Discussion with Prof. Dr. Peter Nick, KIT, and curator Dr. Yvonne Volkart, FHNW, on the current group exhibition Plants_Intelligence at Badischer Kunstverein
In this discussion at the interface between natural science, research and art, the guests will focus on the communication of plants and the cross-species communication of plants with other life forms such as insects and microorganisms. Among other things, they will address the question of the extent to which plant communication is a key to adapting our agriculture to climate change.
This is also one of the themes of the artists of Plants_Intelligence: Sabian Baumann, Ursula Damm, Kyriaki Goni, Ingela Ihrman, Jochen Lempert (invited by Christiane Meyer-Stoll), Julia Mensch, Mathilde Rosier, Una Szeemann and Zheng Bo.
Peter Nick heads the Molecular Cell Biology research group at the Botanical Institute of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). His work focuses on the conservation of natural spaces and species, biodiversity and the use and further development of plant characteristics.
Yvonne Volkart is a researcher at the Institute Art Gender Nature, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW in Basel. She leads the research project Plants_Intelligence. Learning like a Plant (2021-2025) and is co-curator of the exhibition Plants_Intelligence.
The discussion is part of the Plant Talks event series from 6-15.11.2025 with a lecture, role play, guided tour and workshop on the two exhibitions Stefan Bertalan I have lived with a sunflower for 130 days and Plants_Intelligence.
Further dates of the Plant Talks event series:
Friday, 7.11.2025, 7 p.m.
The memory of the leaves. On the topicality of Stefan Bertalan, lecture by Georg Schöllhammer
Saturday, 8.11.2025, 2-6 p.m.
The language of plants, experimental role play (LARP) with Roman Schramm
Wednesday, 12.11.2025, 6 p.m.
Guided tour through the exhibitions Stefan Bertalan: I have lived with a sunflower for 130 days and Plants_Intelligence
Saturday, 15.11.2025, 10.30-16 h
Encounter with plants and images for a day, workshop with Tobias Kraft
Both exhibitions can be seen until 23.11.2025.
Admission to all events is free, we look forward to seeing you!
In this discussion at the interface between natural science, research and art, the guests will focus on the communication of plants and the cross-species communication of plants with other life forms such as insects and microorganisms. Among other things, they will address the question of the extent to which plant communication is a key to adapting our agriculture to climate change.
This is also one of the themes of the artists of Plants_Intelligence: Sabian Baumann, Ursula Damm, Kyriaki Goni, Ingela Ihrman, Jochen Lempert (invited by Christiane Meyer-Stoll), Julia Mensch, Mathilde Rosier, Una Szeemann and Zheng Bo.
Peter Nick heads the Molecular Cell Biology research group at the Botanical Institute of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). His work focuses on the conservation of natural spaces and species, biodiversity and the use and further development of plant characteristics.
Yvonne Volkart is a researcher at the Institute Art Gender Nature, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland FHNW in Basel. She leads the research project Plants_Intelligence. Learning like a Plant (2021-2025) and is co-curator of the exhibition Plants_Intelligence.
The discussion is part of the Plant Talks event series from 6-15.11.2025 with a lecture, role play, guided tour and workshop on the two exhibitions Stefan Bertalan I have lived with a sunflower for 130 days and Plants_Intelligence.
Further dates of the Plant Talks event series:
Friday, 7.11.2025, 7 p.m.
The memory of the leaves. On the topicality of Stefan Bertalan, lecture by Georg Schöllhammer
Saturday, 8.11.2025, 2-6 p.m.
The language of plants, experimental role play (LARP) with Roman Schramm
Wednesday, 12.11.2025, 6 p.m.
Guided tour through the exhibitions Stefan Bertalan: I have lived with a sunflower for 130 days and Plants_Intelligence
Saturday, 15.11.2025, 10.30-16 h
Encounter with plants and images for a day, workshop with Tobias Kraft
Both exhibitions can be seen until 23.11.2025.
Admission to all events is free, we look forward to seeing you!
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