︎ ONGOING & UPCOMING
10.12.2024
Kingston upon Thames (UK)
WORKSHOP [web]
3rd session of a three-part online workshop we’re tutoring in the frame of the MA Curating Contemporary Design course at Kingston School of Art.


12.12.2024
Paris (FR)
TALK [web]
We’re giving a talk about our ongoing investigations as part of the doctoral seminar series “Recherche-Création” organised by Plateforme Art, Design et Société @ EnsadLab Paris.
 






︎ PAST
28.11.2024
Ferrara (IT)
TALK [web]
We’re giving a talk about our curatorial work at the  Architecture Department of the Università degli Studi di Ferrara.


12.11.2024
Kingston upon Thames (UK)
WORKSHOP [web]
2nd session of a three-part online workshop we’re tutoring in the frame of the MA Curating Contemporary Design course at Kingston School of Art.


27.04–03.11.2024
Dresden (DE)
EXHIBITION
An updated version of our touring exhibition Plant Fever is on show at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden.


22.10.2024
Kingston upon Thames (UK)
WORKSHOP [web]
1st session of a three-part online workshop we’re tutoring in the frame of the MA Curating Contemporary Design course at Kingston School of Art.


27.06–22.09.2024
Lisbon (PT)
EXHIBITION
Stork Fiction is part of the Madrugada exhibition showcased at the Calheta Palace on the occasion of the 2nd edition of the Lisbon International Biennial of Contemporary Jewellery.


21.09.2024
Como (IT)
BOOK PRESENTATION
We’re presenting our book Greenhouse Stories at the Lake Como Design Festival.


21.09.2024
Cambridge, MA (USA)
FILM FESTIVAL
Stork Fiction is screened at The Foundry as part of the For this Earth – Screendance Festival.


08.06–08.09.2024
Esch-sur-Sûre (LU)
INSTALLATION
Aquacanta, a sound installation developed in collaboration with French artist/maker Hadrien Vénat, is presented as part of the 2nd edition of the WaterWalls festival.


06–08.09.2024
Detroit (USA)
FILM FESTIVAL
Stork Fiction is screened at the Detroit Institute of Arts as part of the “Dance On Screen” film programme organised by the Detroit Dance City Festival.


26.08.2024
Reykjavik (IS)
TALK [web]
We’re giving a talk at the Iceland University of the Arts (MA Design & New Environments) about our ongoing research on greenhouses.


26–28.07.2024
Pondicherry (IN)
FILM FESTIVAL
Stork Fiction is part of the official selection of the 3rd edition of the Manifest Dance-Film Festival and is screened at Alliance Française de Pondicherry.


26.06.2024
18:30
Luxembourg (LU)
BOOK PRESENTATION
We’re presenting our book Greenhouse Stories at luca – Luxembourg Center for Architecture.


19.06.2024
Sanem (LU)
BOOK PRESENTATION
We’re presenting our book Greenhouse Stories during an event organised with the municipality of Sanem, where our research on greenhouses started in 2020; the event includes a special concert by Belgian performer Pauline Mikó.


19.06.2024
Paris (FR)
FILM FESTIVAL
Stork Fiction is part of the official selection of the 2024 edition of RAKSA Ciné-Danse Festival.


10–21.06.2024
Esch-sur-Alzette (LU)
RESIDENCY
Second chapter of a residency (started in 2023) supported by the Konschthal Esch & the Bridderhaus to carry out research on earthworms, soils and decay.


Spring 2024
Barcelona (ES)
ESSAY
We are part of the collective publication Driving Design II published by Distributed Design Platform with an edited version of our essay “The Manifesto of Phyto-centred Design”.


08.06.2024
Esch-sur-Sûre (LU)
WORKSHOP
Dessine-moi la Sûre is the title of a family workshop about water, dams and other-than-human rights that we’re tutoring as part of the  2nd edition of the WaterWalls Festival.



04.05.2024
16:00
Saints-en-Puisaye (FR)
FILM FESTIVAL
Stork Fiction is screened as part of Le Joli Mai, a monthly film programme organised by the French cultural association La Maison Composer.


27.04.2024
San Juan (PR)
FILM FESTIVAL
Stork Fiction is part of the official selection of the Festival Videodanza de Puerto Rico and is screened in the old town of San Juan.


23.04.2024
Stockholm (SE)
FILM FESTIVAL
Stork Fiction is part of the official selection of the 11th edition of the ScreenDance Festival and is screened in Stockholm’s Dansmuseet.


17.04.2024
16:00–18:00
Milan (IT)
BOOK PRESENTATION & ROUND TABLE
During Milan Design Week, we’re hosting a round table at the architecture bookshop & gallery Spazio to discuss about the potential of greenhouses as tools for community building. Guests: Alle Ortiche (Genova), Le Serre dei Giardini (Bologna), Opera in Fiore (Milan).


15.04.2024
Halle (DE)
TALK [web]
We are giving a talk about phyto-centred design at the Burg Halle University of Art and Design.


13.04.2024
11:00–13:00
Genova (IT)
TALK
A conversation with Italian landscape architect Francesco Garofalo organised at the agrarian school Istituto Marsano, in Genova (Italy), as part of the Learning from the Present programme by Blu – Breeding and Learning Unit.



08–12.04.2024
Genova (IT)
WORKSHOP
A 1-week workshop with the students of the agrarian school Istituto Marsano, in Genova (Italy), organised as part of the Learning from the Present programme by Blu – Breeding and Learning Unit.



Winter 2023/2024
Brussels (BE)
ESSAY
“Cultivating a Selfless Future. What Agrarian Traditions Can Teach Design” published in issue n°39 of Belgian magazine TLmag.


04–22.03.2024
Saint-Christophe (FR)
RESIDENCY
Three-week production residency at atelier Modern Garage to work with French artist/builder Hadrien Vénat on our upcoming sound installation Aquacanta.


30.06–31.12.2023
Cognac (FR)
EXHIBITION
Stork Fiction is presented in the Almanach exhibition organised by Fondation Martell.


19.12.2023
Nontron (FR)
TALK
A 1-day talk & workshop with the students of the Design des Mondes Ruraux post-master programme organised by the École Nationale Supérieure des Arts Décoratifs de Paris.


04.12.2023
Hamburg (DE)
TALK [web]
We are giving a talk about phyto-centred design at the HFBK University of Fine Arts Hamburg.


29.11.2023
Luzern (CH)
TALK [web]
We are invited to contribute to the Radical Coexistence lecture series organised by the Hochschule Luzern Design & Kunst with a talk on the topic ‘Co-designing in more-than-human entanglements’.


30.10–12.11.2023
Esch-sur-Alzette (LU)
RESIDENCY
A residency supported by the Konschthal Esch & the Bridderhaus to kickstart new research on earthworms, soils and decay.


07.11.2023
Essen (DE)
TALK [web]
We are part of an online symposium organised by the team of the Folkwang Universität der Künste in the frame of their multi-year research programme Sustainability by Design. Titled Design and the Plants' Learnings, our presentation focuses on plant-conscious design approaches.


29.04–31.10.2023
Dresden (DE)
EXHIBITION
Our touring exhibition Plant Fever is on show at the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden.


28.10.2023
10:00–18:00
Eindhoven (NL)
WORKSHOP
The 1-day creative writing workshop “Cut Off” invites participants to imagine anticipatory tales of dystopian, utopian, protopian futures in which greenhouses are used as tools to escape planet Earth.


27.10.2023
19:00–21:00
Eindhoven (NL)
BOOK LAUNCH
Official launch of our new book Greenhouse Stories. A Critical Re-examination of Transparent Microcosms (Onomatopee – NL) during Dutch Design Week, in Eindhoven.


24.10.2023
Berowra (AU)
ESSAY
“Against Soil-less Life. How Industrial Greenhouses Are Disconnecting Us from Earth” published in the Australian online magazine Wonderground.


12.10.2023
Paris (FR)
ROUND TABLE [web]

We are part of The Invisible Botany of Urban Spaces, a round table organised by Haenke at the Centre tchèque de Paris to “discuss how arts, design and natural sciences can collaborate in search for solutions to planetary challenges.”


26.09.2023
Vienna (AT)
TALK
We are part of the End of Design conference organised by Vienna Design Week with our talk Making Room for Change.


22.09–01.10.2023
Vienna (AT)
INSTALLATION
On the occasion of the 2023 Vienna Design Week, we are presenting the installation Room for Change, which features projects realised during the summer as part of The School of Phyto-centred Design x Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden.


09.09 & 10.09.2023
Cognac (FR)
PERFORMANCE
Stork Fiction is part of the Coup de Chauffe festival organised by the l'Avant-Scène theatre.


17–25.08.2023
Dresden (DE)
WORKSHOP
As part of The School of Phyto-centred Design we are tutoring the workshop Curating Change, which “proposes to look at curation as an act of care and activism, a process through which we can shape meaningful worldviews…”


20.07–25.08.2023
Dresden (DE)
SUMMER SCHOOL
The School of Phyto-centred Design is a six-week workshop & lecture programme that we conceived for the Kunstgewerbemuseum Dresden and its School of Utopias. The programme features hands-on and theoretical activities and accompanies our touring exhibition Plant Fever.