Fieldwork at the Arboretum: « Vegetal Companions: Arts, Sciences and Temporalities of Co-Existence »

»Vegetal Companions« is a collaboration of Späth Aboretum with the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of the _matter Festival 2025.

A wonderful springtime evening in the outskirt of Berlin: the project team of Vegetal Companions invited the « Matters of Activity »  Cluster members for the opening of evening: Planted Archive.

»Vegetal Companions« is a collaboration of Späth Aboretum with the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin as part of the _matter Festival 2025.

Project Lead, Concept and Curation »Vegetal Companions«: Robert Stock and Rahel Kesselring

With support of: Maja Avnat

Project Lead Späth Arboretum: Anika Dreilich

Festival Contributions: Maja Avnat, Johanna Hehemeyer-Cürten, Rahel Kesselring, Emma Sicher

Technical Assistance: Alexander Struck, Martin Wagner

Event Assistance: Maria Pape