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Restoring What Sustains Us<\/strong>\u00a0l\u00e4dt zu einer gemeinsamen Zeit des Innehaltens ein, in der Ruhe zu Widerstand und F\u00fcrsorge als geteilte Praxis erfahrbar wird. Inmitten globaler politischer Unruhen und kollektiver Ersch\u00f6pfung \u00f6ffnet diese affektive Begegnung Raum, um von Performance zu Pr\u00e4senz, von Ersch\u00f6pfung zu Regeneration und von Isolation zu gegenseitiger Verbundenheit zu gelangen.<\/p>\n

Durch sanfte somatische Praktiken, kollektives Zuh\u00f6ren und Momente gemeinsamer Bewegung und Stille erkunden wir Regeneration nicht als Selbstoptimierung, sondern als gemeinschaftliche Erneuerung. Unproduktivit\u00e4t wird zum fruchtbaren Boden, Ersch\u00f6pfung als Teil gr\u00f6\u00dferer \u00f6kologischer und sozialer Zyklen erkannt. Ein Moment des Widerstands, in dem Pr\u00e4senz geteilt, Energien zirkulieren und neue n\u00e4hrende Formen des Miteinanders erprobt werden.<\/p>\n

Komm in bequemer Kleidung und bringe eine Yogamatte oder etwas zum Liegen mit \u2013 alles, was dich wohlf\u00fchlen l\u00e4sst! Warme Socken, ein Kissen, ein Snack \u2013 alles ist willkommen. Bring your exhaustion. Bring your unfinishedness.<\/p>\n

\u201eRestoring What Sustains Us\u201c ist Teil der Ausstellung \u201eEin kurzer Urlaub<\/a>\u201c (12.03.2026\u201330.04.2026).<\/p>\n

In englischer Sprache. Anmeldung bis zum 7. April unter:<\/span> anmeldung@instytutpolski.pl<\/a>. Bitte teile uns in 1\u20132 S\u00e4tzen mit, wer du bist und was dich zu dieser Teilnahme bewegt.<\/span><\/p>\n

Berit Fischer<\/strong> (PhD) ist eine in Berlin lebende transdisziplin\u00e4re Kulturpraktikerin, die an der Schnittstelle von Kunst, Kuratieren, Forschung, Schreiben und Lehre arbeitet. Seit 1999 entwickelt sie internationale Projekte und erforscht sozio-\u00f6kologische Zuk\u00fcnfte aus mikropolitischer, verk\u00f6rperter und post-repr\u00e4sentationaler Perspektive.<\/p>\n

Ihre Arbeit verbindet alternative P\u00e4dagogiken, erfahrungsbasierte Wissensproduktion, feministische und \u00f6kologische Bildungsans\u00e4tze, zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement sowie kritische Raumpraktiken \u2013 mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Zuh\u00f6ren als relationale Praxis.<\/p>\n

2016 gr\u00fcndete sie das Radical Empathy Lab<\/strong>. Zudem ist sie Gr\u00fcnderin und Kuratorin des Festivals\u00a0\u201e(Re-)Gaining Ecological Futures\u201c\u00a0an der Floating University<\/span> Berlin sowie Mitbegr\u00fcnderin des \u201eInternational Forum for Eco-Embodied Arts\u201c und des performativen K\u00fcnstler*innenkollektivs \u201edetours\u201c.<\/p>\n

Veranstaltung auf Facebook<\/a>
Info:<\/strong> beritfischer.org<\/a>, floating-berlin.org<\/a>, ifeea.earth<\/a>, de-tours.org<\/a>
Ort:<\/strong> Polnisches Institut, Galerie, Burgstr. 27, 10178 Berlin\u202f<\/p>\n

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Berit Fischer: Radical Empathy Lab \u2013 Making Futures School 2019 \u00a9 Gary Hurst<\/p><\/div>\n

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Restoring What Sustains Us<\/strong>\u00a0invites a shared pause, where rest becomes resistance and care unfolds as collective practice. In times of global unrest and pervasive exhaustion, this affective encounter opens space to move from performance to presence, from fatigue to regeneration, from isolation to interdependence.<\/p>\n

Through gentle somatic practices, collective listening, and shared moments of movement and stillness, we explore regeneration not as self-optimization, but as communal renewal. Unproductivity becomes fertile ground, exhaustion recognised as part of larger ecological and social cycles. A moment of resistance, where presence is shared, energies circulate, and nourishing ways of being together are practiced.<\/p>\n

Come in comfortable clothing and a yoga mat or something to lie on and anything to make you feel comfortable, warm socks a pillow, a snack … Bring your exhaustion. Bring your unfinishedness.<\/p>\n

In English. Register by April 7th at:<\/span> anmeldung@instytutpolski.pl<\/a>. Please let us know in 1\u20132 sentences who you are and what brings you to this experience.<\/span><\/p>\n

Berit Fischer<\/strong> (PhD) is a Berlin-based transdisciplinary cultural practitioner working across art, curating, research, writing, and teaching. Since 1999, she has developed international projects and explores socio-ecological futures through micropolitical, embodied, and post-representational practices. Her work brings together alternative pedagogies, experiential knowledge production, feminist and eco-pedagogies, civic engagement, and critical spatial approaches, with a particular focus on listening as relational practice.<\/p>\n

In 2016, she founded the Radical Empathy Lab. She is also the founder and curator of the\u00a0\u201c(Re-)Gaining Ecological Futures\u201d<\/em>\u00a0festival at Floating University<\/span> Berlin and co-founder of the \u201cInternational Forum for Eco-Embodied Arts\u201d and the performative artist collective \u201cdetours\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cRestoring What Sustains Us\u201d is a part of the exhibition \u201cA Brief Vacation<\/a>\u201d (12.03.2026\u201330.04.2026).<\/p>\n

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Titelfoto: Myco-Meditations \u2013 Fungi Do Not Make Easy Subjects of Capitalism (2023) \u00a9 Katharina Geist<\/pre>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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Inmitten globaler politischer Unruhen und kollektiver Ersch\u00f6pfung \u00f6ffnet diese affektive Begegnung Raum, um von Performance zu Pr\u00e4senz, von Ersch\u00f6pfung zu Regeneration und von Isolation zu gegenseitiger Verbundenheit zu gelangen.\nDurch sanfte somatische Praktiken, kollektives Zuh\u00f6ren und Momente gemeinsamer Bewegung und Stille erkunden wir Regeneration nicht als Selbstoptimierung, sondern als gemeinschaftliche Erneuerung. Unproduktivit\u00e4t wird zum fruchtbaren Boden, Ersch\u00f6pfung als Teil gr\u00f6\u00dferer \u00f6kologischer und sozialer Zyklen erkannt. Ein Moment des Widerstands, in dem Pr\u00e4senz geteilt, Energien zirkulieren und neue n\u00e4hrende Formen des Miteinanders erprobt werden.\nKomm in bequemer Kleidung und bringe eine Yogamatte oder etwas zum Liegen mit \u2013 alles, was dich wohlf\u00fchlen l\u00e4sst! Warme Socken, ein Kissen, ein Snack \u2013 alles ist willkommen. Bring your exhaustion. Bring your unfinishedness.\n\u201eRestoring What Sustains Us\u201c ist Teil der Ausstellung \u201eEin kurzer Urlaub\u201c (12.03.2026\u201330.04.2026).\nIn englischer Sprache. Anmeldung bis zum 7. April unter: anmeldung@instytutpolski.pl. Bitte teile uns in 1\u20132 S\u00e4tzen mit, wer du bist und was dich zu dieser Teilnahme bewegt.\nBerit Fischer (PhD) ist eine in Berlin lebende transdisziplin\u00e4re Kulturpraktikerin, die an der Schnittstelle von Kunst, Kuratieren, Forschung, Schreiben und Lehre arbeitet. Seit 1999 entwickelt sie internationale Projekte und erforscht sozio-\u00f6kologische Zuk\u00fcnfte aus mikropolitischer, verk\u00f6rperter und post-repr\u00e4sentationaler Perspektive.\nIhre Arbeit verbindet alternative P\u00e4dagogiken, erfahrungsbasierte Wissensproduktion, feministische und \u00f6kologische Bildungsans\u00e4tze, zivilgesellschaftliches Engagement sowie kritische Raumpraktiken \u2013 mit einem besonderen Fokus auf Zuh\u00f6ren als relationale Praxis.\n2016 gr\u00fcndete sie das Radical Empathy Lab. Zudem ist sie Gr\u00fcnderin und Kuratorin des Festivals\u00a0\u201e(Re-)Gaining Ecological Futures\u201c\u00a0an der Floating University Berlin sowie Mitbegr\u00fcnderin des \u201eInternational Forum for Eco-Embodied Arts\u201c und des performativen K\u00fcnstler*innenkollektivs \u201edetours\u201c.\nVeranstaltung auf FacebookInfo: beritfischer.org, floating-berlin.org, ifeea.earth, de-tours.orgOrt: Polnisches Institut, Galerie, Burgstr. 27, 10178 Berlin\u202f\n\u00a0\n[caption id=\"attachment_11913\" align=\"aligncenter\" width=\"700\"] Berit Fischer: Radical Empathy Lab \u2013 Making Futures School 2019 \u00a9 Gary Hurst[\/caption]\n\u00a0\nRestoring What Sustains Us\u00a0invites a shared pause, where rest becomes resistance and care unfolds as collective practice. In times of global unrest and pervasive exhaustion, this affective encounter opens space to move from performance to presence, from fatigue to regeneration, from isolation to interdependence.\nThrough gentle somatic practices, collective listening, and shared moments of movement and stillness, we explore regeneration not as self-optimization, but as communal renewal. Unproductivity becomes fertile ground, exhaustion recognised as part of larger ecological and social cycles. A moment of resistance, where presence is shared, energies circulate, and nourishing ways of being together are practiced.\nCome in comfortable clothing and a yoga mat or something to lie on and anything to make you feel comfortable, warm socks a pillow, a snack ... Bring your exhaustion. Bring your unfinishedness.\nIn English. Register by April 7th at: anmeldung@instytutpolski.pl. Please let us know in 1\u20132 sentences who you are and what brings you to this experience.\nBerit Fischer (PhD) is a Berlin-based transdisciplinary cultural practitioner working across art, curating, research, writing, and teaching. Since 1999, she has developed international projects and explores socio-ecological futures through micropolitical, embodied, and post-representational practices. Her work brings together alternative pedagogies, experiential knowledge production, feminist and eco-pedagogies, civic engagement, and critical spatial approaches, with a particular focus on listening as relational practice.\nIn 2016, she founded the Radical Empathy Lab. 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