MATTER OF FLUX

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!

Cluster LEAKY CYCLES

VESSELS FOR WATER, Cluster HYDRO-RELATIONS

cluster ALTERNATVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION, photo: Jan Bechberger

ALCHEMIC COOKING, cluster PLANT ENCOUNTERS – PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION, photo: Sina Ribak

MicroCosMOSS, cluster PLANT ENCOUNTERS – PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION, photo: Susanne Jaschko

VESSELS FOR WATER, Cluster HYDRO-RELATIONS

OCTOPUSSYNTRIC, cluster TECHNOLOGIES, SENSORS, INTERFACES, photo: Nicol Rivera Aro

Cluster CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, photo: Baldeep Kaur

Cluster LEAKY CYCLES

VESSELS FOR WATER, cluster HYDRO-RELATIONS, photo: Jemma Woolmore

SHORT PROGRAM | OVERVIEW

The festival takes place at PA58, Prinzenallee 58, 13359 Berlin (except Artist Studio Visits, Lab Visits, Exhibition visits), opposite of ALB

Thu, 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

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)

15:00 – 16:30 
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)

16:30 – 18:00
PLANT ENCOUNTERS. PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION Alchemic Cooking
Chiara Garbellotto (anthropologist, Berlin), Sina Ribak (researcher, 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 

Fri, 16 June 2023

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)

15:30 – 16:30
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)

Sat, 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)

Sun, 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!

The LONG Festival Program with Abstracts and Biographies is HERE available!

GET YOUR TICKETS HERE:
https://pretix.eu/artlaboratory-berlin/?style=week