Virtual Opening and Streaming Festival: Critical Zones
Observatories for Earthly Politics
Fri, May 22, 2020 6:00 pm – Sun, May 24, 2020 11:30 pm CEST
- Location
- Online
The exhibition »Critical Zones – Observatories for Earthly Politics« is about the critical situation of the Earth. Due to the Coronavirus it is also taking place at a critical time. A new Earth policy also requires a new exhibition policy: We are broadcasting!
The growing exhibition at the ZKM will be combined with a digital exhibition that will also grow steadily. The museum will become a »home museum« with a virtual accompanying program.
On May 22, 2020, from 6 pm CEST, the exhibition will open with a Streaming Festival lasting several days, which will span the weekend of May 22–24, 2020. The program will consist of streamed guided tours through the virtual spaces as well as through the real, but not publicly accessible exhibition, and will include interviews and lectures.
We are very much looking forward to meeting you in virtual space on all channels when we open our exhibition together and celebrate, think, speak, and listen jointly for a whole weekend, until May 24, 2020.
We cordially invite you to the virtual exhibition opening and the streaming festival!
Please note: The event will take place in German and English.
Impressions from the Streaming-Festival
The entire streaming festival will be accompanied by the app Telegram. Follow the contributions via the ZKM channel t.me/zkmkarlsruhe or join our Telegram Critical Zones group. We welcome questions and feedback: t.me/zkm_criticalzones
Please click here to download the instructions for Telegram.
Program
Friday, May 22, 2020
Time Zone: CEST
6.00 pm | Welcome and Introduction to the Program (Eng. and Ger.) |
6.15 pm | Introduction to »Critical Zones« (Eng. and Ger.) |
6.35 pm | Guided Tour through »Critical Zones« at the ZKM (Eng. and Ger.) Alexandra Arènes (architect researcher), Soheil Hajmirbaba (architect) and Marie-Claire Pierret (geochemist) and the curators of the exhibition |
7.45 pm | »Critical Zones« Panel Discussion – Part 1 (Eng. and Ger.) |
8.50 pm | Opening of the Virtual Exhibition Platform (Eng. and Ger.) |
9.10 pm | »Critical Zones« Panel Discussion – Part 2 (Eng. and Ger.) Tim Lenton (climate change and earth system scientist), Sébastien Dutreuil (philosopher of science) and Simon Schaffer (historian of science) |
10.30 pm | Open Bar – Get Together (Eng. and Ger.) Questions, talks and discussion |
Saturday, May 23, 2020
Time Zone: CEST
2.00 pm | English Workshop: Compass for the Here and Then Please note: The event will not be shown in the livestream, it will take place with registered participants on Zoom. |
4.00 pm | Welcome and Introduction to the Program (Eng. and Ger.) |
4.10 pm | Guided Tour through the Virtual Exhibition (Ger.) |
4.30 pm | Walk across the ZKM Orchard (Ger.) |
5.05 pm | Lecture »Earth Tidings / Erdkunde« (Eng.) |
5.40 pm | Lecture Performance (Eng. and Ger.) Ali Gharib (artist) |
6.00 pm | Lecture »Down to Earth – Anthropocene Lecture« (Eng. and Ger.) Bruno Latour |
6.45 pm | »Critical Zones« Panel Discussion – Part 3 (Eng. and Ger.) Karen Holmberg (archeologist, environmental scientist) and Jérôme Gaillardet (geochemist) |
7.50 pm | Guided Tour through the Virtual Exhibition (Eng. and Ger.) |
8.10 pm | »Critical Zones« Panel Discussion – Part 4 (Eng. and Ger.) Dipesh Chakrabarty (historian), Emanuele Coccia (philosopher) and Vinciane Despret (philosopher of science, ethologist) |
9.30 pm | Open Bar (Ger.) Open meeting with local initiatives from Karlsruhe |
10.15 pm | Screening: Theater Play »Moving Earths« (Eng. and Ger.) Bruno Latour and Frédérique Aït-Touati (historian of literature and modern science, theater director) |
Sunday, May 24, 2020
Time Zone: CEST
2.00 pm | English Workshop: Compass for the Here and Then Please note: The event will not be shown in the livestream, it will take place with registered participants on Zoom. |
4.00 pm | German Workshop: Compass for the Here and Then Please note: The event will not be shown in the livestream, it will take place with registered participants on Zoom. |
6.00 pm | Welcome and Introduction to the Program (Eng. and Ger.) |
6.15 pm | Film »Storytelling for Earthly Survival« (Eng.) a film about Donna Haraway by director Fabrizio Terranova |
7.40 pm | Discussion on the Film (Eng. and Ger.) |
8.50 pm | Ceremonial End of the Streaming Festival (Eng. and Ger.) |
9.15 pm | Impulse: »Lynn Margulis: Life, Symbiosis, and Gaia« (Eng. and Ger.) Bruce Clarke (scholar of literature and science) |
9.30 pm | Introduction »Symbiotic Earth« (Eng. and Ger.) John Feldman (filmmaker) |
9.40 pm | Film »Symbiotic Earth« (Eng. and Ger.) |
0.10 pm | Impulse »Dark Energy and the Future of the Universe« (Eng. and Ger.) Adam G. Riess (astrophysicist and Nobel Prize laureate) |
The opening of the exhibition in the physical space is subject to the further course of the COVID-19 pandemic and will be communicated on short notice via the ZKM website.
Event Website
Team
Moderators
Dominika Szope, Barbara Kiolbassa, Anett Holzheid, Peter Weibel
Production Lead
Desiree Weiler
Technical Project Management and Direction
Moritz Büchner
Sound
Philipp Kaminski
Image Mixing
Andy Koch
Camera
Christina Zartmann, Xenia Leidig, Jonas Denzel
Zoom
Peter Müller, Clara Runge, Tobias Klingenmayer
Video Clip Production, Lead
Christina Zartmann
Production
Andy Koch, Xenia Leidig, Peter Müller, Christina Zartmann
Drone Shots
Moritz Büchner
Editorial Team
Lena Becker, Adamantia Goulandris, Friederike Hommel, Sabine Jäger, Alexa Knapp, Adrian Koop, jointly with Bettina Korintenberg (Curator), Daria Mille (Curatorial Advisory Board Member), Jessica Menger (Curatorial Assistance) and Luzia Marek (Curator)
Interpreters
BadenDolmetscher (Sonja Willner, Inga Schifferdecker; Interpreting Technology: Sebastian Simme)
Event
Viola Gaiser, Desiree Weiler, Wolfgang Knapp, Manuel Weber
Museum Technicians
Marco Preitschopf, Marc Schütze
Building Technology
Manfred Hahn, Peter Kuhn
EDP
Uwe Faber, Volker Sommerfeld, Joachim Schütze
Catering
Banu Beyer, Regine Frisch, Ayten Kurt with Mint Karlsruhe (Katja Bockmüller, Andreas Sachsse)
Make-up
Paula Kropp
Photographers
Felix Grünschloss, Elias Siebert
»Moving Earths«
Andreas Brehmer
Organizing Organization / Institution
Partners
Hydrogeochemical Environmental Observatory: Strengbach water catchment area, Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe State Academy of Art and Design (HfG), Karlsruhe State Museum of Natural History, TBA21 – Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary Academy
In exchange with local initiatives and committed citizens from Karlsruhe, among others:
BüroSchwarzeErde, Coaching Community, Extinction Rebellion Karlsruhe, Greenpeace Karlsruhe, Klimakollektiv Karlsruhe, NABU Naturschutzbund, Naturschutzzentrum Karlsruhe-Rappenwörth, OK Lab Karlsruhe, parents 4 future Karlsruhe, scientists 4 future Karlsruhe, artists 4 future Karlsruhe