with Yoav Admoni, Lisa Glauer, Tea Mäkkipää, Sybille Neumeyer, Jaanika Peerna, Moran Sanderovic, Kaethe Wenzel, Michael John Whelan. Conceptualization and Co-curation: Tuçe Erel, Lisa Glauer, and Kaethe Wenzel

Leviathan: A Capitalocene Beastiarium is a research-based exhibition project, which unpacks “human nature” and “law of nature”, inspired by Thomas Hobbes book Leviathan (1651) [1] and  Capitalocene, a concept coined by Jason W. Moore and Donna Haraway.

Public Program: The public events on 11.07 and 18 .07 feature curatorial talk, artists’ talks, lectures, and performances will take place at Tempelhofer Feld, located 5 minutes walking distance from the exhibition space, TOP Transdisciplinary Project Space. The closing event will be an online lecture and virtual exhibition tour on 23.07. The exact location at Tempelhofer Feld will be shared with registered guests via email.

Sunday, 18. July
15:30 Welcoming
16:00 Artist Talk: Moran Sanderovich und Lisa Glauer
18:00 Yoav Admoni, The invention of nature, Lecture Performance at Tempelhofer Feld

Hygiene plan for Leviathan Public Program: The location at the Tempelhofer Feld will be shared with guests who are pre-registered, who agreed to share their the full names, telephone numbers and addresses or e-mail addresses. Contact details and the district or municipality of residence of all participants are recorded. This information will be collected via Luca App and kept encrypted. In the event of infection, the health department can use the list to quickly notify all potential contacts. The data must be kept for four weeks and then destroyed. All visitors must have a current negative Corona test (within 24 hours), complete proof of vaccination or proof of recovery to attend the events. Visitors must wear a medical face mask when not in their seats.

Friday 23. July / Online closing talk / Zoom and live-stream via Youtube 18:00 – 19:30
18:00 – 18:30 – Welcoming and virtual exhibition tour.
18:30 – 19:00 The lecture of Dr. Olga Smith (University of Vienna) is titled Sublime in the Anthropocene.
19:00 – 19:30 Discussion and Q&A

The exhibition and public program is kindly supported by NEUSTART KULTUR and Fachbereich Kultur von Neukölln.