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Wednesday, June 5 • 10:00 - 11:30
Short Film Program 4 – Radical Solutions

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Join us for Short Film Program 4 – Radical Solutions. Today the Forum for Radical Imagination on Environmental Cultures at TNOC presents stories of innovation and resilience. From the unexpected presence of pheasants in urban Detroit to collaborative climate resilience planning in Berlin and the intelligent use of water in a Portuguese town, these films offer inspiring solutions to pressing challenges.

Two works from "thoughts for tomorrow and movements for today"
Digging Up Industrial Waste & Printing Objects Found
by iki nakagawa / total 4 minutes

"thoughts for tomorrow and movements for today", is an archiving project to witness, learn, honor and activate ideas and actions that shape respect and care between people and their living environments.
The first video features NYC Park’s volunteers digging out industrial waste from under the sand. The second video features the workshop participants cleaning the creek, placing objects found and their bodies used during the cleanup onto a large fabric to be exposed to the sun. Both of the stewardship actions took place at the Coney Island Creek Park, Lenapehoking / Brooklyn in April and August of 2023, organized by NYC Parks and Coney Island Beautification Project. The cyanotype workshop was conceived, organized and facilitated by Nora Almeida, Willa Goettling and iki nakagawa.

Pheasants of Detroit
by Diane Cheklich / 16 minutes
Typically known as a rural farmland species, the funky Ring-necked Pheasant is thriving in the city of Detroit, bringing joy and inspiration to its human neighbors.

Let's plan for climate resilience: a Berlin case study in Mierendorff-Insel
by Jamie Chan / 7 minutes
Explore the collaborative efforts of a Berlin community, public administration, and experts as they develop a plan to bolster climate resilience at the neighborhood level, offering insights and inspiration for communities worldwide facing similar challenges.

Alexandra Daisy Ginsberg : Pollinator Pathmaker Short Documentary / 7 minutes
Directed by Johannes Förster & Jivan Frenster, commissioned by LAS Art Foundation and realized in collaboration with Museum für Naturkunde Berlin.
The project encompasses a series of living sculptures made of plants, and a participatory campaign. Each sculpture is designed using a custom-build algorithm, which computes garden schemes that support the maximum number of pollinator species possible. The LAS Edition features more than 7,000 plants of 80 different varieties, planted over a 722-square-metre plot. This impactful initiative in interspecies art responds to the alarming decline in pollinating insects. By making art for pollinators, Ginsberg emphasises the urgency of moving beyond anthropocentric approaches and aesthetics in the face of the climate and biodiversity crises.

The Intelligent Use of Water in Seixal, a Small Portuguese town
by Patricia Trindade Monteiro / 24 minutes
Exploring the innovative use of tidal forces in the Tagus estuary, this documentary sheds light on the historical wisdom and contemporary strategies employed in enhancing climate resilience in Quinta da Princesa.


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Don't miss this lineup of films that challenge conventional thinking and inspire conversations on Radical Solutions!
Artists
avatar for Carmen Bouyer

Carmen Bouyer

Arts Co-Director, The Nature of Cities
Hello, I am an artist based in Paris and art curator at The Nature of Cities. I am passionate by all the cultural ways that strengthen our relationships with each other as humans across variety of cultures and practices, as well as with wide diversity of non-human life forms, especially... Read More →
avatar for Jamie Chan

Jamie Chan

Director Europe Urban Greening, The Nature Conservancy in Europe
Jamie Chan is the director of The Nature Conservancy's Europe Urban Greening program. She leads the TNC team in partnering with German local governments and organizations to accelerate climate adaptation and biodiversity improvement through nature-based solutions. She focuses on strategies... Read More →
avatar for Patrick Lydon

Patrick Lydon

Arts Co-Director, The Nature of Cities
An ecological artist and urbanist based in Korea, Patrick helps re-discover our role as ecological beings through story, film, illustration, and community-centered landscape interventions. Together with Suhee Kang, he founded the creative urban ecology studio called City as Natu... Read More →
avatar for Patricia Monteiro

Patricia Monteiro

Phd, University of Lisbon
Architect and urban planner. Experience in humanising, child friendly and inclusive cities, project management and low impact architecture. Researcher in landscape, environment and history of science. Works between projects, writing, exhibitions and making documentaries. Mum of G... Read More →
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iki nakagawa

artist: videographer and researcher,
iki nakagawa is an artist who practices videography as a means of witnessing, embodying, processing, and transporting ideas, actions and situations in which they thrive. She has been working as a professional archival videographer, and currently documenting stewardship actions around... Read More →

Wednesday June 5, 2024 10:00 - 11:30 EDT
In-Person Berlin
  Arts & Film Festival
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