Feb 17, 2026

Exhibition at Kommunale Galerie Berlin

Hohenzollerndamm 176
10713 Berlin
www.kommunalegalerie-berlin.de

Chapter 1
Opening reception: May 27, 2026
with works by:
Thomas Behling, Anna Borgmann, Wiebke Elzel, Catherine Rose Evans, Tom Früchtl, Noa Heyne, Csilla Klenyánski, Gabi Schillig, Morton Straede

Chapter 2
Opening reception: July 2, 2026
with works by:
Wiebke Elzel, Catherine Rose Evans, Simon Faithful, Noa Heyne, Kennedy+Swan, Csilla Klenyánski, Nadja Marcin, Sophia Pompéry, Natalja Stachon, Ya Wen Fu

The exhibition displays an excerpt from my current project About an Undisciplinable Tree.

The project focuses on the rare dwarf beech (Fagus sylvatica tortuosa), which is completely useless for any industrial use because of its weird, twisted growth form. For that reason, its forests were destroyed in Germany in the 19th century through large-scale clearing. Today, the only remaining large populations can be found around Torna Hällestad (Sweden) and Verzy (France).

The history and present of this unusual tree is used as an allegorical starting point to examine the psychosocial consequences of the climate crisis and the changing patterns of behavior and thinking in this context.
The research-based project also includes the planting of a young dwarf beech.

In addition to the exhibition presentation, a publication will be developed as an independent artistic format.