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Songs of Serpents – Art, Landscape, Ecofeminism(s)
4/17/2026, 12:30 – 9 PM

Symposium

The symposium takes as its starting point the exchange project “Songs of Serpents – Ecopoetic Zones”, which promotes transdisciplinary research at the intersection of art, ecology and ecofeminism.

View from Kris Voitkiv Working Room residency at Khata-Maysternya, Ukraine
View from Kris Voitkiv “Working Room” residency at Khata-Maysternya, Ukraine
© Kris Voitkiv and Khata-Maysternya, Ukraine

The symposium takes as its starting point the exchange project “Songs of Serpents – Ecopoetic Zones”, which activates the potential of artist residencies in peripheral locations in Germany, Italy, Albania, Ukraine, and Lithuania to promote transdisciplinary research at the intersection of art, ecology, and ecofeminism(s). Each residency location contributes its own local characteristics and themes, as well as ecological and political challenges. At the same time, the transnational residency community highlights global geopolitical forces and exploitative practices.

In panels, keynotes, and lecture performances, artists from the programme and invited guests from the arts and sciences discuss artistic ideas as well as questions about the biological and ecological characteristics of the landscapes and measures taken to preserve or restore them.

Residencies:
Villa Serpentara in Olevano, Romano (Italy), Akademie der Künste
Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (Lithuania)
Künstlerhäuser Worpswede (Germany)
Asortymentna Kimnata / Khata-Maysternya (Ukraine)
Galeria e Bregdetit (Albania)

The German Academy in Rome, Villa Massimo, is associated partner of the programme.

Timetable

12:30 pm

Curatorial tour of the exhibition Vessel & Voyager

Linnéa Meiners

1:30 pm

Welcome

Johanna Keller, Head of Programming, Akademie der Künste

1:40 pm

Gender and Ecology and the Songs of Serpents Programme
Introduction

Christina Landbrecht and Alona Karavai

2 pm

Songs of Serpents “Swamps & Sea”
Inputs and Talks

Philine Griem, Curator, Künstlerhäuser Worpswede
Sophie Seita, Artist
Hans Joosten, Professor of Peatland Studies and Palaeoecology at Greifswald University

followed by a discussion

Break approx. 10 min

Elian Stefa, Curator, Galeria e Bregdetit
Gerta Xhaferej, Artist
David Faro, Postdoctoral researcher, Leibniz-Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries

followed by a discussion

Moderation: Suza Husse, Curator, researcher, Succow Foundation

4:30 pm

Break

5 pm

Songs of Serpents “Forests & Soils”
Inputs and Talks

Neringa Bumblienè, Curator, Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts
Gerta Xhaferej, Artist
Goda Palekaitè, Artist
Stefanie Kaboth-Bahr, Geologist, paleontologist, Freie Universität Berlin

followed by a discussion

Break approx. 10 min

Johanna Keller, Head of Programming, Akademie der Künste
Thomas Höhne, Curator, Villa Massimo
Dasha Chechushkova, Artist
Sophie Seita, Artist
Alona Karavai, Curator, Khata-Maysternya, Ukraine
Yuliia Volkovska, Forest scientist, forest ecologist, National Forestry University of Ukraine, Lviv

followed by a discussion

Moderation: Antonia Alampi, Artistic Director, Spore Initiative

7:15 pm

Lecture Performance

Sophie Seita

7:30 pm

Break / Evening Snack

8:15 pm

Empire Naked: Monte Verità and the Invention of white Ecological Intimacy
Final Lecture

Saskia Köbschall

followed by Q&A

8:45 pm

Serpent Songs: Ecofeminist Voices
Closing Performance

Joulia Strauss

9 pm

Wrap-Up and Open Bar