Artist Talks, Sound, Impulse Lectures

Two Days of Earthly Delights

Day 2

The second day of the event weekend Two Days of Earthly Delights looks into the themes represented in the exhibition Garden of Earthly Delights: It is dedicated to artist talks and impulse lectures that address questions of responsible ecological action and politics of plants as well as forms, iconography and postcolonial frameworks of the garden.

Heather Phillipson, “Mesocosmic Indoor Overture” (Detail), 2019

Heather Phillipson, “Mesocosmic Indoor Overture” (Detail), 2019. Still from multi-screen video installation

© Heather Phillipson

  • In German and English

Past Dates

On 26 and 27 July, the exhibition Garden of Earthly Delights is open until 22:00; from 19:00 the entrance fee is reduced to € 8.

Day 1 | Day 2

Mise-en-scène by Isabel Lewis
Sounds and original compositions by LABOUR

10:30–12:30
Family Workshop: Gärten ohne Grenzen
In German
Education space

11:00–11:10
Activating the Gropius Bau sonically by LABOUR
Atrium

11:00–14:00
Impulse Lectures
Moderated by Clara Meister
Atrium

  • Stay with the Trouble – About the Exhibition (DE)
    Stephanie Rosenthal (Director and Curator, Gropius Bau)
  • Planting Blessings – Thoughts on Gardens in Southern Africa (EN)
    Lungiswa Gqunta (Artist, Amsterdam)
  • Governing Postcolonial Climates (EN)
    Yolanda Ariadne Collins (ICI Fellow, Berlin)
  • The Botanical Garden: An Alien Concept (EN)
    Libby Harward (Artist, Brisbane)
  • Zen, Chahar Bagh and other forms of the Garden(DE)
    Torben Hanhart (Curatorial Fellow, Gropius Bau)
  • Iconographical Walk through Hieronymus Bosch’s The Garden of Earthly Delights (DE)
    Michael Diers (Professor for Art History, Berlin / Hamburg)
  • Everything That Happens Happens in Tiergarten (EN)
    Sandra Bartoli (Co-Founder of the Büros für Konstruktivismus, Berlin)

14:00–14:20
Sonic Activation of Rashid Johnson’s Antoine’s Organ
Piano music by Anthony Pateras
Atrium

14:20–14:30
Activating the Gropius Bau sonically by LABOUR
Gropius Bau

14:30
Conversation: Politics of Plants
Ros Gray (Senior Lecturer Goldsmiths, University of London), Jumana Manna (Artist, Berlin) and Uriel Orlow (Artist, London), EN
1st floor, room 1.19

16:00
Conversation: Ecological Wisdom for a Good Anthropocene
Zheng Bo (Artist, Hong Kong), Gilly Karjevsky and Rosario Talevi (Climate Care / Floating University e.V., Berlin), moderated by Stephanie Rosenthal, EN
1st floor, room 1.19

18:00
Talk and Discussion: Seeds of Change and Recipes for Survival
Maria Thereza Alves (Artist, Berlin) and Otobong Nkanga (In House: Artist in Residence), EN
Part of Carved to Flow: Germination by In House: Artist in Residence Otobong Nkanga, co-curated with Maya Tounta
1st floor, room 1.19

19:45–20:00
Activating Gropius Bau sonically by LABOUR
Atrium

20:00–20:20
Sonic Activation of Rashid Johnson’s Antoine’s Organ
Piano music by Anthony Pateras
Atrium

20:20-20:30
Activating Gropius Bau sonically by LABOUR
South terrace

Two Days of Earthly Delights are accompanied by the culinary offerings of restaurant Beba at the Gropius Bau.

Day 1 | Day 2