The Current – Mississippi. An Anthropocene River

Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

2020

The instal­lation “The Current” showcased field research by artists, scien­tists, and activists that emerged from the HKW project “Missis­sippi. An Anthro­pocene River” and developed site-specific approaches to the global trans­for­ma­tions of the Anthro­pocene along the river. The Missis­sippi serves as an exemplar of the intert­wining of Earth’s history and human settlement history, as well as of the geosphere, biosphere, and technos­phere. In the face of old and new social and ecolo­gical crises, the instal­lation explores spaces for solidarity-based action and dialogic practices. On display are metho­do­lo­gical experi­ments and artistic proposals for a polyphonic practice of working and living in the Anthro­pocene.

With contri­bu­tions by Kayla Anderson, Sara Black, Jeremy Bolen, Isabelle Carbonell, Andrea Carlson, Jennifer Colten, Tia-Simone Gardner, Beate Geissler, Amber Ginsburg, Ryan Griffis, Monica Moses Haller, Derek Hoeferlin, Brian Holmes, Sarah Kanouse, John Kim, Brian Krikbride, Sarah Lewison, Local­Style (Marlena Novak and Jay Alan Yim), Saundi McClain-Kloeckener, Margarida Mendes, Abbéy Odunlami, Lynn Peemoeller, Claire Pentecost, Oliver Sann, Jenny Schmid, Michael Swierz, Joe Underhill, Monique Verdin, Anna Van Voorhis, Maureen Walrath, Joslyn Willauer, and Andrew S. Yang.

Curatorial Team: Jeremy Bolen, Jennifer Colten, Beate Geissler, John Kim, Sarah Lewison, Claire Pentecost, and Jay Alan Yim in colla­bo­ration with Neli Wagner and Janek Müller 

Project Coordi­nation: Neli Wagner
Project Assistant: Sophia Lohmann

Audio Inter­views: Sadie Luetmer, Neli Wagner, Sophia Lohmann
Production Manager: Quirin Wildgen
Production Coordi­nator: Martin Naundorf

Exhibition Design and Construction, Overall Coordi­nation: Christine Andersen, Gernot Ernst, Elisabeth Sinn
Exhibition Graphics: Jozefina Chetko

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