De Klimaatmachine
Aedes-Galerie Berlin

Design EiPods, Climate Machines and Chicken Shed: Björn Ortfeld

The Climate Machine is an optimistic research machine. Not climate change itself but the responses of society are examined and discussed here. What happens when our Western urban model is transformed into a metropolis with global character? More specifically, how does a nicely arranged 1950s' settlement relate to contemporary society where people from all over the world live intermixed, inhabitants with diverse backgrounds, often originally from the countryside and from diverse climate zones? City dwellers know about climate change, but the urban structures and public space know nothing about it yet.
Ton Matton will transform the exterior space of Aedes am Pfefferberg into a temporary garden. Pots with plants, irrigation systems and sunshades will create a unique microclimate, at the same time simulating different climate zones. The accompanying programme provides opportunities for an active discussion and Interaction with visitors on the following topics:

July 15, 2007,
5 pm: the climateMachine and shrinking cities
talk with Ton Matton and Matthias Rick, raumlabor_berlin
7 pm: climate ambulation - a think-tour through social Improvisation
talk with Ton Matton and Christopher Dell, Institute for Improvisation Technology, Berlin
accompanying programme: music by Christopher Dell, Ton Matton cooks pizza in the brickearth oven

September 1, 2007
6 pm: Climate change and Global Village
talk withTon Matton and mit feld72, architecture and urbane strategies, vienna
accompanying programme: Ton Matton cooks pancakes with eggs out of the „chicken cabinet“