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
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.
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
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.