Our Beloved Kin: Tandem tour - Animals, Plants, and Other Beings

Eröffnung der Wechselausstellung "Sich verwandt machen" – Drei Personen bewundern ein kunstvolles Objekt in einer Galerie, umgeben von anderen Besuchern.

In this joint tour, curator Ute Marxreiter and biologist Susanne Lanckowsky will introduce you to the living creatures and other entities with which the contemporary artists featured in the temporary exhibition Making Kin engage relationships. Their diverse practices converge in the understanding that we are all woven into a dynamic web of relationships: with other people, animals, plants, spiritual beings, the cosmos—but also with our office chair.

In this way, Catherine Blackburn feels connected not only to her ancestors and the Dené people, but also to the reindeer of her Canadian homeland. The Myanmar-born ceramic artist Soe Yu Nwe owes her name to three godmothers, two of whom are a tree and a well. Through her exploration of Korean shamanism and the ritual use of mulberry paper, Hague Yang establishes connections to the spiritual dimension in her work.

Moorhens, bison, and a leguan girl join the ranks of the friends and relatives you will encounter during this entertaining tour.

Participants

Ute Marxreiter is a research assistant for education and outreach at the Ethnologisches Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst.

Susanne Lanckowsky is a certified biologist, painter, and trained museum educator. She has studied ground beetles on Berlin’s Teufelsberg and mother beetles caring for their young in the Panamanian rainforest. Since May 2025, she has been a member of the Education and Outreach team at the Ethnologischen Museum and Museum für Asiatische Kunst. She developed the concept for the public tour Making Kin & Nothing as Our Ground.

- 10 EUR / reduced 5 EUR plus exhibition ticket
- Duration: 90 min
- 16 years and older
- Language: German
- Belongs to: Making Kin, Ethnological Collections and Asian Art

Price info: plus exhibition ticket

Price: €10.00

Reduced price: €5.00

Booking: Please book your ticket in advance online or at the box office in the foyer.

Next date:

• Date Saturday, 08/August/2026 16:00 bis 17:30
• Venue Humboldt Forum
• Address Schloßplatz, 10178 Berlin-Mitte