HOLITOPIA FESTIVAL FOR ARTS & FUTURES ++ 20-22 September, 2024 ++ HTW Campus Wilhelminenhof, Berlin ++

HOLITOPIA FESTIVAL FOR ARTS & FUTURES ++ 20-22 September, 2024 ++ HTW Campus Wilhelminenhof, Berlin ++

HOLITOPIA FESTIVAL FOR ARTS & FUTURES ++ 20-22 September, 2024 ++ HTW Campus Wilhelminenhof, Berlin ++

HOLITOPIA FESTIVAL FOR ARTS & FUTURES ++ 20-22 September, 2024 ++ HTW Campus Wilhelminenhof, Berlin ++

Exhibition

Hortulanus

September 15–November 5, 2022

Hortulanus

Johanna Seelemann Hortulanus (part of HOLITOPIA 2022) September 15–November 5, 2022

Johanna Seelemann Hortulanus (part of HOLITOPIA 2022) September 15–November 5, 2022

Hortulanus is HOLITOPIA 2022's core exhibition. It is the space and nutritious substrate where all lectures, workshops, conferences, debates and events will take place.

Hortulanus pieces are compostable furniture from low-tech materials. They use low-embodied energy resources (corn ears, straw and loam) to re-envision our relationship with nature.

The aesthetics of Hortulanus resists traditional connotations, going beyond vernacular and humble, to create a desirable and opulent object. The pieces celebrate the organic abundance of natural worlds.

The Designer.

Johanna Seelemann (b. 1990, Leipzig, Germany) is seen as one of the biggest upcoming talents of the contemporary design world. As a conceptual designer, she explores the mystification of ordinary consumer products. The results are optimistic proposals that make alternative future scenarios imaginable.

In the media. Wallpaper* 2021, Green Concept Award Winner—Green Product Award Berlin 2022, Emerging Designer of the Year (shortlisted)—Dezeen Awards London 2023

Front photo. Hortulanus, 2022, Johanna Seelemann © Johanna Seelemann

Photos in the text. Hortulanus, 2022, Johanna Seelemann © Robert Damisch

Location. re:future lab, Berlin (Germany)

In-presence

DAMN Magazine—RESEARCH & REALITIES, Hortulanus, Johanna Seelemann,
DAMNº82 Summer 2022; Pdf version

Program; List of works