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Art festival in Berlin: New perspectives for materials and climate protection!
The _matter Festival 2025_ at HU Berlin examines materials and their role in the climate crisis from April 10th to October 12th, 2025.
Art festival in Berlin: New perspectives for materials and climate protection!
From April 10th to October 12th, 2025, Berlin will be the venue for the _matter Festival 2025_, which will take place at twelve different locations in the city. Loud Humboldt University of Berlin The festival aims to radically question the understanding of materials as passive substances. The opening will take place on April 10, 2025 at 6 p.m. with the vernissage of the exhibition “Johtingeaidnu – The Path Within”.
The curators Sophia Gräfe, Claudia Mareis and Peter Fratzl have put together a diverse program that addresses sustainable alternatives to energy-intensive technologies and the challenges of the climate crisis. A particular focus is on viewing materials as dynamic, politically influenced entities with their own memory.
Diverse program items
The festival offers a range of creative and insightful events:
- „Johtingeaidnu – The Path Within“: 10. April bis 13. Juli 2025, Schering Stiftung – Thematisierung der traditionellen Lebensweise der nomadischen Rentierhirt*innen in Nordeuropa.
- „What if the Ocean Were a City?“: 2. Mai bis 16. Mai 2025, re:future lab – Symbiotisches Ko-Design zwischen Menschen und Wassertieren.
- „Gefäße. Infrastrukturen des Lebens“: 4. Juni bis 12. Oktober 2025, Berliner Medizinhistorisches Museum der Charité – Verbindung von Gefäßforschung und der Geschichte der Berliner Kanalisation.
- „Symbiotic Wood“: 27. Juni bis 21. September 2025, Kunstgewerbemuseum der Staatlichen Museen zu Berlin – Untersuchung des kulturellen Wertes von Käferholz.
- „Swamp Things!“: 7. Juli bis 20. Juli 2025, BHROX bauhaus reuse – Fokus auf die Rekultivierung von Mooren im Alltag.
The festival is organized by the DFG-funded Cluster of Excellence “Matters of Activity” at the Humboldt University of Berlin and offers a program in German and English. Interested press representatives can register at moa.public.relations@hu-berlin.de.
Importance of climate education
Highlighted as part of a comprehensive discussion on sustainable development and climate change BNE Osnabrück how important education for sustainable development (ESD) is at the present time. Most climate education materials are accessible via the ESD portal, which provides important information on climate change and measures. The portal is funded by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research and offers a variety of teaching and learning materials that support teachers and schools.
Educational initiatives such as EducationKlima-plus promote the development of extracurricular educational institutions for climate protection and integrate numerous partners into a network. Furthermore, various organizations, including Germanwatch and Greenpeace, offer teaching materials and workshops to raise awareness of the effects of climate change on our lives.
The _matter Festival 2025_ and the diverse program items make a significant contribution to the discussion about material awareness and climate protection. This is reflected in the approach, which operates both artistically and educationally and aims to develop and promote sustainable perspectives.