contributions
We invite you to read, watch, and listen to a variety of contributions and materials that have been conceived of as extensions and insights into our collaborations, facilitations, and programs. Predominantly commissioned by Spore, it is a repository of sonic notes, stories, poems, essays, and tools authored by individuals from different walks of life. They are published in their multiple original languages with occasional translations.
This booklet is a memory, a small celebration and the testimony of many conversations, and a wonderful collaboration centered on the Melipona bee in Maní, Yucatán.
Playful collective storytelling, stop-motion movie making and the exploration of the natural environment around Spore came together in this workshop week Ecologías del Futuro, inviting the participants to imagine together what the entangled web of life we inhabit looks like, now and in the future.
Fast 7% der Landesfläche Berlins machen Gewässer aus, dazu kommen Grünflächen und die bekannte graue Suppe (Wolken), die Wasser halten, sowie Rohre und Wasserhähne, die Wasser zu Endverbraucher*innen leiten. In der Radiosendung beschäftigen wir uns mit dem Wasser, dass uns hier in Berlin umgibt, aber fast unsichtbar geworden ist.
As the third season begins at the Spore Garden we look back at the work done and report on the efforts to regenerate the soil and plant community (...)
stories
I have always loved the Himalayas. I grew up in the foothills and later I traversed across many of its great landscapes and its lofty glacial peaks, lush meadows full of magical indigenous flowers and most importantly its awe inspiring trees. So when I heard about the loggers and contractors I scrambled up the mountain to see for myself as to what was happening to its endangered forests.
stories
Still from the animation film EL ZUMBIDO DE BALÁAM KAABBased on the content of the book box El zumbido de Báalam Kaab, the agroecological school U Yits Ka'an together with the animation studio “Llamarada” in Mexico City developed the animation film El Zumbido de Baláam Kaab. The motion graphics used mainly stem from children’s drawings that were created within the workshop series "Meliponicultura": Stories and Knowledge Exchange. The music score and sound design was developed by the sound studio Pacífico in conversation with the agroecological school U Yits Ka'an and artist Ariel Guzik.
stories
Michael Lylow gives an insight into the structure of the soil in Spore's garden.
Kuxaán Xúum, Cecilia Moo, artists' handmade illustrated book on the Kuxaán Xúum story (The rope of life), 2022.
Still from Las Voces Desde Adentro, 2022
Ariel Guzik, Illustrations from House of Similarities, 2022
Translated by Joel Scott and Andrea Garcés for Gegensatz Translation Collective.
Omar Said Charruf, Cosmos, 2022
Kuxaán Xúum, Cecilia Moo, libro ilustrado hecho a mano por artistas sobre la historia de Kuxaán Xúum (La cuerda de la vida)
Ariel Guzik, Ilustraciones de la Casa de las Semejanzas, 2022
Omar Said Charruf, Cosmos, 2022