By Way of Water
02.08.2024– 13.10.2024
Bärenzwinger Berlin


with:  
Mirja Busch
Thesea Rigou Efstathopoulo
Anton Filatov
Sanne Vaassen Claire Waffel
U8 Kollektiv (Laurence Ermacova) with Rabab Haidar

Curated by Annika Reketat & Cleo Wächter


The group-exhibition By Way of Water,  takes inspiration from confluences – the points where different bodies of water meet – to dissolve rigid boundaries and categorizations in the ways we relate to each other and to our (urban) surroundings. The exhibition unites six artistic positions across various media to explore how space can be inscribed, read, and (re-)interpreted through the lens of hydro-cartographic and hydro-feminist approaches.

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Find the Reflective Essay Documentation Ponderings here





Acompanying events:
01.08.2024 Opening
Performance by Singen3000

03.08.2024 - Water Histories
Artist & Scientist Talk with Sanne Vaassen & Alejandra Vila (IGB Leibniz)

23.08.2024 - Eintauchen – ein Ausstellungsdialog
[in German]  by Thesea Rigou

13.09.2024 Plunging in – an exhibition dialogue
[in English] by Thesea Rigou

29.09.2024 - Day on and along the River
with: Om Bori, ReRouting, FlussBad Berlin & Claire Waffel

13.10.2024 - Finissage
with activation by Anton Filatov

Find more Information on the full extent of the Program here.



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