Reading Landscapes from Above: Maps, Satellites, and Visualizations
September 7th, 1 - 3 pm
A guided exploration on how landscapes are represented through data and satellite images. Taking examples from Sentinel visualizations of Almería, we'll explore how mapping reveals ecological stress and human impact, while also questioning the limits of Western gaze on geography.
Making Elsewhere: Art in Unfamiliar Geographies
September 7th, 3 - 5 pm
An artist talk with Isabel Law and Martin Karl Kufieta on producing work in new contexts, from residencies to fieldwork. The conversation reflects on how place, distance, and lived experience shape artistic practice.
From Care to Flavor: Heritage, Industry, and Fermentation
September 7th, 5 - 7 pm
What ties together flavor, care, time, and tradition? How are narratives of locality, heritage, and food culture entangled with industrial modes of flavor production? Polly Yim, founder of QU Fermentation Studio and Head of Fermentation at the vegan fine dining restaurant Oukan, will guide us through her reflections on the ways in which artisanal and industrial practices converge and inform taste in surprising ways, starting from her daily practice of small-scale experimental fermentation. We will explore the potential and limits of transferring Chinese and Japanese fermentation techniques to the German context, and taste different products brought directly from her lab.
Figurations: Memory, Myth, and Food
September 13th, 5 - 7 pm
The fig trees carry many meanings across cultures, from religious symbol to everyday fruit, but beyond their familiar symbolism in Europe, figs also hold diverse identities and stories elsewhere. In this conversation, Isabel Law and Zeren Oruc explore the fig as motif in the exhibition, tracing its layered histories, overlooked varieties, and personal resonances, followed by a fig-based offering by Martin Karl Kufieta.