In a wild garden in Berlin’s Mitte district, HOSTING is a material and discursive exploration of symbionts, parasites, and other relations. Viewing the subject matter from political, biological, economical and social perspectives, HOSTING is an artistic platform that, over the course of a month, stages a broad spectrum of events, from garden salon, exhibition, and artist talks, to the curatorial marathon, They Shoot Horses, Don’t They? ––an evening event at which nine international Berlin based curators talk about their practice.

2 July – 19:00h

Emma Wolf-Haugh: Libidinous memorial for Peter Clemens will be unveiled with a reading.

The work is part of the series Flags for queer cruising sites.

10 July – 18:00h

Hannah Dougherty, Fat-Burner Noosphere Shitshow: site-specific scenographic video installation, in collaboration with dancer Jessica Gaynor

14 July – 18:00h

Lucy Powell, In the Community of Clones: a garden salon for the Queen of the Night

18 July – 18:00h

Stine Marie Jacobsen: Direct Approach, public discussion with Nastaran Tajeri-Foumani 

26 July – 18:00h

They Shoot Horses, Don’t They?, curatorial marathon with the following curators: Lucile Bouvard, Övül Durmusoglu, Jesi Khadivi, Teena Lange, Lotte Møller, Solvej Helweg Ovesen, Bonaventure Soh Bejeng Ndikung, Heiko Pfreundt, and Etienne Turpin

27 July – 14:00h

Rhys Himsworth, A New Silk Road: artist talk with curator Pauline Doutreluingne 

30 July – 16:00h

Ella Ziegler, Small Talk with a Hill