Klimakunstlabor

2021—2022
The Klimakunstlabor (Climate Art Lab) responds to the visible consequences of climate change in and around ZK/U Berlin and the Moabiter Stadtgarten. Urban nature and human well-being are increasingly affected by heat, drought, and extreme weather. As part of the ongoing transformation of ZK/U, the Climate Art Lab creates a shared space to imagine and build a more climate-friendly future — focusing on plants and on the question of how humans and nature can care for one another.
Throughout the summer, the Klimakunstlabor functions as a field experiment — a series of collaborative discussions, workshops, and artistic tests addressing the local impacts of climate change. In an open and flexible team of neighbors, artists, and scientists, questions of urban resilience and ecological coexistence are explored. Real experiments lead to the development of sustainable ideas, prototypes, and creative interventions such as mobile shade vines, talking trees, and sensor-based dialogues.
The Climate Art Lab invites everyone — residents, park users, artists, climate activists, and tinkerers — to join the process of collective learning and experimentation. Together, participants share knowledge across disciplines such as art, urbanism, gardening, technology, and environmental science. In this ongoing exchange, innovation emerges through trial and error, fostering new connections between people, plants, and place.
The Moabiter Stadtgarten, an essential green refuge in the urban landscape, serves as both site and subject of the lab. Here, the challenges of soil degradation, drought, and biodiversity loss become starting points for artistic research and communal action. Through a network of interactive stations, visitors can experience urban nature artistically, explore it scientifically, and contribute to its renewal.
The Klimakunstlabor sets out to learn collectively from nature — to change perspectives, strengthen resilience, and create a vision for a living, climate-adapted city.