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The Missis\u00adsippi serves as an exemplar of the intert\u00adwining of Earth\u2019s history and human settlement history, as well as of the geosphere, biosphere, and technos\u00adphere. In the face of old and new social and ecolo\u00adgical crises, the instal\u00adlation explores spaces for solidarity-based action and dialogic practices. On display are metho\u00addo\u00adlo\u00adgical experi\u00adments and artistic proposals for a&nbsp;polyphonic practice of working and living in the Anthro\u00adpocene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-metadaten wp-block-paragraph\">With contri\u00adbu\u00adtions 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, Local\u00adStyle (Marlena Novak and Jay Alan Yim), Saundi McClain-Kloeckener, Margarida Mendes, Abb\u00e9y 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-metadaten wp-block-paragraph\">Curatorial Team: Jeremy Bolen, Jennifer Colten, Beate Geissler, John Kim, Sarah Lewison, Claire Pentecost, and Jay Alan Yim in colla\u00adbo\u00adration with Neli Wagner and Janek M\u00fcller&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-metadaten wp-block-paragraph\">Project Coordi\u00adnation: Neli Wagner<br>Project Assistant: Sophia Lohmann<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-metadaten wp-block-paragraph\">Audio Inter\u00adviews: Sadie Luetmer, Neli Wagner, Sophia Lohmann<br>Production Manager: Quirin Wildgen<br>Production Coordi\u00adnator: Martin Naundorf<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-metadaten wp-block-paragraph\">Exhibition Design and Construction, Overall Coordi\u00adnation: Christine Andersen, Gernot Ernst, Elisabeth Sinn<br>Exhibition Graphics: Jozefina Chetko<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"is-style-metadaten wp-block-paragraph\"><a href=\"https:\/\/archiv.hkw.de\/de\/programm\/projekte\/2020\/the_shape_of_a_practice\/installation_the_shape_of_a_practice\/the_current.php\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/archiv.hkw.de\/de\/programm\/projekte\/2020\/the_shape_of_a_practice\/installation_the_shape_of_a_practice\/the_current.php\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">www.archiv.hkw.de<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin 2020 Die Installation&nbsp;\u201eThe Current\u201c&nbsp;zeigte Feldforschungen von K\u00fcnstler:innen, Wissenschaftler:innen und Aktivist:innen, die aus dem HKW-Projekt&nbsp;\u201eMississippi. An Anthropocene River\u201c hervorgegangen sind und entlang des Flusses ortsspezifische Zug\u00e4nge zu den globalen Transformationen des Anthropoz\u00e4ns entwickeln. Der Mississippi steht dabei exemplarisch f\u00fcr die Verzahnung von Erd- und Siedlungsgeschichte, von Geo-, Bio- und Technosph\u00e4re. 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