How to reclaim the future with feral persistence in times of uncertainty
Engage in future telling for Krater-style fortune by exploring a box of curiosities arriving from the most notorious construction site in the world. During a tea ritual featuring forbidden Japanese knotweed tea, get to know the collective that operates on unstable urban ground. Explore soil archives, unheard soundscapes, inhabitants of untamed nature and images of feral resistance to help imagine a pluriverse of futures for the endangered site and its collective in the hope of averting the inevitable future of extinction.
Krater collective is a group of transdisciplinary enthusiasts who courageously reinvent their practice to act as guardians of a rewilded ecosystem at a pending construction site in Ljubljana. Since Krater’s ecosystem is in danger of extinction, they cultivate creative resilience in the face of urgency by intervening in what seems inevitable with feral tactics, events and formats.
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Krater Collective (Danica Sretenović, Andrej Koruza, Gaja Mežnarić Osole, Amadeja Smrekar)
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The Krater collective is a group of transdisciplinary enthusiasts who were courageous to reinvent their respective professions, studios and working conditions to act as guardians of a rewilded ecosystem at the pending construction site in Ljubljana. Since Krater’s ecosystem is constantly on the verge of extinction, they cultivate creative resilience in the face of urgency by inventing wild tactics, events and formats, treating administrative constraints and other restrictions as subjects of artistic interventions. This action calls for unexpected alliances and inventive economies to open up new fields of regenerative, relational and critical creative practice. Alongside site-specific work such as the cultivation of biodiversity, Krater hosts internationally acclaimed educational formats to introduce new typologies of work into human culture, laboratories to experiment with biomaterials, advocacy strategies, exhibitions, conferences, and other public programmes. Krater was a finalist at the New European Bauhaus Prizes in 2021. In 2023, the project received a special mention at the 35th Biennial of Graphic Arts in Ljubljana and the highest Slovenian accolade bestowed on architecture for public spaces: the Plečnik Award.