Ongoing activities
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Instant Storytelling sessions
Anne Hölck (scenographer, curator, Berlin), Nicola Maria Hochkeppel (cultural producer, health care consultant, Berlin), Petja Ivanova (artist, lecturer, Berlin), Aslı Dinç (artist, researcher, Berlin)
(Festival visitors of 15 and 16 June can join freely)
ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION The Fluxional Shelf
Kristina Stallvik (artist, researcher, Berlin/ New York)
(Festival visitors of 15 and 16 June can join freely)
Outside the Festival venue
13:00 – 13:45 and 14:00 – 14:45 (2 slots)
ARTIST STUDIO VISIT Fluid Art Practices. A visit at the studio of Margherita Pevere and Theresa Schubert
Not limited to women/ FLINTA* only, but open to everyone!
14:00 – 15:00 and 16:00 – 17:00 (2 slots)
ARTIST STUDIO VISIT with Cammack Lindsey (artist, researcher, Berlin)
Not limited to women/ FLINTA* only, but open to everyone!
LOOK AT THE PICTURES of Sunday, the fourth and last festival day:
The LONG Festival Program with Abstracts and Biographies is HERE available!
GET YOUR TICKETS HERE:
https://pretix.eu/artlaboratory-berlin/?style=week
AWARENESS – ACCESSIBILITY – CARE
We aim to create a safe and welcoming space for everyone. The Festival MATTER OF FLUX does not tolerate any form of racist, sexist, homo/inter/trans-phobe, anti-Semitic, classist, lookist or ableist discrimination. We are open, multilingual, transnational, solidary, and anti-fascist. We are intersectional feminists. We have a queer claim. We are critical of capitalism and patriarchy.
The MATTER OF FLUX festival will happen mainly at PA58 (Prinzenallee 58, 13359 Berlin, 2nd backyard). The building is barrier-free from the Café side (1st backyard). There is a possibility of participation for visually impaired people. Please, contact us in case you have any special needs. There is a person on our team who is dedicated to offering assistance.
Much as we wish it weren’t so, COVID is still present, and recent conferences around Europe have led to so called ‘super-spreader events’. There are also people taking part who either have immune system issues or have people in their close circles who could be endangered. So please respect fellow participants. We also suggest you self test yourself in the morning of the days you come. Art Laboratory Berlin can provide you with free COVID self tests during the festival. You also can pick them up on Wednesday 14 June from 12 – 5 pm at the festival site.
Please inform us: register@artlaboratory-berlin.org.
Venue
Art Laboratory Berlin
@ PA58, Prinzenallee 58, 13359 Berlin, (opposite of ALB)
The festival takes place during all four days at PA58, except studio, lab and exhibition visits as well as the club night.
Date AND TIME
15 – 18 June 2023
For women/ FLINTA*
FEES AND REGISTRATION
This festival is made from and for women FLINTA*!
On 15 and 16 June, visitors are very welcome to spend the whole day with us together – plenum in the morning and individual events in the afternoon (the registration for the workshops on these days will take place on the same days in the morning at the festival site). Please get your tickets here!
2-Day Festival Pass
15 + 16 June: 70 EUR/ 50 EUR (red.)
1-Day Festival Pass
15 or 16 June: 45 EUR/ 32 EUR (red.)
CLUB Night (16 June @ Panke Club): free entrance for Festival-visitors; pre-sale HERE: 15 EUR; Door: 18 EUR
On 17 and 18 June, visitors are welcome to attend individual workshops and activities. Please register and get your tickets here!
Workshops
17 + 18 June: 20 EUR/ 15 EUR (red.)
Exhibition, Artist Studio and Lab Visits
17 + 18 June: free entrance
GET ALL YOUR TICKETS HERE: https://pretix.eu/artlaboratory-berlin/?style=week
AWARENESS – ACCESSIBILITY – CARE
We aim to create a safe and welcoming space for everyone. The Festival MATTER OF FLUX does not tolerate any form of racist, sexist, homo/inter/trans-phobe, anti-Semitic, classist, lookist or ableist discrimination. We are open, multilingual, transnational, solidary, and anti-fascist. We are intersectional feminists. We have a queer claim. We are critical of capitalism and patriarchy.
The MATTER OF FLUX festival will happen mainly at PA58 (Prinzenallee 58, 13359 Berlin, 2nd backyard). The building is barrier-free from the Café side (1st backyard). There is a possibility of participation for visually impaired people. Please, contact us in case you have any special needs. There is a person on our team who is dedicated to offering assistance.
Much as we wish it weren’t so, COVID is still present, and recent conferences around Europe have led to so called ‘super-spreader events’. There are also people taking part who either have immune system issues or have people in their close circles who could be endangered. So please respect fellow participants. We also suggest you self test yourself in the morning of the days you come. Art Laboratory Berlin can provide you with free COVID self tests during the festival. You also can pick them up on Wednesday 14 June from 12 – 5 pm at the festival site.
Please contact us:
register@artlaboratory-berlin.org.
ALB Team
Regine Rapp, Tuçe Erel, Christian de Lutz,
Karolina Zyniewicz, Mariia Hermann,
Nina Maria Szukała, Ina Mirzac, Hanne Pasdzior, Julia Degan
CONCEPTUAL DEVELOPMENT
For the MoF festival ALB has invited more than 40 international Berlin-based women/ FLINTA* – artists, scholars from sciences and humanities and cultural producers in art, science and technology from both the Global North and the Global South – to collectively develop various CLUSTER groups and activities.
Cooperation partners
FEMeeting, Portugal
Plant Ecologies, FU Berlin
PA58, Berlin
Panke Club, Berlin
Media partners
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