Calendar 2025
Floating Gardens call for contribution: Conserving through growing of ancient seeds
Floating Gardens are committed to the in-situ conservation of non GMO seeds! Our community seed saving and growing practice embeds a living archive of botanical diversity in the ecological context of the site. This year, we are inviting individuals, seed networks and organisations to share ancient seeds and their stories with us, from crops, herbs and spontaneous flowers!
In autumn, the harvested seeds of these then grown plants will be shared with local horticultural communities and individuals to be planted again next year, promoting and multiplying the in-situ conservation of these valuable endangered species in urban spaces.
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If you’d like to send us a choice of seeds and their stories, we look forward reading from you: gardens@floating-berlin.org
Yours, Floating Gardens (Lorene Blanche, Adriana Gahona)
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
STARTS NOW: every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
08.05.2025
2pm-10pm
Floating e.V. invites you to explore the history surrounding the former Tempelhof Airport in the context of the liberation in 1945. The traces of the war are explored with artistic activities to counteract forgetting and the misappropriation of history.
The Floating Kidsuni invites children to explore the neighbourhood photographically and to create an exhibition together in which their discoveries are presented and discussed.
A Memory Walk through the Tempelhof suburb sheds light on the persecution of various groups and focuses on the former Columbia concentration camp.
The Office for Neighbourhood Networks, together with the Learnscapes programme for university cooperation at Floating University, is collecting reports from contemporary witnesses and collaging a map of memory. People from the neighbourhood are invited to contribute materials.
Visitors come together at a discursive dinner and share their experiences of the day.
The event will conclude with a film programme with further perspectives.
We want to remember in order to understand the present and draw strength for future democratic action.
You can find the full programme and further information here.
The programme is a cooperation with Kulturprojekte Berlin and takes place in the context of 80 Years of the End of the War
10.05.2025
3 – 6pm
In cooperation with VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg
In this workshop, we will explore the unique ecosystem of the rainwater basin. We will exchange ideas on ecological practices used to strengthen local biodiversity, such as promoting natural plant alliances, supporting insect-friendly flora, and understanding the role of wild plants in ecosystem regeneration. We will kick off the gardening season with a collective sowing activity and conclude our gathering with a seed swap to help spread biodiversity throughout the city.
With Adriana Gahona Miranda.
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
MarsOnEarth: Die Marsnahme | andcompany&Co.
8pm
A combination of art, science and activism: With “MarsOnEarth,” the theatre collective andcompany&Co. is staging a science fiction happening on the grounds of the Floating University Berlin. Inspired by Soviet science fiction, the performance addresses the exploitation of resources and uses music and sustainable materials to develop new visions for a future worth living on Earth.
MarsOnEarth: Die Marsnahme | andcompany&Co.
8pm
A combination of art, science and activism: With “MarsOnEarth,” the theatre collective andcompany&Co. is staging a science fiction happening on the grounds of the Floating University Berlin. Inspired by Soviet science fiction, the performance addresses the exploitation of resources and uses music and sustainable materials to develop new visions for a future worth living on Earth.
MarsOnEarth: Die Marsnahme | andcompany&Co.
8pm
A combination of art, science and activism: With “MarsOnEarth,” the theatre collective andcompany&Co. is staging a science fiction happening on the grounds of the Floating University Berlin. Inspired by Soviet science fiction, the performance addresses the exploitation of resources and uses music and sustainable materials to develop new visions for a future worth living on Earth.
MarsOnEarth: Die Marsnahme | andcompany&Co.
8pm
A combination of art, science and activism: With “MarsOnEarth,” the theatre collective andcompany&Co. is staging a science fiction happening on the grounds of the Floating University Berlin. Inspired by Soviet science fiction, the performance addresses the exploitation of resources and uses music and sustainable materials to develop new visions for a future worth living on Earth.
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
WasserkostBar | Havelland Grundschule
9am – 1pm
We invite you to become part of Floating University‘s WasserkostBar. Floating University is located in a rainwater retention basin. Find out what it is a “sponge city” and why Berlin wants to become one. We’ll also take a look at where our water comes from, where water is found and what we put into it and why. We will find, drink and eat different water mixes together and once you have become water experts, you will make your own drinks for the WasserkostBar and for our water library.
These can be delicious, thought-provoking, shocking and funny. Let us surprise you!
The WasserkostBar is funded by Berliner Wasserbetriebe.
Floating will be open in the evening from 6-9pm.
Where technical infrastructure and biotope meet: a water exploration
3 – 6 pm
In cooperation with Gilberto-Bosques VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Please register here. The workshop will be in German, English translation possible.
The rainwater retention basin in Kreuzberg is more than just infrastructure – it’s a rare urban water biotope. How can its protection be balanced with technical maintenance? Join Floating e.V. to explore the diverse water world, conduct simple measurement for water quality, and dive into the vision of a climate-adapted “sponge city.” Together, we’ll imagine the future of artificial water reservoirs in Berlin.
WasserkostBar | Canisius College
12 – 2 pm
We invite you to become part of Floating University‘s WasserkostBar. Floating University is located in a rainwater retention basin. Find out what it is a “sponge city” and why Berlin wants to become one. We’ll also take a look at where our water comes from, where water is found and what we put into it and why. We will find, drink and eat different water mixes together and once you have become water experts, you will make your own drinks for the WasserkostBar and for our water library.
These can be delicious, thought-provoking, shocking and funny. Let us surprise you!
The WasserkostBar is funded by Berliner Wasserbetriebe.
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
7-9 pm
A Nomadic Book by Office for a Human Theatre
Co-edited by Filippo Andreatta and Sarah Messerschmidt
Published by bruno
Conversation with Filippo Andreatta, Michael S Bekele, Xuetong Cecilia Feng, Gianni Laneri, Sarah Messerschmidt & Rosario Talevi
Floating Gardens call for contribution: Conserving through growing of ancient seeds
Floating Gardens are committed to the in-situ conservation of non GMO seeds! Our community seed saving and growing practice embeds a living archive of botanical diversity in the ecological context of the site. This year, we are inviting individuals, seed networks and organisations to share ancient seeds and their stories with us, from crops, herbs and spontaneous flowers!
In autumn, the harvested seeds of these then grown plants will be shared with local horticultural communities and individuals to be planted again next year, promoting and multiplying the in-situ conservation of these valuable endangered species in urban spaces.
~ ❋ ~
If you’d like to send us a choice of seeds and their stories, we look forward reading from you: gardens@floating-berlin.org
Yours, Floating Gardens (Lorene Blanche, Adriana Gahona)
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
Pandoras Podcast | Neuköllner Oper
8pm
The box is rattling: For far too long, Pandora has been blamed for all the world’s misfortunes. But that’s all over now. And now is exactly the right time for a change of image – the battle has begun!
It’s not a podcast about babbling, but ‘organic sludge for your frown lines’ and a scenic concert with experimental jazzy-pop compositions by Franziska Aller with performances at the Neukölln Opera, the Floating University (open air) and the Galerie im Körnerpark.
Pandoras Podcast | Neuköllner Oper
8pm
The box is rattling: For far too long, Pandora has been blamed for all the world’s misfortunes. But that’s all over now. And now is exactly the right time for a change of image – the battle has begun!
It’s not a podcast about babbling, but ‘organic sludge for your frown lines’ and a scenic concert with experimental jazzy-pop compositions by Franziska Aller with performances at the Neukölln Opera, the Floating University (open air) and the Galerie im Körnerpark.
Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse
7- 9 pm
A conversation between Elizabeth Gallón Droste, Pablo Calderón Salazar, and Lorenzo Gerbi, moderated by Rosaura Romero about pluriverse in artistic practices, radical pedagogy, and community-led knowledge.
SIT-PLU is a Creative Europe project addressing socio-ecological challenges through site-specific art. Inspired by the Zapatista pluriverse, it fosters diverse ways of knowing, communal interdependence, and human/more-than-human relations.
Soil Architecture
3 – 6 pm
In cooperation with Gilberto-Bosques VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Please register here. The workshop will be in German, English translation possible.
For the past four years, composting has been underway at the stormwater retention basin of Tempelhof Airport to improve soil quality and boost biodiversity. Which organisms are involved, and how can initiatives like Floating e.V. support them? Join Martina Kolarek on an interactive tour to explore the soils, their architecture, and their inhabitants, and discuss sustainable paths for their future together.
With Martina Kolarek / DIE BODEN SCHAFFT
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
7-8 pm
“Cuerpos de Agua & Rituales Ancestrales” (Water Bodies & Ancestral Rituals) is an interdisciplinary performance inspired by the poetic Nahua worldview (cosmovision) and the aquatic landscapes of Berlin. Through dance, music, and ritual gestures, the project explores the relationship between body, territory, and memory, activating a critical dialogue about water as an ecological and social connector. The choreography offers an immersive experience that addresses the migrant body and its interaction with ancestral practices in urban contexts, inviting us to reflect on the ways in which water shapes communities and cultural environments.
Wasserkörper & Ahnenrituale
„Cuerpos de Agua & Rituales Ancestrales“ ist eine interdisziplinäre Performance, inspiriert von der poetischen Nahua-Kosmovision und den Wasserlandschaften Berlins. Durch Tanz, Musik und rituelle Gesten erforscht das Projekt die Beziehung zwischen Körper, Territorium und Erinnerung und eröffnet einen kritischen Dialog über Wasser als ökologisches und soziales Bindeglied. Die Choreografie bietet ein immersives Erlebnis, das den migrantischen Körper und seine Interaktion mit traditionellen Praktiken in zeitgenössischen urbanen Kontexten thematisiert. Dazu lädt das Publikum ein, darüber nachzudenken, wie Wasser Gemeinschaften und kulturelle Umgebungen prägt.
The event is free of admission and registration is not essential required
www.berlinwaterdances.de
For questions about the event: cuerposdeagua.info@gmail.com
Organized by / organiziert von :
Gabriela Ortiz & Areli Moran
With the support of / mit der Unterstützung von:
Global Water Dances, Dancers Without Borders, LABAN, Dezentrale Kulturarbeit Tempelhof-Schöneberg, Expectante, Migrarte Peru and Hand in Hand Familienzentrum.
FUNGHIVERSUM PARKOUR | A performative tour by Katja Tannert
Sa June 14| In the fram of “Langer Tag der Stadtnatur”
11 am – 12 pm
1 – 2 pm
On an interactive puzzle tour on the grounds of the Floating University, curious visitors aged 6 and over can immerse themselves in the exciting world of mushrooms. Together with a nature educator and an actress, the audience wanders through various stations on the walkways of the site and meets the porcini mushroom, the strawberry and the Humperdick caterpillar, who report on the networked life of mushrooms in short scenes and pose riddles to the audience.
At the end, visitors become a little more expert in this mysterious realm.
From age 6
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
Sonic Fragilities | Errant Sound
3 – 10 pm
More info soon
Sonic Fragilities | Errant Sound
12 – 10 pm
More info soon
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
Space for Practice: a regular movement practice at Floating
every MONDAY
9-11am
Space for practice is a regularly happening movement practice under and with all irregular condtions at stake. Choreographers propose their current approaches, Floating offers its current conditions and participants offer their commitment: to move and make space. This year SfP is lead again by the trio of Lea Ghyslaine and Sabine with occasional guests.
(In English and German)
Moderated and facilitated by Lea Martini, Sabine Zahn, Ghyslaine Gau
With the support of the basic funding Senat für Kultur und Europa.
30.06.2025 – 04.07.2025
Utopian Relationships: Autoethnographies of Naturecultures
Workshop hosted by Johanna Kirschbauer and Vera Klocke
“Utopian Relationships” is a five-day workshop offered by the UdK Berlin Summer University of the Arts. The course explores the entanglement of nature and culture through embodied somatic knowledge production. By investigating the concept of naturecultures, participants will engage in multi-sensory, creative, ethnographic and critical practices to explore how our surroundings inform our learning experiences and relationships with non-human actants.
Applications are open via summer-university.udk-berlin.de until June 1st.
SAVE THE DATE!
WE ARE THE RIVER / DER FLUSS SIND WIR / NOUS SOMMES LA RIVIERE
04.07.25
18h-23h
05.07.25
14h-00h
On the 4th and the 5th of July, the programme ’THE NIGHT OF IDEAS: We are the RIVER / Wir sind der FLUSS’ will take place in Berlin with the aim of reflecting on the ‘legal uprising’ of the elements of nature.
Since Christopher Stone, in 1972, had the idea of changing the status of trees, from “objects”, to “subjects”, in order for them to be able to go to court and defend their non-human perspectives and values, the movement for giving rights to non-human entities has grown around the world.
It is a silent revolution, where rivers, lakes, lagoons, oceans… are gradually gaining the status of “legal persons” and are granted rights like in Ecuador with the Pachamama entering the constitution (2008) and the Whanganui river being legally recognized (2017) among others. How are European rivers and natural entities being voiced? Which tools, stories, perspectives, and paradigms do we manipulate to operate an ontological and legal shift?
The festival seeks to create a space for thought and collective discussions on the rights of nature establishing a framework where the arts, sciences, legal work, theoretical knowledge as well as manual and embodied practices help us connect with the rivers as «persons/entities”, and particularly the Spree, allowing us to reflect and imagine a more inclusive, sustainable and habitable future.
The festival is co-organized by Institut Français Deutschland and members of Floating e.V. in co-curation with the artist and writer Camille de Toledo.
More info about the program soon.
07.07.2025 – 11.07.2025
Some Practical City Magic: Physical and Imaginative Practices for a Future City
Workshop hosted by by Sabine Zahn and Daniel Belasco Rogers
“Some Practical City Magic” is a five-day workshop offered by the UdK Berlin Summer University of the Arts. Through imaginative, choreographic and somatic practices, the course aims to transform the urban into a collective space for action, generating new space that resists the neoliberal tendencies of urban developments. In this context, magic is understood as the directing of attention and imagination in order to effect change.
Applications are open via summer-university.udk-berlin.de until June 8.
Past programs
Floating Gardens call for contribution: Conserving through growing of ancient seeds
Floating Gardens are committed to the in-situ conservation of non GMO seeds! Our community seed saving and growing practice embeds a living archive of botanical diversity in the ecological context of the site. This year, we are inviting individuals, seed networks and organisations to share ancient seeds and their stories with us, from crops, herbs and spontaneous flowers!
In autumn, the harvested seeds of these then grown plants will be shared with local horticultural communities and individuals to be planted again next year, promoting and multiplying the in-situ conservation of these valuable endangered species in urban spaces.
~ ❋ ~
If you’d like to send us a choice of seeds and their stories, we look forward reading from you: gardens@floating-berlin.org
Yours, Floating Gardens (Lorene Blanche, Adriana Gahona)
26.04.2025
3 – 6 pm
Rainwater retention basin – history of the site
This workshop invites participants to collectively explore the history of a unique urban site. The retention basin is a technical structure in which the Floating University has been coexisting since 2018, creating an experimental space, where city and nature, research and imagination, seamlessly intertwine. Through a guided tour and shared reflections, we will observe the fragile interplay between environment and urbanity and ask ourselves: What stories do places like this tell — and which ones do we want to carry into the future?
At the heart of the workshop are questions of appropriation and responsibility:
What does it mean to appropriate spaces in the city — not as possessions, but as shared practices in solidarity with their past? How can a place be more than just used — how can it be cared for and thoughtfully developed? And how can we understand places like the Floating University as spaces of possibility that allow us to renegotiate our relationship to the city, to nature, and to one another?
Workshop-organization: Ute Lindenbeck
Register here !
A workshop tour by VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in cooperation with Floating e.V.
Magic & Power: Reclaim Walpurgis Night
3pm-10pm | FULL PROGRAM
The figure of the witch is deeply rooted in our culture – often as a threat, an outsider, an evil old woman. Behind this narrative lies the history of oppression, power and resistance. The image of the witch is a symptom of patriarchal structures – but it can also be a symbol of self-empowerment.
We are taking Walpurgis Night as an opportunity to confront this negative narrative with artistic-discursive formats and counter it with feminist narration.
A sound installation brings together voices that illuminate the political dimension of the witch. A workshop imparts knowledge about medicinal plants as a resistant practice from a decolonial perspective. At an experimental dinner, we will talk about what health equity means and the sauna will become a symbolic fire, accompanied by a collective reading.
We invite you to create a space for empowerment, solidarity and new narratives together.
Silja Teresa Huppertz in cooperation with Floating e.V.
All events are free and open to everyone. Children are welcome!
Supported with funds from the Kultur am 1. Mai project fund of the Friedrichshaim-Kreuzberg district authority.
