OderHive: A River to Touch, Hear and Feel

Oder Hive

What does community in and by the river look like? How does it sound? And can we sense it? In OderHive, artists, researchers from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries (IGB) and the public dive under the surface of the Oder River. They approach the fragile balance of the ecosystem, explore the sensitive relationships between plants, animals and humans, and question the responsibility of society and politics. In a multi-sensory performance, FrauVonDa// tells of existing and potential communities in and along the river - between scientific fact, artistic fiction and visionary discourse.

Following the man-made environmental disaster in the Oder in the summer of 2022, the artist collective FrauVonDa// accompanied the IGB's research work for over a year. Based on this research, sound and video recordings above and below the water, the Berlin-based artist group developed a polyphonic narrative about the hidden life forms in the river. In an immersive, transmedia experience, they play with the limits of human hearing and scientific knowledge about the sensory perception of fish, transforming the floor of the Villa Elisabeth (Berlin) into a vibrating riverbed. The audience can expect several hours of a kaleidoscope of hearing, seeing, feeling and thinking, ranging from meditative to disruptive.

In this world of perception, FrauVonDa// also asks how we as a community want to share habitats like the Oder. Researchers and artists from Germany and Poland, as well as the audience, will meet in open discussions. The interactive talks are artistically designed and alternate as an independent art form with sound art, visual art, free improvisation and compositions by Wojtek Blecharz. The innovative format invites you to become part of the Oder community.

Date

11 and 12 January 2025, 5-9pm, Villa Elisabeth, Berlin

Tickets

25 €, 18 €, 12 €, 8 € plus fees 
Online via eventim or at the door. Free choice of seats.

Organisers

FrauVonDa//

On stage

Learn more >

Contact person

Angelina Tittmann

Head of Communications and Knowledge Transfer

Projects

Incident-related special investigation programme for the environmental disaster in the Oder River of August 2022 (ODER~SO)

Multidisciplinary studies on the conditions leading to the mass development of toxic algae in the Odra river and on the occurred population losses of aquatic organisms and their regeneration, as well as on the strengthening of resilience, ecosystem services and development scenarios for the coupled river-floodplain ecosystem.