Collective Possibility: An Interview with the Britzenale 6 Curators

Britzenale 2026 marks the 125th anniversary of the Bezirksverband Berlin-Suden der Kleingartner*innen e.V. and directs attention toward the future of Berlin’s allotment gardens amid climate change, housing shortages, urban densification, and increasing social fragmentation. The program is developed with invited artists to respond to the environmental, historical, and communal dimensions of the garden site. The 6th edition takes place in KGA Zur Windmuhle and includes more than 20 artists. A highlight is the renewed focus on Eckhart Haisch’s monumental 1985 sculpture Ramificazioni, previously overlooked in the area. Artist talks, educational programming, and site-specific installations frame the allotment garden as a microcosm of urban life shaped by tension, dialogue, memory, and collective possibility.

"During the installation of the 5th Berlin Britzenale, we were approached by the board of the District Association Berlin-Suden of Allotment Gardeners (Bezirksverband Berlin-Suden der Kleingartner*innen e. V.) with the idea of accompanying the association's 125th anniversary. As anniversaries naturally tend to look back at the past, we developed, together with the invited artists, the idea of consciously directing our attention toward the future: toward the future of Berlin's allotment gardens in the context of climate change, housing shortages, urban densification and increasing social fragmentation."

"the exhibition as both an artistic and social platform, rooted in the ecosystem of Berlin's garden colonies. This year's edition will take place in the KGA Zur Windmuhle, and invites more than 20 artists to respond sensitively to the site's environmental, historical and communal dimensions. A central highlight is the renewed focus on Eckhart Haisch's monumental 1985 sculpture Ramificazioni,' long overlooked within the area."

"Through artist talks, educational programming and site-specific installations, Britzenale positions the allotment garden as a microcosm of urban lifeone shaped equally by tension, dialogue, memory and collective possibility."

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