Matthias Fritsch
artist presentation (starts 16:00) and mushroom cultivation workshop (starts 17:00)
find.select.transform
About the event
Mushrooms are not only important for the structure of material cycles and composting, but they are also a valuable food source. Furthermore, they can be easily cultivated at home. Matthias Fritsch will provide insights into his experiences with various methods of mushroom cultivation. After a short theoretical introduction and a practical session, all participants will be able to take home a self-growing mushroom substrate at the end of the workshop.
Artist
Matthias Fritsch lives and works in Berlin. He has made several short and feature-length films as well as media-based installations, and is best known as the originator of the Internet meme Technoviking. In recent years, Fritsch has been experimenting with systems for urban food and soil production, developing tools for more sustainable everyday routines, and is just starting a community within a large forest garden project near Berlin. He also teaches workshops and is researching how we can develop our cities more sustainably. https://www.technoviking.tv/subrealic.net/
Event Series
The exhibition Alt Nets is part of the project find.select.transform – Resilient Networks in a Wounded World, which responds to the pressing social, ecological, and economic challenges of our time. It employs artistic positions to critically examine how current technological developments and organizational practices can contribute to a sustainable transformation of our society.
The project aims to highlight alternative strategies, aesthetic positions, and networks that challenge the conventional understanding of growth. In doing so, it emphasizes the role of art in narrating such developments and seeks ways to address power imbalances and extractivism.
The focus will be on artistic positions regarding the climate catastrophe and community networks that promote democratic participation and equality.
The schedule for 2024 includes the symposium in June and September, the presentation of telepresent artists and a live streaming event in October as well as the exhibition and accompanying programs from September to October. The variety of formats promotes interdisciplinarity and multiperspectivity.
Partners
The realization of exhibition is made possible by funds from the Hauptstadtkulturfonds.
