Activation Day »Driving the Human«

The exhibition »Driving the Human – Seven Prototypes for Eco-Social Renewal« presents concrete models for sustainable coexistence in three parts. 

On each of the first Saturdays of the three sections, the ZKM | Karlsruhe offers a comprehensive accompanying program that invites visitors to engage with the topics themselves. 

»Sharing Knowledge on Common Ground«

In the next part of the exhibition, we explore how we can use already existing resources for change.

»Sedekah Benih« by Vincent Rumahloine and Mang Dian uses the chilli plant as a breeding ground for interdisciplinary exchange in society. Akwasi Bediako Afrane's »Trons 'R‘ Us« explores the relationship between humans, technology and the environment. And »Virtual Sanctuary for Fertilizing Mourning« by Eliana Otta shares knowledge from and about deceased indigenous environmental activists and offers a platform for collective mourning.

Program

2 – 4 pm
Public workshop with the artist Akwasi Bediako Afrane 
Basic Skills of Technologies for the Future: Soldering 
in the Tool_Lab

2 – 4 pm
Public workshop with Sedekah Benih (Vincent Rumahloine and Reksi Muhamed Sidik)
Karinding – In Tune with Earth
in Atrium 1+2 and on the ZKM_Streuobstwiese
Meeting point at the information desk

4 – 5:30 pm
Introduction and talk about the project »Virtual Sanctuary for Fertilizing Mourning«
with the artist Eliana Otta, the scientist José-Carlos Mariátegui and Alistair Hudson (ZKM)
in the Tool_Lab

5:30 – 6 pm
Guided tours and talks through the exhibition with the artists
Meeting point Tool_Lab