Experimental Cartography and Storytelling from April to June 2023

Exhibition at the Mero-Halle in Spreepark: July 1st from 4:30 pm to 8 pm / July 2nd from 12:30 pm to 5 pm

Design students from FH Potsdam, under the direction of Prof. Myriel Milićević, will explore Spreepark as a changing habitat through a series of field studies. How can the disappearance of species and the arrival of new organisms be made visible through experimental cartography? How do our perspectives on this habitat change when we measure horizons underwater and in the ground, time travel through bee choreography, take the viewpoint of amphibians, perceive plants acoustically, or consider them as archives of metallic elements? This is not only about visual representation, but also about mapping as a process. For this purpose, the students observe Spreepark as an urban ecosystem from different perspectives. They sensitize their own perception, design their own scales, and build surveying and observation instruments.

The experimental mappings will be presented in an exhibition conceived by the students on July 1st and 2nd at the Mero-Halle.

With Senta Bannick, Janina Bartmann, Maite Buhr, Ayleen Gabriel, Ruby Guttau, Alexandra Hendel, Katharina Hummel, Ariel Khait, Anna Kusatz, Emily Köster, Victor Molina, Klara Pröpstl, Mathis Rubach, Elisa Sagemüller, Pati Schwegler, Yette Strauss Suhr, Zhijin Tian, Guolong Wang.

The project is part of the EU-funded project Future DiverCities, which investigates the regeneration of vacant urban spaces through art and culture in nine European cities. Public Art Lab has developed the Action Research Program together with Spreepark Art Space and FH Potsdam / Department of Design for Berlin.

https://future-divercities.eu/

https://www.publicartlab-berlin.de/projects/future-divercities/

https://www.fh-potsdam.de/studium-weiterbildung/fachbereiche/fachbereich-design