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Vernissage: Verwobenes Leben mit Pilzen. Joanna Hoffmann und Theresa Schubert
Vernissage: Interwoven life with mushrooms. Joanna Hoffmann and Theresa Schubert
Event by: Polnisches Institut Berlin
Location: Burgstraße 27, Burgstraße 27, Berlin - Mitte
Talks & discussions, Exhibitions
About event
Opening: September 25, 2025, 7:00 p.m.
Exhibition: September 26th – November 28th, 2025
Fifth exhibition in the series “What do we take with us?” curated by Marta Smolińska.
Mushrooms are omnipresent and yet largely invisible. They form networks underground, in the water and in the air, influence the climate, break down pollutants and enable symbioses that support entire ecosystems. At the same time, as a metaphor for networking, exchange and coexistence, they inspire a variety of artistic and philosophical approaches.
The exhibition “Interwoven Life with Mushrooms” presents works by Joanna Hoffmann and Theresa Schubert, which make the fascinating potential of these organisms tangible. Both artists work at the interface of art, science and technology and develop new aesthetic approaches to a post-anthropocentric view of the world.
In her projects, Theresa Schubert examines mushrooms as sentient beings. In the Sound for Fungi installation. Homage to Indeterminacy, mycelia respond to sound frequencies and open up new ideas about communication between human and non-human actors. In Growing Hierarchies – tattooing mushrooms, she uses the growth powers of mushrooms to create visual patterns through natural processes and to ask questions about authorship and cooperation.
Joanna Hoffmann, on the other hand, leads the audience into immersive virtual worlds. Her work RhiZone: [M-other] makes the rhizosphere – a complex, symbiotic network of roots, bacteria and fungi – tangible through the senses. It opens up a perspective on the hidden dynamics of the forest, which is characterized by mutual dependence and shared resilience.
Together, the works of Hoffmann and Schubert illustrate how closely human life is intertwined with non-human organisms. Mushrooms appear here not only as a biological reality, but also as artistic-philosophical models for thinking in networks, for coexistence and for visions of an ecologically oriented future.
Admission: Free
Location: Gallery of the Polish Institute Berlin
Opening times: Tue - Thu 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Fri 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m
Exhibition: September 26th – November 28th, 2025
Fifth exhibition in the series “What do we take with us?” curated by Marta Smolińska.
Mushrooms are omnipresent and yet largely invisible. They form networks underground, in the water and in the air, influence the climate, break down pollutants and enable symbioses that support entire ecosystems. At the same time, as a metaphor for networking, exchange and coexistence, they inspire a variety of artistic and philosophical approaches.
The exhibition “Interwoven Life with Mushrooms” presents works by Joanna Hoffmann and Theresa Schubert, which make the fascinating potential of these organisms tangible. Both artists work at the interface of art, science and technology and develop new aesthetic approaches to a post-anthropocentric view of the world.
In her projects, Theresa Schubert examines mushrooms as sentient beings. In the Sound for Fungi installation. Homage to Indeterminacy, mycelia respond to sound frequencies and open up new ideas about communication between human and non-human actors. In Growing Hierarchies – tattooing mushrooms, she uses the growth powers of mushrooms to create visual patterns through natural processes and to ask questions about authorship and cooperation.
Joanna Hoffmann, on the other hand, leads the audience into immersive virtual worlds. Her work RhiZone: [M-other] makes the rhizosphere – a complex, symbiotic network of roots, bacteria and fungi – tangible through the senses. It opens up a perspective on the hidden dynamics of the forest, which is characterized by mutual dependence and shared resilience.
Together, the works of Hoffmann and Schubert illustrate how closely human life is intertwined with non-human organisms. Mushrooms appear here not only as a biological reality, but also as artistic-philosophical models for thinking in networks, for coexistence and for visions of an ecologically oriented future.
Admission: Free
Location: Gallery of the Polish Institute Berlin
Opening times: Tue - Thu 1:00 p.m. - 6:00 p.m., Fri 1:00 p.m. - 5:00 p.m