Design (c) Aziza Ahmad The Kinship Walk explores the idea that all creatures, including humans, are interconnected and dependent on each other.
Sunday April 13th, 2025, with Lorena Carràs and Jean-Marie Dhur & Sina Ribak
in English // FULLY BOOKED
Welcome to the Soft Gardens
a project between Bureau of Transitioning Landscapes and Kallia Kefala.
Bureau of Transitioning Landscapes is an ongoing artistic research initiated by Kim Bode, that explores landscapes not only as material and physical spa aces but also as collective ideas and political terrains. Functioning as a platform for collaboration and exchange, it weaves together artistic research and practice. Kallia Kefala joined the project as part of the exhibition Soft Gardens – a multimedia installation comprising from textile, sculptural, floral and audio works.
With contributions by hooops (Lena Astarte Posch & Nicola van Straaten); Lorena Carràs, Jean-Marie Dhur (Zabriskie – Bookshop for Culture and Nature) & Sina Ribak; Aiko Okamoto; Wanda Dubrau & Juliet Meding; Kallia Kefala and Kim Bode.
05. APRIL – 04. MAY 2025
at sign, CIAT
Zossener Str. 34 (rear building)
10961 Berlin
intro
A subtle hum guides you there.
You walk through the narrow passageway and end up in the middle of an unexpected scenery. It is as if you were gliding down the rabbit hole or descending into a mystical underwater cave. The search for a story about another place has brought you here. Is it a place of dreams or is it the place from a story that has been entrusted to you? Whatever it is, you are here now.
The light has a warm temperature that permeates the whole room. You hear voices … the voices of the stones, the voices of the weather and the voices of the water. The room speaks in multiple languages. The inhabitants of this new environment begin to gather. Clouds of flowers and branches swirl above you, a dense atmosphere of flora fills the room. It smells of damp earth and organic matter. Some odors are familiar to you others not. The floor is soft, you can lie down on it. Cushion creatures are there to support your weight with their soft limbs. Friendly creatures wave you with their arms of straw and metal. They mean well. You can close your eyes and dream beyond the dream. You are in a liminal landscape. Here everything is possible and everything is always changing.