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Workshops

In commemoration of the 250th anniversary of Caspar David Friedrich and the 25th anniversary of the Michael Succow Foundation in Greifswald, the foundation is extending an invitation to partake in four open-air art workshops.These workshops offered cultural enthusiasts the chance to engage with new artistic perspectives on the drained mire landscape of the Steinbeckervorstadt Polder. Curated by artists Juliane Tübke and Alison Darby, poet Siljarosa Schletterer, and painters Lene Schwarz and Anett Simon, each workshop was thoughtfully designed for the citizens of Greifswald. While diverse in their artistic approaches, the facilitators shared a common goal: to make invisible knowledge tangible and reflect on contemporary life within the mire.


These workshops are now archived, and we're currently in the process of developing new ones within the evolving framework of WETBEINGS.

Current

Wetbeings in Aukštumala - Multi-Species-Singing

Wetbeings in Aukštumala - Multi-Species-Singing

The Institute for Multi-Species-Singing is a temporary, moist gathering where participants create singable patterns from the sounds and stories of wetlands, guided by ornithologist Vytautas Eigirdas and poet Yasmeen Al-Qaisi, who invite deep listening, vocal experimentation, and sensorial connection with the bog and its beings.

Deep Histories and Wet Wonders of Aukštumala: What plants, waters and peat tell us.

Deep Histories and Wet Wonders of Aukštumala: What plants, waters and peat tell us.

In this workshop, we learn how water, mire plants, and peat depend on each other in living peatland ecosystems. We discover how these ecosystems form over time and how peatlands serve as natural archives of environmental history.

Archived

PEAToresk Workshop Series

Lene Schwarz, Anett Simon, Juliane Tübke & Alison Darby, Siljarosa Schletterer

PEAToresk Workshop Series

The four artistic workshops from the series PEAToresk: Artistic Perspectives on the Drained Peatland Meadows near Greifswald are related to peatlands and landscapes. The en plein air workshops will take place in the Polder Steinbeckervorstadt from May 25 to September 8, 2024.



PEAToresk Workshop 1

Lene Schwarz

Artistic Quest: The Sublime in the Mire

Lene Schwarz invites her participants to explore the “quiet greatness” of nature and the traces of its human shaping. The watercolor painting workshop with Lene Schwarz will take place on May 25, 2024, from 2 - 6 pm.

PEAToresk Workshop 2

Anett Simon

Painterly Explorations in Acrylic

What is the relationship between the peatland landscape, nature, and humans? The en plein air workshop with Anett Simon on May 26, 2024, from 11 am to 6 pm invites interested participants to develop individual answers.

PEAToresk Workshop 3

Juliane Tübke and Alison Darby

Plants and Spirits

Juliane Tübke and Alison Darby explore ways to transform the vegetation of the Steinbecker Vorstadt Polder into sustainable materials. An experimental peatland workshop with the artists on June 22, 2024 from 1 to 6 pm.

PEAToresk Workshop 4

Siljarosa Schletterer 

Writing with Water

What can we learn from landscapes and bodies of water? A creative writing workshop in the peatland with the poet Siljarosa Schletterer on June 23, 2024, from 2 pm to 6 pm will look into answers to this question. 

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