It begins with a greeting. Daisies, dead-nettles, dwarf periwinkle, moss and grass. The touch is gentle. A feeling of aliveness.
Who taught them to live together as a meadow? Read More
Meadowing Workshop – Nature Through Art Conference
Tag: art
Becoming Porous
How can we learn together with water?
What does a symbiotic way of life with water feel like?
A new published text: Hallo Maclura!
“Die Form der Osagedorn Frucht ist organischer als ein Ball. Rundlich kleine Stecknadelköpfe sowie länglich gewölbte Miniatur-Nieren liegen eng an eng mit kaper-artigen Waben vermengt. Die unregelmäßigen hellgrünen Zellstrukturen sind viele Einzelfrüchte, die sich gegenseitig die Form geben und nur als Ganzes existieren.” Sina Ribak, Hallo Maclura! Eine Geschichte über das Lebewesen Osagedorn, 2026.
Milliseconds or Millions of Years – Light Time
“People are like plants: they grow toward the light.”
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The Smart Water Knowledge Market
Imagine pipes that feel…. Read More
Around a Tree goes São Paulo
Plant Stories
Celebrating the opening of the event series, PLANT STORIES starts with a communal dinner gathering conceived by Bethan Hughes, with contributions by Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro, Bethan Hughes, Bilge Emine Arslan, Ece Eldek, Fetewei Tarekegn, Galo E. Rivera, Tang Han, Leslie García, Sina Ribak, T. Rudzinskaitė Memorial Amateur Lichenologists Society (Sumugan Sivanesan and Tessa Zettel), Tlayolan, Umut Azad Akkel.
Kinship walk @ Soft Gardens
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
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Gedankenfutter
My new text Gedankenfutter – published in the exhibition magazine ‘Unter Pflanzen’ – invites you to a scientific and sensual encounter with plants and the soil. With literature and poetry as well as texts from the fields of philosophy, art, media, literature and natural sciences, the magazine links the research shown in the exhibition. ‘Among Plants’ explores plants as intelligent, sensitive beings. Read More
Tending to Elusive Matter
A living potato decomposes over time. A seemingly alchemical process transforms living matter into a supple, atemporal, odorless piece. How durable is bioplastic? Who negotiates the degree of solubility? Is non-toxicity the criterium? In her research, Gülşah investigates the thermoplasticity of starch. Plants store energy in the form of starch. Animal bodies can’t make starch; they digest it to obtain energy. Humans learned to transform it outside of their bodies, too, to make fuel or different materials.
Sina Ribak