Landing, but not for long. The sourdough starter stays behind in my new home, a former construction trailer, or Bauwagen in German. It is tempting to stay after 6 days of intense movement but I am curious about the Berlin Britzenale, site specific work by 20 artists at an allotment garden association. On my way there, the bus has a 45 minute delay and when I use the time to drink some coffee I get into a conversation with two women who are sitting next to me, embroidering. One of them works on a modernised version of a traditional Palestinian flower motive, the other is using an Egyptian traditional application technique. I love this kind of soft activism.
There are many inspiring projects (you can find all the different works HERE) and I have some nice conversations with artists and visitors. I rest for a bit in Julia Kiehlmann’s “Horticultural Housing” in one of the three beds representing different stages within a shared cycle: a protected space for growth and contemplation untouched by human intervention; a space of transformation and labour where organic material such as cut grass is collected and dried; and a space of regeneration and pause, equipped with a hay attress that invites visitors to lie down and linger.
(first photo by Natalia Irina Roman)
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