Species' Spring

Becoming Species på Ødegårdstur i Sverige

𝕍𝕚 𝕥𝕠𝕘 𝕦𝕕 𝕚 𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕠𝕧 𝕗𝕠𝕣 𝕒𝕥 𝕧æ𝕣𝕖 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕣 𝕠𝕘 𝕞𝕖𝕣𝕖-𝕖𝕟𝕕-𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕟𝕖𝕤𝕜𝕖𝕝𝕚𝕘 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣. ø𝕕𝕖𝕘å𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕧𝕒𝕣 𝕜𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕠𝕘 𝕗𝕦𝕘𝕥𝕚𝕘, 𝕕𝕒 𝕧𝕚 𝕒𝕟𝕜𝕠𝕞, 𝕤å 𝕧𝕚 𝕠𝕡𝕧𝕒𝕣𝕞𝕖𝕕𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕘 𝕥ø𝕣𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕓𝕣𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖 𝕗𝕣𝕒 𝕤𝕜𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕥. 𝕀 ø𝕕𝕖𝕘å𝕣𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕝𝕖𝕘𝕖𝕕𝕖 𝕧𝕚. 𝕍𝕚 𝕤𝕜𝕣𝕖𝕧 𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕤𝕤𝕒𝕟𝕘𝕖 𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕕𝕖 𝕒𝕣𝕥𝕖𝕣, 𝕧𝕚 𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕥𝕚𝕝, 𝕠𝕘 𝕥𝕚𝕝 𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖𝕟𝕖 𝕚 𝕤𝕜𝕠𝕧𝕖𝕟. 𝕍𝕚 𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕖 𝕞å𝕝𝕥𝕚𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕘 𝕘𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕥𝕖, 𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕧𝕚 𝕤𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕥𝕖. 𝕍𝕚 𝕤𝕒𝕕 𝕧𝕖𝕕 𝕤ø𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕘 𝕝𝕠𝕕 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟𝕤 𝕞𝕦𝕤𝕚𝕔𝕒𝕝 𝕦𝕕𝕤𝕡𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕖 𝕤𝕚𝕘 𝕠𝕘 𝕗𝕖𝕛𝕣𝕖𝕕𝕖 𝕕𝕖𝕥 𝕞𝕖𝕕 𝕤𝕒𝕦𝕟𝕒 𝕠𝕘 𝕜𝕠𝕝𝕕𝕖 𝕕𝕪𝕡. ℍ𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕘𝕒𝕟𝕘 𝕧𝕚 𝕤𝕒𝕞𝕝𝕖𝕤, 𝕓𝕝𝕚𝕧𝕖𝕣 𝕧𝕚 𝕜𝕝𝕠𝕘𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕡å 𝕙𝕚𝕟𝕒𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕘 𝕟𝕒𝕥𝕦𝕣𝕖𝕟 𝕠𝕞𝕜𝕣𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕠𝕤; 𝕙𝕧𝕖𝕞 𝕧𝕚 𝕖𝕣 𝕤𝕠𝕞 𝕧æ𝕤𝕟𝕖𝕣. 𝕍𝕚 𝕞ø𝕕𝕥𝕖 𝕖𝕟 𝕥𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕕 𝕚 𝕕𝕖𝕟 𝕤𝕧𝕖𝕟𝕤𝕜𝕖 𝕤𝕜𝕠𝕧, 𝕠𝕘 𝕞𝕠𝕤𝕤𝕖𝕟 𝕧𝕒𝕣 𝕤å 𝕓𝕝ø𝕕 𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕖𝕣 𝕧𝕠𝕣𝕖𝕤 𝕗𝕠𝕕𝕤å𝕝𝕖𝕣.

Becoming Species workshop-serie på Kulturhuset Islands Brygge

Vi er naturens stemmer. Vi bærer de truede arters ansigter og lader dem flytte ind i vores bevidstheder. Vi bliver til arter for at styrke forbindelsen og empatien mellem mennesker og mere-end-menneskelig natur. Når vi lærer naturen at kende, bliver vi samtidig klogere på os selv. Vi kæmper for mere vild natur i Danmark.

Becoming Octopussy to rebel against fossil capitalism with tentacular punk inspired by Pussy Riot

Becoming Bat: Performativ meditation. Have you ever imagined what it feels like to fly and scream in the dark of night? During this hour you can become a bat through performative meditation with soundscapes of bat screams and poetic reading.

Becoming Owl Inspired by Pauline Oliveros’ Sonic Meditaions og Deep Listening and Ed Yongs An Immense World

Becoming Ivy: Choreograpic games between sound and movement

I often walk to Assistant Cemetery at Nørrebro. I am always amazed watching various vine plants climbing up the walls or trees in the park. They use their tendrils to reach out to other plants and trees. I see life full of vitality and movements in tendrils, almost moving like animals. In Korean, tendrils are called ‘vine hands’. Indeed, tendrils move like our hands. I always have the impulse to do a high five when I see them. Can you move your hands like tendrils? Coiling, twirling, reaching, holding, grabbing towards the sunlight and different species. Tendrils know that species diversity increase chances for survival and prosperity. I hope humans can learn from this, although differences might scare us. Every year, when autumn and winter come, the park turns gray, all the leaves disappear, and the trees almost look like they are dying. However, there is still one species greeting us with evergreen light. It is Ivy. Some people think Ivy is a parasitic plant and hate them. However, they are not. They protect the buildings they climb from rain, keep them warm, and clean the urban air. Many trees are strong enough for Ivy to climb them. Some weak trees may die when Ivy blocks sunlight. However, in Denmark, as many dead trees are needed in forests for insects like beetles, the dead trees make way for new life. Ivy is a structure-less plant, and it follows the shape of frames, buildings, and trees, which means it is flexible and adaptable. It follows and imitates. For example, one vine plant in South America is a master at this. It not only follows the trees it climbs, it also imitates the colors and shapes of leaves of the tree. Some scientist questions this. Does this plant have eyes? How can it know the shape of the tree’s leaves? Plants may use different types of eyes for their communication. How can we feel shapes? - Not by seeing, but by using your different senses? What if your hands had eyes? If you spot Ivy climbing up on an old oak tree, the ivy is also probably old. Only Ivy older than 7~10 years is mature, will bloom and produce fruits. If you see Oak tree and Ivy together, you better believe they are wise elders, probably communicating secretly, sharing their oldest wisdom. As said before, Ivy is an evergreen plant that stays green all winter. This provides habitats for small animals and insects during winter. While other plants bloom during spring, Ivy is the only plant that flowers and produces fruits in autumn, providing food for insects when they are starving. Ivy’s abilities to connect, follow, imitate together with its flexibility let ivy receive help from the other species, and give back to the other species as well. Then how about you? How about us? Do you receive and give like Ivy? Do you reach out when you are in need of help? Who do you lean on? Or what do you lean on? Who do you follow? What do you imitate for your survival and prosperity? What do you give to others?

thanks for sharing your precious knowledge and praxis Nina, Ivy Embassador

Mushroom gaga workshop

Vi ses til artsparade på Roskilde Festival 2025 1. juli kl. 14:00 på Dancefloor Stage.