Following on from the seminar ‘More than green – urban ecology and art’, 2024/25, we will explore future urban ecologies in Berlin. 

Where can we find transformations in urban space that reveal an equal interaction between human and more-than-human actors? Can the city be understood and interpreted as a biodiverse space? Does the collaboration between art and science prove to be meaningful, and what current approaches exist to these questions? 

The seminar discusses the history and present of the ecological question and establishes connections to artistic practices and initiatives that explore, shape and politicise the relationship between city and nature in diverse ways. 

A series of field trips is planned, e.g. to the Urban Bees project at ZK/U, to the Floating Berlin microcosm, a Berlin plant city walk by/with Nika Radić and Georg Spehr, to the Bauhaus Earth project by/with Philip Misselwitz, Habitat Unit at TU Berlin, and the precursor to today's ideas, the Eden fruit-growing colony near Oranienburg, as well as visits to exhibitions and a film programme with international film and media artworks on the theme: Field Work for Future Urban Ecologies. 

The seminar is mandatory for students of the Experimental Film and Media Art class, KUM, UdK, etc. It is also open to students of the Studium Generale. Additional guest students upon request. 

Dates: Biweekly, Wednesdays, 10 am – 2 pm Location: GRU 129 

First session: April 22, 2026 

Further dates: May 13 / May 20 / June 3 / June 17 / June 24 / July 8 

Certificate: Künstlerisch-gestalterisch / Kunst- und Medienwissenschaft (2 SWS) Participants: Max. 20 

Language: German / English 

Registration: via the tutor Stratos Bichakis: stratos.bichakis@udk-berlin.de 

Florian Wüst lives in Berlin as a film curator, artist, and publisher. In 2025 he co-curated the exhibition and event project “Heute noch, morgen schon” at the Nikolaikirche in Berlin-Mitte. Wüst is co-founder of the Berliner Hefte on the History and Present of the City.