The 4-day festival MATTER OF FLUX presents a rich and varied program from and for women/ FLINTA* in art, science and technology with panel discussions, lecture performances, numerous workshops, reading groups and other activities, including artist studio and lab visits. The festival has been generously supported by Kunstfonds’ program Neustart Kultur and is in cooperation with FEMeeting.

The MATTER OF FLUX festival takes place in the framework of the group exhibition MATTER OF FLUX in which artists explore the use of menstrual serum for tissue culture, propose new modes of care within the context of female and nonbinary health and discuss both traditional forms and new possibilities of reproduction. The multifaceted formats and events of the festival program are based on the rich outcome of several preparatory meetings at Art Laboratory Berlin earlier in 2023. More than 40 international Berlin-based women/ FLINTA* – artists, scholars from sciences and humanities and practitioners in art, science and technology from both the Global North and the Global South – have been invited to collectively develop various CLUSTER groups and activities for the festival.

Six clusters – CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY, LEAKY CYCLES, TECHNOLOGIES/ SENSORS/ INTERFACES, PLANT ENCOUNTERS, ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION and HYDRO-RELATIONS – offer workshops, talks, performances, zine-making lounges and more over the four days. In addition there will be a Smell workshop as well as artist studio, exhibition and laboratory visits.

The festival, acting as an interactive platform, welcomes other international or Berlin-based women/ FLINTA in the fields of art, science and technology to join, exchange and create synergies. Art Laboratory Berlin has started to shape a MATTER OF FLUX network from and for women/ FLINTA to create a larger ongoing program in the near and far future.

ALB Team:
Regine Rapp, Tuçe Erel, Christian de Lutz, Karolina Zyniewicz,
Mariia Hermann, Nina Szukała, Ina Mirzac

With contributions
by artists, scholars from sciences and humanities and cultural producers:
Alanna Lynch, Alice Cannava, Anne Hölck, Annika Haas, Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research (AFSAR), Aslı Dinç, Baldeep Grewal, Cansu Tekin, Cammack Lindsey, Chiara Garbellotto, Constanza Piña Pardo, Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky, Flo Razoux, Gülşah Mursaloğlu, Han Wen Zhang, India Mansour, Jacky Hess, Jemma Woolmore, Käthe Wenzel, Kristina Stallvik, Lena Fließbach, Lena Johanna Reisner, Lisa Bell Weisdorf, Lucy Powell, Lyndsey Walsh, Marianna Szczygielska, Margherita Pevere, Mooni Perry, Nayeli Vega, Nicol Rivera Aro, Nicola Maria Hochkeppel, pamela varela, Petja Ivanova, Sarah Hermanutz, Selen Solak, Sina Ribak, Susanne Schmitt, Susanne Jaschko, Sybille Neumeyer, Theresa Schubert, WhiteFeather Hunter.

    With any day or festival pass, you are allowed and welcomed to join the ongoing activites on Saturday and Sunday at PA58.

    (REGISTRATION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL START IN THE MORNING OF THE SAME DAY ON THE FESTIVAL SITE)!

SHORT PROGRAM | OVERVIEW

The whole MoF Festival takes place at PA58, Prinzenallee 58, 13359 Berlin (except Studio Visits, Lab Visits, Exhibition visits)

    Thu, 15 June 2023

9:15 - 9:45 | (REGISTRATION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL START IN THE MORNING OF THE SAME DAY ON THE FESTIVAL SITE)!

10:00
MATTER OF FLUX Introduction
Regine Rapp (Art Laboratory Berlin)
Tuçe Erel (Art Laboratory Berlin)
Dalila Honorato (FEMeeting)

10:30 - 11:45
MATTER OF FLUX Panel Discussion
WhiteFeather Hunter (artist, researcher, Perth) – The Witch in the Lab Coat
Lyndsey Walsh (artist, researcher, Berlin) – SELF-CARE

11:45 - 12:45
CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Lecture Performance
Presentation of the AFSAR (Asian Feminist Studio for Art and Research) Reading Group
with Charmaine Poh (artist, Berlin/Singapore), Hanwen Zhang (curator, researcher, Berlin/ China), Park Hye-in (curator, Berlin/ Seoul), Mooni Perry (artist, Berlin/ Seoul) and Yan Lin (writer, Berlin / Pingtan, China)

— 13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK —
Events to choose

14:00 - 15:30
LEAKY CYCLES Reading Group
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülşah Mursaloğlu (artist, Berlin), Cammack Lyndsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin), Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)

14:00 - 17:00
TECHNOLOGIES/ SENSORS/ INTERFACES OCTOPUSSYNTRIC Workshop (Part 1 of 2)
Constanza Piña Pardo (artist, dancer, researcher Berlin/ Chile), Nicol Rivera Aro (artist, researcher, dramaturg, Berlin/ Chile), pamela varela (artist, activist, poet, Berlin/ Mexico), Flo Razoux (biologist, educator, Berlin/ Marseille)

16:30 - 18:00
PLANT ENCOUNTERS. PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION Alchemic Cooking
Chiara Garbellotto (anthropologist, Berlin), Sina Ribak (researcher, Berlin)

17:00 - 18:30
CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Zine Making Workshop (Part 1 of 2)
Selen Solak (experimental researcher in physics and chemistry, Berlin), Marianna Szczygielska (feminist historian of science, Berlin), Baldeep Grewal (researcher, English Literature/ Science & Technology Studies, Berlin)

14:00 - 18:00 Ongoing activities

LEAKY CYCLES COMPOST Zine Lounge
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülşah Mursaloğlu (artist, Berlin), Cammack Lyndsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin) Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)

ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Instant Storytelling sessions
Anne Hölck (scenographer, curator, Berlin), Nicola Maria Hochkeppel (cultural producer, health care consultant, Berlin), Petja Ivanova (artist, lecturer, Berlin), Aslı Dinç (artist, researcher, Berlin)

ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION The Fluxional Shelf
Kristina Stallvik (artist, researcher, Berlin/ New York)

  Fri, 16 June 2023

9:00 - 9:45
(REGISTRATION FOR INDIVIDUAL EVENTS WILL START IN THE MORNING OF THE SAME DAY ON THE FESTIVAL SITE)!

9:00 - 10:00
LEAKY CYCLES SOIL EATERS – A Geophagy Ritual
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülşah Mursaloğlu (artist, berlin), Cammack Lyndsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin), Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)

10:30 - 12:45
PLANT ENCOUNTERS. PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION Sites of Vegetal Life
Alice Cannava (editor/curator, designer/coder, Berlin), Lisa Bell Weisdorf (artist, Berlin)
Kaethe Wenzel (artist, researcher, Berlin), Susanne Schmitt (artist, researcher, Berlin)

— 13:00 - 14:00 LUNCH BREAK —

Events to choose (register in the morning on-site)

14:00 - 17:00
PLANT ENCOUNTERS. PRACTICES, SITES, COMMUNICATION MicroCosMOSS Workshop
Susanne Jaschko (curator, Berlin), Jacky Hess (biologist, Berlin), Eva-Fiore Kovacovsky (artist, Berlin), Lucy Powell (artist, researcher, Berlin)

14:00 - 17:00
TECHNOLOGIES/ SENSORS/ INTERFACES OCTOPUSSYNTRIC Workshop (Part 2 of 2)
Constanza Piña Pardo (artist, dancer, researcher Berlin/ Chile), Nicol Rivera Aro (artist, researcher, dramaturg, Berlin/ Chile), pamela varela (artist, activist, poet, Berlin, Mexico), Flo Razoux (biologist, educator, Berlin/ Marseille)

16:00 - 17:30
LEAKY CYCLES INFINITE RETURNS – A Role-playing Activity
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülşah Mursaloğlu (artist, berlin), Cammack Lyndsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin) Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)

15:30 - 16:30
CRITICAL HISTORY OF TECHNOLOGY Glitter Kitchen Workshop
Selen Solak (experimental researcher in physics and chemistry, Berlin), Marianna Szczygielska (feminist historian of science, Berlin), Baldeep Grewal (researcher, English Literature/ Science & Technology Studies, Berlin)

13:00 – 16:00 Ongoing activities
LEAKY CYCLES COMPOST Zine Lounge
India Mansour (biologist, Berlin), Gülsah Mursaloglu (artist, berlin), Cammack Lyndsey (artist, singer, Berlin), Sybille Neumeyer (artist, researcher, Berlin) Lena Fließbach (curator, Berlin), Cansu Tekin (biologist, Berlin)

14:00 - 18:00 Ongoing activities

ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION Instant Storytelling sessions
Anne Hölck (scenographer, curator, Berlin), Nicola Maria Hochkeppel (cultural producer, health care consultant, Berlin), Petja Ivanova (artist, lecturer, Berlin), Aslı Dinç (artist, researcher, Berlin)

ALTERNATIVE KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION The Fluxional Shelf
Kristina Stallvik (artist, researcher, Berlin/ New York)

18:00 TRANS CHOIR sings

21:30 – 4 am
MATTER OF FLUX CLUB Night @ Panke Club | Free for day and festival pass holders. Keep your wristband for the party!
Starting with a Performance by the OCTOPUSSYNTRIC Workshop group (MoF Festival),
Later on DJ Sets by Mieko Suzuki & Baby Vulture (a.k.a. Daniela Huerta)