It might seem that artists who work mainly with computer-generated images could easily forget about what we call “nature”, envisioning worlds without trees, grass, flowers, oceans, rivers… And yet, rather than deleting the natural from the virtual, many artists today use digital imagery to imagine and interrogate new forms of cohabitation and entanglement between flora, fauna, humans, and technology. They look at nature with both interest and compassion, tracing, for instance, the history of plant migration, telling stories of colonialism and power, or highlighting the situatedness of humans in the thought of Buddhism and Daoism.

The programme of short films, curated by Nora Wölfing, will feature video works by LuYang, Lawrence Lek, Su Yu Hsin, Vvzela Kook and Tang Han, who work with science fiction as an overarching speculative framework in order to challenge the very notion of nature as we know it while also inquiring into new ways of cohabitation on a (still) green planet.

The evening will begin with an introduction by Nora Wölfing, followed by an approximately 80-minute screening; after the screening, the artists Su Yu Hsin and Tang Han will engage in a conversation with Nora Wölfing and the audience.

diffrakt | zentrum für theoretische peripherie is a space organised by the collective of the same name with a programme at the interface of theory, art, literature and science. In 2017, diffrakt took over the old premises of Merve Verlag in Berlin-Schöneberg and since then has regularly curated events in various forms and formats, such as talks, workshops, reading and working groups, film screenings, performances and exhibitions. In addition to the events organised by the collective, impulses from the surrounding area and collaborations with other initiatives, groups and individuals form an important part of the work. All events are open, as accessible as possible and free of charge.