What would a museum of the Anthropocene look like? What kind of stories would it tell about the so-called age of humans? And will everything be like grass at some point? The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin's literary audio guide with texts by Daniel Falb, Monika Rinck and Judith Schalansky, spoken by Sandra Hüller, Dirk von Lowtzow and Christoph Müller, invites you to explore the exhibition in a completely new way.
The term Anthropocene stands for the fact that the increasingly catastrophic consequences of human influence on the Earth system are entering social and political consciousness. If we look at nature and natural objects with this changed awareness, we can see behind them the many stories that tell of the long-lasting and changing relationship between the environment, human use of resources and technologies. There is no better place to do this than in a natural history museum.
Three renowned writers, Daniel Falb, Monika Rinck and Judith Schalansky, explore these stories and connections based on their observations of the rooms and objects of the Museum für Naturkunde Berlin. From different points of view, the literary texts of the three authors are dedicated to the interactions between the human and the non-human: sometimes critical, sometimes playful, sometimes narrative.
Spoken by Oscar-nominated actress Sandra Hüller, Christoph Müller (Schauspiel Leipzig) and Tocotronic singer Dirk von Lowtzow, and combined into a theatrical composition by the FARN Kollektiv, an immersive sound installation has been created. Accompanied by music and sound as a fourth voice, the audio guide invites to stroll through the exhibition and experience the objects on display in a completely new way.
FARN Kollektiv in cooperation mit dem Museum für Naturkunde Berlin