How can we, in times of climate change and species extinction, broaden our view of plants and include them as co-creative actors in artistic processes?
Guided by composer, sound artist and plant ambassador Cassis B Staudt, students from the Department of Design at Hochschule Mainz explore these and other questions in a three-day workshop at the LUX Pavilion and in the forest.
Alongside her work as a film composer, Cassis works intensively with the biodata sonification of plants and is one of the German pioneers of this artistic practice. The workshop becomes a joint interdisciplinary lab of biodata sonification, visual media, field recordings, mindfulness and improvisation — always centred on plants and our own perception of non-human actors in the artistic process.
Open to the public
On 24 May, 1:00 – 2:30 pm, the workshop opens its doors for an artist talk for external visitors. Under the title "The Personal is Political – What Does an Artist's Biography Look Like?", the sound artist and film composer talks about her own path and offers insights into her artistic work with the biodata sonification of plants.