And the FORESTs will echo with laughter …
Forests without Trees in the Arts + Sciences
27 June 2020 – 27 March 2021
Temporary closure from 1 November 2020
Due to the measures adopted by the federal government containing the corona pandemic, the exhibition is temporarily closed. We hope to welcome you again soon.
Key Visual

Project
This line from a Led Zeppelin song epitomizes the upcoming exhibition at the ERES Foundation starting June 27th, 2020. Its focus is on the forest as social space. Forests’ ecosystems function on the basis of interconnectedness, information and communication, exchange and symbiosis. Hidden from our eyes, complex processes are taking place that are vital, not only for the organisms involved. For a forest is far more than just trees. In addition to being an economic asset, biosphere, oxygen producer, CO2 and water repository, it is also a magical, mystical place and powerful alternative to urban civilization – indispensable for human life as we know it.
Contemporary artists will explore unexpected pathways to forests’ thickets of meaning while scientists will be holding lectures that shine new light on the fascinating Wood Wide Web, the Internet of the forest.
Exhibition
27 June 2020 – 27 March 2021
Opening Hours
Saturday 10 am – 6 pm
Admission free
Ausstellungsbesuch (Slot: 45 Minuten) nur nach vorheriger Online-Anmeldung
Guided Tours
Until further notice we are unfortunately not allowed to offer guided tours. But we do provide an information sheet.
Artists
John Baldessari, Luisa Baldhuber, James Benning, Persijn Broersen & Margit Lukács, John Cage, Miriam Ferstl, Fischli / Weiss, Tue Greenfort, Wolfgang Kaiser, Martin Kippenberger, Marcellvs L. & Munan Øvrelid, Klaus Littmann, Marcus Maeder, Antje Majewski, Albert Oehlen, Daniel Roth, Michael Sailstorfer, Hans Schabus
Bilder Ausstellung



Lectures
Monday, 07 July 2020, 7 pm
Forest Dieback – A Review of Climate Change
Dr. Roderich von Detten, Chair of Forestry Economics and Forest Planning, University of Freiburg
This lecture is available on our video-page.
Monday, 20 July 2020, 7 pm
Forests are More Than Just Trees
Connected Systems in Crucial Habitats
Prof. Dr. Hansjörg Küster, Institute for Geobotany, Leibniz University, Hannover
This lecture is available on our video-page.
Monday, 14 September 2020, 7 pm
Forests, Soil, Climate Change
Prof. Dr. Winfried E. H. Blum and Prof. Dr. Manfred Lexer, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Vienna
This lecture is available on our video-page.
Monday, 01 February 2021
Cancelled due to the pandemic situation
(Original date: 09 November 2020)
Symposium Amazonas-Rainforest
Tropical Forests in Danger
The State of the Amazon Rainforest and the AmazonFACE Project
Prof. Dr. Anja Rammig, Professorship for Land Surface-Atmosphere Interactions, TUM School of Life Sciences, Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich
Espírito da floresta
Audiovisual Performance
Marcus Maeder, artist, explorer, composer, Zürich University of the Arts
Panel Discussion
How can the Amazon rainforest be preserved?
Tuesday, 02 February 2021, 7 pm
Moved to 23 February 2021
(Original date: 07 November 2020)
Dwindling Habitats, More Pandemics?
Zoonotic Diseases such as SARS, FSME, Zika or Ebola in the Anthropocene
Prof. Dr. Simone Sommer, Universität Ulm
Anmeldung
Teilnahme nur nach vorheriger Online-Anmeldung
Meet the Artist
Friday, 11 September 2020, 6/7/8 pm
Yasuní
Lecture-Performance with Luisa Baldhuber
Sunday, 13. September 2020, 3.15 pm
Künstlergespräch with Wolfgang Kaiser
(Findet im Freien statt)
Anmeldung
Teilnahme nur nach vorheriger Online-Anmeldung
Excursion
Saturday, 24 October 2020, 6 am – 1 pm
Sunday, 25 October 2020, 6 am – 1 pm
Exploring Forests, Moors and Soil
Two hikes, breakfast, readings and lunch at the Nantesbuch Foundation, Bad Heilbrunn (with an optional overnight stay the night before)
Forest excursion with artist Miriam Ferstl in association with the Nantesbuch Foundation
Registration deadline: 20 September 2020
Information and rates: stiftung-nantesbuch.de
To register: veranstaltungen@stiftung-nantesbuch.de, or call 08046 2319115
Pressestimmen
Pressestimmen zum Projekt finden Sie auf unserer Presseseite.