FLOATING BERLIN

📍 VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg 📅 Bildungszeitseminar · 20. - 22.05.2026 🌧️ künstlerische Forschung In diesem 3-tägigen VHS Bildungszeitseminar in Kooperation mit dem Floating e.V. erkunden wir Regenwasser als Lebensquelle, urbane Herausforderung und Zukunftsfrage der Stadt. Anmeldung: [email protected] · 💧 Tag 1 — Wasser sehen, hören, fühlen Im Regenwasserrückhaltebecken in Kreuzberg entdecken wir ein verborgenes Wasserökosystem mitten in einem technischen Bauwerk. 🌿 Tag 2 — Den verborgenen Pfuhlen folgen In Alt-Tempelhof suchen wir nach den Spuren alter Toteisseen und sprechen über sinkende Grundwasserspiegel, versiegelte Flächen und neue Wege der Regenwasserversickerung. 🏙️ Tag 3 — Wasserwerke, Wandel und Visionen Im Ökowerk im Grunewald blicken wir auf die Geschichte der Berliner Wasserversorgung und fragen: Wie kann Berlin klimaresilient werden? Leitung: Ute Lindenbeck · In Deutscher Lautsprache. [EN] In this 3-day educational seminar we explore rainwater as a life source, an urban challenge, and a key question to the city's future. 💧 Day 1 — Seeing, Hearing, Feeling Water We begin at the rainwater retention basin of Floating e.V. in Kreuzberg, where an unique urban water ecosystem has emerged in a technical infrastructure. 🌿 Day 2 — Following Hidden Ponds In Alt-Tempelhof, we trace the hidden paths of rainwater and discover ancient kettle lakes left behind by the Ice Age. Fed by groundwater and rain, these ecosystems are increasingly threatened by falling groundwater levels and sealed urban surfaces. 🏙️ Day 3 — Waterworks, Transformation, and Visions At the Ökowerk in Grunewald — one of Berlin’s first waterworks sites — we look back at the technological history of urban water supply and forward toward possible rainwater futures. With: Ute Lindenbeck · In spoken German #floatinguniversity #Regenwasser #Schwammstadt #Klimawandel #Wasser

Are you an NGO, association, or any formal and informal group developing and experimenting with informal education practices? We're looking for you 🔥 As we're touring around Europe this summer (20-31.07.26) we would like to visit you and get to know your space and activities. We'll be collecting stories to produce a book and a series of video interviews to document the state of informal education in EU. You can host us for a hangout, to share a meal or to camp overnight. Links in bio 🔗 to apply or to to join us next Monday 18.05.26 17:00 -18:00 for an introductory webinar 🍃 💌 for any additional questions

🌍 𝙋𝙇𝘼𝙉𝙀𝙏𝙆𝙐𝙇𝙏 - 𝗣𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝟮 𝗔𝗰𝗸𝗲𝗿-𝗔𝗸𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗺𝗶𝗲: 𝗧𝗲𝗿𝗿𝗮𝗳𝗼𝗿𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗘𝗮𝗿𝘁𝗵 Brauchen wir eine neue „Grüne Revolution“? Im Juni setzt andcompany&Co. gemeinsam mit der Floating U̵n̵i̵v̵e̵r̵s̵i̵t̵y̵ @floatinguniversity und dem Museum für Naturkunde @mfnberlin die Reihe 𝘗𝘓𝘈𝘕𝘌𝘛𝘒𝘜𝘓𝘛 fort. Ein künstlerisch-wissenschaftliches Experiment über Landwirtschaft, Ernährung und mögliche Zukünfte des Lebens auf der Erde. 📍4. Juni Lesung & Gespräch: 𝘽𝙖𝙪𝙚𝙧𝙣𝙠𝙧𝙞𝙚𝙜𝙚 & 𝘼𝙥𝙤𝙠𝙖𝙡𝙮𝙥𝙨𝙚 𝙝𝙚𝙪𝙩𝙚 Museum für Naturkunde 📍6. Juni Open-Air-Kino: 𝙎𝙞𝙡𝙚𝙣𝙩 𝙍𝙪𝙣𝙣𝙞𝙣𝙜 (USA 1972) Floating U̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶t̶y̶ Berlin 📍 7. Juni Thementag: 𝙏𝙚𝙧𝙧𝙖𝙛𝙤𝙧𝙢𝙞𝙣𝙜 𝙀𝙖𝙧𝙩𝙝 Floating U̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶t̶y̶ Berlin 🎟 Eintritt frei ✉ Anmeldung für die Floating University: [email protected] 𝗗𝗮𝘀 𝗱𝗲𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗲𝗿𝘁𝗲 𝗣𝗿𝗼𝗴𝗿𝗮𝗺𝗺 𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗰𝗵𝗲𝗶𝗻𝘁 𝗠𝗶𝘁𝘁𝗲 𝗠𝗮𝗶. Kommt vorbei und diskutiert mit uns über die Zukunft unseres Planeten. Photo: Matthias Maercks #kunstundwissenschaft #museumfürnaturkundeberlin #berlinevents #andcompanyandco #floatinguniversityberlin

glad to invite you to a workshop tour! ✦biodiversity and gardening at @floatinguniversity ✦ as part of: floating university – art, nature, and community at the Kreuzberg rainwater basin Saturday, May 16, 3:00 – 6:00 p.m. The Kreuzberg retention basin serve as a refuge for life forms that are often excluded from the urban environment. The variety of plants, birds, insects, and small vertebrates is remarkable and creates a unique biodiversity within an urban landscape. In this workshop, we will explore this special ecosystem and share ecological practices that support biodiversity. Together, we’ll open the Floating Gardens season with a drawing and sowing action. VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in cooperation with Floating e.V. 🌱Please only attend if you have registered directly via the VHS website (places are limited) ⌁ ✦Biodiversität und Gärtnern in der floating university✦ im Rahmen von: Floating University - Kunst, Natur und Gemeinschaft im Kreuzberger Regenwasserbecken Samstag, 16. Mai, 15:00 – 18:00 Uhr Das Gelände des Kreuzberger Rückhaltebeckens ist ein Zufluchtsort für Lebensformen, die aus dem städtischen Umfeld oft ausgeschlossen sind. Die Vielfalt an Pflanzen, Vögeln, Insekten und kleinen Wirbeltieren ist bemerkenswert und schafft eine einzigartige Biodiversität in einer städtischen Landschaft. In diesem Workshop werden wir dieses besondere Ökosystem erkunden und ökologische Praktiken vorstellen, die die Artenvielfalt in unseren Gärten fördern. Gemeinsam eröffnen wir die Saison der Floating Gardens mit einer Aussaat- und einer Zeichenaktion. Ein Kurs der VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg in Kooperation mit dem Floating e.V. 🌱 Bitte nimm nur teil, wenn du dich direkt über die VHS-Website angemeldet hast (die Teilnehmerzahl ist begrenzt) Bilder © @adriana.gahona

The second stop of our itinerant conference, “In Context” will be organised by @spolka.cc and centres on practices rooted in place and locality. We will reflect on the permeability of informal education to its surrounding environment, exploring how geography, social dynamics, and the built context shape our pedagogical approaches. We will also discuss how to build transnational alliances and define measures of impact that account for both collective transformation and individual growth. This one-day event will be a space for discussion and practice. We’re organising an online webinar to tell you all about our itinerant conference and how to participate on 18.05.2026 18:00 - 19:00. Link in bio to register 🔗 Other stops are organised with @floatinguniversity , @fablabtorino , and @hello_constructlab With thanks to @lina.community and @jintvzw

Raum Halten – Sustaining Self-Organized Spaces Saturday, 9th of May, 5pm Make-up turns 5, and we take this as a moment not only to celebrate, but to reflect on the conditions under which self-organized art and cultural spaces exist today and their political role in the city. diffrakt, Spoiler, floating and Make-up come together to discuss questions of self-organization, collective practice, and political positioning: How are these spaces organized? How do they finance themselves and build collective structures? What conflicts and forms of exhaustion emerge in everyday practice and which solidarities endure? In times of cultural budget cuts and increasing debates around censorship, the question arises anew: What role can and do self-organized spaces want to take on as political actors? Between the precarity of those without ownership and resistance against it, this is also about networks, about how these spaces can not only survive, but actively strengthen one another. Come by and join the discussion. Papierstrasse 11 Part of @mowe_festival and the 5 years celebration of Make-up.

Von den Weinbergen zum Sammelbecken – Die Geschichte des Regenwasserrückhaltebeckens Kreuzberg Samstag, 02.05.2026 3 Stunden, 15 – 18 Uhr Mit Ute Lindenbeck – Szenografin und Vermittlerin In Kooperation mit der VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg Diese Workshop-Tour lädt dazu ein, gemeinsam die Geschichte eines besonderen urbanen Ortes zu erkunden. Das Rückhaltebecken in Kreuzberg ist ein technisches Bauwerk, in dem sich über die Jahre ein wertvolles Wasserökosystem angesiedelt hat. In einer geführten Tour und gemeinsamen Reflexionen beobachten wir das fragile Zusammenspiel von Umwelt und Urbanität und fragen uns: Welche Geschichten erzählen uns Orte wie dieser – und welche möchten wir in die Zukunft tragen? Wir lernen die historischen und aktuellen Nutzungen des Geländes kennen und diskutieren die sich widersprechenden Zukunftspläne, die das Gebiet entwickeln sollen. Welche Rolle kann unser Engagement dabei spielen und was bedeutet es, sich Räume in der Stadt anzueignen – nicht als Besitz, sondern als geteilte Praxis in Solidarität mit ihrer Vergangenheit? Anmeldung über die VHS Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. Anmeldung vor Ort ist möglich. Kosten: 5 Euro Treffpunkt: Am Tor der Floating University Lilienthalstraße 32, 10965 Berlin

Open Call for four Residencies in 2027 | Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) 🗓️ Deadline Open Call | 31 May, 23:59 CET ℹ️ Situated Creative Practices for the Pluriverse (SIT-PLU) is a Creative Europe Cooperation project tackling socio-ecological challenges through cross-disciplinary research and context-specific artistic interventions. The project includes a program of residencies (SIT-RES) happening in 2026 and 2027, where selected artists and creative practitioners will be invited to engage with a specific context (social, geographical, historical) for one year and develop new forms of creative intervention/cultural mediation. The application can be submitted for the following institutions: ✚ @baltanlaboratories (NL) ✚ @lungomare_bozen_bolzano (IT) ✚ @idensitat (ES) ✚ @zemos98 (ES) 📊 The selected residents will receive an artist fee of €13,500 (travel excluded) and a production budget. ➡️ All info and application process at the link in bio and on our Substack (sitplu.substack.com) #baltanlaboratories #opencall #callforsubmissions #callforartists #callforcreatives #sitplu #europe #CreativeEurope #callforentries

EVERY MONDAY from 9 – 11 am at Floating University, Lilienthalstrasse 32, 10965 BERLIN 🗓 On April 13th we begin with: >> Space for Practice 2026 << There is no need to register and participation is free of charge! Space for Practice makes time and space for movement practice with/in the rainwater retention basin of Floating. It is a regular activity with/in irregular conditions such as weather, other activities and the presence of people, beings and materials. It is an occasion for practices to encounter a place, for choreographers to encounter practitioners, for practitioners to encounter the site of Floating and for the site to shape the practices. This year’s edition is convened and facilitated in changing constellations by the Choreographic Milieu: Alice Chauchat, Clément Layes, Daniel Belasco Rogers, Gabriele Reuter, Ghyslaine Gau, Lea Martini, Paula Kramer and Sabine Zahn. We all offer proposals that stem from our respective practices/curiosities and from the site, whilst following each other’s traces. We start on time at 9 am and all who are present hold the space collectively. All are welcome, regardless of whether you have experience with movement practices or not. Important is that we are all committed to working things out together. Space for Practice 2026 runs from April 13 – October 12, 2026. We take a break on May 25 and during the summer from July 13 until August 17. Please check Floating's Instagram feed and online calendar for updates. Photo: Silke Briehl.

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Bewerbung ist geschlossen, danke an alle für das Interesse! Thank you all for your great interest in the Open Call! All the selected participants got an email. ✨OPEN CALL – BUILD + CARE + REPAIR✨

Bewerbung ist geschlossen, danke an alle für das Interesse! Thank you all for your great interest in the Open Call! All the selected participants got an email. ✨OPEN CALL – BUILD + CARE + REPAIR✨