Performances, workshops, sounds, films and collective activities

JUNE – OCTOBER 2025

ZK/U BerlinSiemensstr. 27, 10551, Berlin, Germany

Plants and humans share habitats and (hi)stories in many different ways. Together with artists, activists, researchers and guests, the event series PLANT STORIES asks: How are human views of the plant world shaped historically, socially, scientifically and personally? Which projections form part of the fascination for flowers, trees, herbs or indoor palms? What do plant stories reveal about the people telling them? Why are the relationships between humans and plants political, and how could they be different? 

The ways in which humans make sense of and deal with vegetation changes e.g. through colonialism, extractive economies, knowledge systems and aesthetic trends, but also through migration histories, medical practices, everyday life, care and affection. From June to October, many different artistic approaches and perspectives will come together at ZK/U to exchange and experience stories about and with plants, to remember and speculate, and to explore the emancipatory potential of different plant stories for living together across species. 

Anguezomo Nzé Mba Bikoro with Abeni Asante & Nane Kahle, Bethan Hughes, Bilge Emine Arslan, Dunjiva Kollektiv, Ece Eldek & Andrea Acosta, Fetewei Tarekegn, Gilly Karjevsky, Giovanni Aloi, Interspecifics, Minh Duc Pham, Odd Sonorous, Sina Ribak, Tang Han, T. Rudzinskaitė Memorial Amateur Lichenologists Society, Umut Azad Akkel, Vanessa Amoah Opoku u.a.

Artistic Direction: Andrea Goetzke & Lina Brion
Production: Eliza Chojnacka
Graphic Design: BANK™