{"id":135450,"date":"2024-08-26T16:27:55","date_gmt":"2024-08-26T14:27:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/programm\/termin\/other-en\/die-spree-und-wir-135450\/"},"modified":"2024-09-24T19:57:33","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T17:57:33","slug":"the-river-spree-and-us","status":"publish","type":"event","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/termin\/talk\/the-river-spree-and-us-135450\/","title":{"rendered":"The River Spree And Us"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Berlin is built close to the water. Berlin was built from the water. And yet today we have a rather troubled relationship with the city’s most famous river. Who can claim to really take the Spree seriously \u2013 beyond its function of supplying the city with fresh water or its role in transport or tourism? In view of climate change, calls for sustainable urban development and the transformation of transport, doesn’t the Spree deserve more of our attention? As a non-human actor, does it need to be given more rights of its own? And are there opportunities for the Spree to regain its independence \u2013 as a meander through Berlin, as a refuge for urban flora and fauna, as a swimming destination for people?<\/p>\n

At SP\u00c4TI, we will look at the Spree from an artistic, scientific and activist perspective. We will ask what role the Spree has played for the city in the past, how we currently deal with it and whether we can develop a different relationship with it in the future.<\/p>\n

Firstly, actor Maximilian Gr\u00fcnewald and guitarist Sven Daniel B\u00fchler take an artistic approach to the Spree with the Fairy Tale of the Giant Sprejnik<\/em>. Gr\u00fcnewald will then talk about how he developed new forms of dealing with water in a participatory way with residents of the Spreewald as part of the scientific-artistic project \u2018River Stories\u2019 (part of the experimental laboratory \u2018Anthroposcenes\u2019 at the HU). Geographer and ethnologist Tom\u00e1s Uson from Humboldt-Universit\u00e4t zu Berlin discusses how we can shape our relationship with water in times of rapid environmental change. Charlotte Hopf will report on the commitment of Flussbad e.V., which she co-founded and which takes the Spree seriously as a water for public bathing \u2013 and thus also wants to make lasting changes to the area surrounding the Humboldt Forum. The Spree herself will also be taking a seat at the podium table.<\/p>\n

There will be drinks and music after the event. Additionally, you can watch the short film Bellerophonte’s Dream<\/em> shot by Anthroposcenes in the Spreewald.<\/p>\n

Programme<\/h5>\n

4:30 pm:<\/strong> DJ playlist<\/p>\n

6:00 pm:<\/strong> Fairy tale of the giant Sprejnik<\/em> with musical accompaniment<\/p>\n

6:30 pm:<\/strong> Talk with Maximilian Gr\u00fcnewald (\u2018River Stories\u2019), Charlotte Hopf (Flussbad e.V.), Tom\u00e1s Uson (Humboldt University). Moderation: Bastian Herbst.<\/p>\n

7 pm:\u00a0<\/strong> DJ set and drinks<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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