
Sediment Sessions
© Regina Hügli
Settling insights & reflecting ideas
Sediment Sessions throughout the festival provided time and space for information, impressions and ideas to settle—like sediments in water. Participants were invited to capture the inputs whirling around in their heads in their Sediment Notepads, through writing, drawing, or whatever medium was chosen. On the first day of the festival, after the first session, participants were invited to join a reflection walk along the Spree river to the Humboldt Forum. Participants exchanged with one another, or took time to let the information settle. On the second day of the festival, the session offered space for personal reflections to sediment experiences and information of the festival and the two world café sessions. What has stayed, what feels relevant? Through meditative embodiment prompts, various forms of knowledge transfer and memory were addressed. Participants were invited to react to the day and bridge the accumulated knowledges and stories. In small groups, there was a time to share and reflect: How do new insights transform the personal approach or perspective and how might they inform future projects?

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Speakers Bio
Regina Hügli
Regina Hügli (*1975) is a Swiss photographer, multidisciplinary artist and water activist based in Vienna, Austria. Water is at the center of her work – research projects led her to various European source regions, rivers and wetland ecosystems. Her work fundamentally reflects on the relationship with water, both in a documentary and investigative manner, as well as with a poetic and multisensory approach. She was awarded the Austrian Neptun State Prize for Water in Art in 2023. As founder and chairwoman of the association One Body of Water she organizes interdisciplinary and participatory events at the intersection of art, science and the public. One Body of Water collaborates with institutions and organizations internationally and is member of the Global Network of Water Museums. www.reginahuegli.com www.onebodyofwater.net
Pauline Münch
Pauline Münch is a science communicator who works with practice-based and transdisciplinary methods of knowledge exchange. At the ZfK, she contributes to public relations, communication strategies, and the development of innovative knowledge exchange formats. She also holds a position at the Integrative Research Institute for Transformations of Human-Environment Systems (IRI THESys), where she is involved in a range of projects, including the DFG-funded initiative "Past-proofing Infrastructure Futures", as well as inter and transdisciplinary collaborations that connect art and science around the topic of water.
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