Can bacteria weave? Can architecture become soft? Can humans learn from caterpillars how to develop a more sustainable construction? And how do material processes build communities? In our research we challenge the common understanding of weaving, as we focus on bacterial cellulose , West-African wild silk cocoons and the use of yarn in architecture. We address relationships of two- or three-dimensional longitudinal elements interconnected by entanglement, interlacing, braiding or classical weaving. Such fiber-based matter can be the product of natural or cultural processes and occur ubiquitously from the nano-scale in biological systems to the macro-scale in architectural contexts. By doing experiments on biological fiber-based matrices and tissues, by upscaling microscopic structures into architectural prototypes and by historical and theoretical investigations, we are redefining woven structures as a material practice running through nature and culture.
General Concepts in WEAVING
Human endeavours dealing with materials should consider concepts of sustainability. Environmentally harmful practices are tightly linked to our modern non-circular economies that convert natural ‘resources’ into ‘waste’. They reflect the patriarchal, colonial and capitalist, i.e., essentially exploitative perspectives on our world. Instead, we intend to develop practices of cooperation between species (humans-animals-plants-microbes) and recognize and use the inherent activity of matter in natural environments. We aim to replace anthropocentrism by respect, understanding and care for human and non-human actors. This requires the conscious re-integration of our practices into natural ecosystems.
In Weaving we start with the reconsideration of concepts of structure and boundary which are essential in scientific and social science descriptions of living entities and their inter- and intraspecies as well as environmental relationships. As basic units, we focus on longitudinal elements such as fibers that assemble by entanglement, interlacing, braiding or classical weaving. Such two- or three-dimensional structures create (semi)permeable boundaries that allow a controlled exchange of matter, energy and information. This boundary-based controlled exchange leads to the emergence of homeostasis and a protected internal space as a defining hallmark of life. Navigating across the scales of matter and life, we are studying bacterial communities (biofilms), social insect silk cocoons and human dwellings, which all are transient boundary constructions that function as environmental techniques insofar as they create an individual environment for the community which is essential for survival. Central to our project is Tim Ingold´s theoretical concept of weaving as a paradigmatic practice of engaging with materials and thereby making environments that are continuously in the state of becoming. On the practical side, common geometrical, physical and biochemical principles of intrinsic activity and of the use of entangled fibrous matter at all scales are identified that allow to generate form and function both in nature and human culture.
Left: E. coli biofilm cross-section showing the internal fibrous matrix architecture. Copyright: Regine Hengge; Middle: Communal nest of wild silk cocoons of Anaphe/Epanaphe (West-Africa). Private Collection of Laurence Douny. Photo taken at the exhibition DAOULA | sheen. »West-African Wild Silk On Its Way« (at Tieranatomisches Theater in Berlin, 18 November 2022 to 30 June 2023) by Regine Hengge; Right: Michael Beutler: Shipyard, 57th International Art Exhibition: Biennale Arte 2017, Venice. Image: Karin Krauthausen
Samples of woven cotton cloth dyed with mud (vouwo), Adama Séré - Marka-Dafing master dyer, 2020. Photo: Salif Sawadogo 2020
Beetle Galleries in Spruce Wood. Photo: Pelin Asa, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Matters of Activity, 2024; Graphic Design: NODE Berlin Oslo
Co-Weaving Biofilms, Bastian Beyer, Iva Rešetar, Moritz Liedtke, Regine Hengge, Installation for Bauhaus Museum Dessau, 2025, photo: Michelle Mantel. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Cover Landwirtschaft und Literatur, 2025. Copyright: diaphanes Verlag
Subprojects
Entangled – Architectural Yarns and Structural Textiles. Photo: Michelle Mantel, adapted with drawing: Natalija Miodragović, 2025
Ausstellungsansicht, WEtransFORM, Foto: David Ertl, 2025 © Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Figure 1 of Koleva, Denitsa; Özdemir, Eda; Tsiokou, Vaia; Dierichs, Karola (2022): Designing Matter: Autonomously Shape-Changing Granular Materials in Architecture. In ACADIA 2021, Realignments: Toward Critical Computation: Proceedings of the 41st Annual Conference of the Association of Computer Aided Design in Architecture (ACADIA). Copyright: Denitsa Koleva, Karola Dierichs, ICD, University of Stuttgart
Samples of woven cotton cloth dyed with mud (vouwo), Adama Séré - Marka-Dafing master dyer, 2020. Photo: Salif Sawadogo 2020
I do not understand. Japan. Foto: Karin Krauthausen
Ailanthus altissima, Musée national d’histoire naturelle Luxembourg, title: Specimen № 15467, MNHNL 2000, license: CC BY 4.0, color and framing of this image were modified
»Re-Enactment« mit lebenden Bakterien in einer großen Petrischale: Visualisierung der Interaktionen von Bakterien und den Schoten einer Pflanze, die bei der Schlammfärbung von Textilien von Bedeutung sind. (Foto: José I. Hernández Lobato und Regine Hengge/HU)
Vouwo - mud dye produced by Marka-Dafing master dyer and hunter Adama Séré. Photograph by Salif Sawadogo.
Screenshot Article »Bauen mit Flachs statt Beton«, 29.04.2025. Copyright: Tagesspiegel
MAKING Scoby Grow with Emma Sicher. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Automated elevator system for harvesting BC, photo: Marius Land. Detail of fig. 6 in: N. Rackov, N. Janßen, A. Akkache, B. Drotleff, B. Beyer, E. Scoppola, N.E. Vrana, R. Hengge, C.M. Bidan, S. Hathroubi, in: Bacterial cellulose: Enhancing productivity and material properties through repeated harvest, in: Biofilm Volume 9, June 2025, 100276, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2025.100276
Co-Weaving Biofilms, Bastian Beyer, Iva Rešetar, Moritz Liedtke, Regine Hengge, Installation for Bauhaus Museum Dessau, 2025, photo: Michelle Mantel. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Microverse III-3, 2025 © Kathrin Linkersdorff
Project »Myko.Plektonik«, Natalija Miodragović & Dimitra Almpani-Lekka. Photo: Michelle Mantel. Copyright: Matters of Activtiy
Cover Landwirtschaft und Literatur, 2025. Copyright: diaphanes Verlag
Douny, Laurence (2024). Degumming process - cooking the cocoons. The British Museum. Image: https://doi.org/10.25420/britishmuseum.27960084.v1
Copyright: TUM, Institute for Advanced Studies
Traveling Exhibition Bakteriopolis, 2024 Photo: Sven Ellger, TU Dresden
ZNE! Exhibition: Folke Köbberling, Wollhaus & Natalija Miodragović, Structural Textiles. Copyright: Natalie Brehmer
Portrait Charlett Wenig, 2024. Copyright: Berlin University Alliance / Simon Detel
Miss Read Visual 2024
Exhibition of research objects during the MoA PhD presentations 2024. Posterlayout Ada Favaron. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Hubert Fichte während seines Interviews in Dakar mit Léopold Sédar Senghor, dem Poeten und ersten Präsidenten des Senegal, im Februar 1974. Photographie von Leonore Mau Der Abzug gehört zum Besitz der Nachlass- und Autographensammlung der Staats- und Universitätsbibliothek Hamburg (Signatur: NHF:Z:Da4.23). Die Abbildung hier ist ein Bildzitat aus dem Band Karin Krauthausen und Stephan Kammer (Hg.): Hubert Fichtes Medien, Berlin und Zürich 2014, S. 123.
Syntopia 1—Soma I Body, Minimal Machines by Matters of Activity. Copyright: Sebastián Plaza Kutzbach
Folgenbild Syntopische Architekturen, 2024. Käferbefallenes Fichtenholz, Foto: Pelin Asa, MPIKG, adaptiert von MoA.
Syntopia – Harvesting the Forest; MoA Design Research Studio. Prototype by Gaia Reiner. Copyright: Gaia Reiner
Bi-Leaf - Morphology of a Movement, Antonia Dönitz, Master Thesis Textile and Material Design, 2024. Image Copyright: Antonia Dönitz / weißensee school of art and design
Experimental spatial drawing and processing sedge, Embodied Architecture, 2024. Original photo by Dalma Stift and image by Elaine Bonavia. Copyright: weissensee school of art and design berlin, Matters of Activity
Visit Bauhaus Earth, 15 July 2024. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Fermentation preparation with Tanyaporn Tantasathien. Thailand 2024. Copyright: Emma Sicher
Publication »Raue Reihe«, edited by Horst Bredekamp with a first issue by Regine Hengge on »The Essential Role of Microbes in Planetary Metabolism«. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Detail of the Cover from »Lines: A Brief History« by Tim Ingold, Routledge 2007
Detail Poster Weaving Study Day, Material Culture Forum, 11 June 2024. Copyright: University of Cambridge
Ausstellung »Visiting Material Futures«, Futurium 2024. Copyright: David von Becker
Flyer Symposium Regine Hengge
Syntopia 0 – Anthropos I Human. Copyright: Roland Halbe
Image in the background: Shubo (酒母), literally sake mother, is a starter culture that takes weeks to cultivate. Copyright: Maya Hey
Copyright: Matters of Activity
»Yu Li, a diary of cooking a curtain« by Tin Qizhen Gao, detail of curtain. Copyright: Mareike Stoll for MoA Design Research Studio Beyond the Curtain
Visual Master Architecture and Urban Design Thesis Review. Copyright: Leibniz University.
MidJourney generated AI images for the prompts »architectured material across scales«, »topological interlocking«, »elastic instabilities« by Charlett Wenig | Poster Design: Node Berlin Oslo
Cover of »Architectures of Weaving«: »Stone Web«. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin / Natascha Unger, Idalene Rapp
Plektonik Structural Textiles column – continuous wooden ›Active Yarns‹ 40 mm diameter loops. Copyright: Daniel Suárez & Natalija Miodragović
Syntopia 1:Soma I Body. Roland Halbe
Open Space Event, 9 November 2023. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Samples of Flax Fiber Bundles as a precursor for Architectural Yarns, adapted by Node Berlin/Oslo. Copyright: Maxie Schneider, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, weißensee school of art and design, Matters of Activity
Microverse I-6, 2023. Copyright: Kathrin Linkersdorff
Syntopia 1—Soma I Body. Copyright: Karola Dierichs, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, weissensee academy of art and design and Matters of Activity
Copyright: »Spontaneous Generations«, https://www.spontaneousgenerations.com/
Natalija Miodragović and Daniel Suárez at the UIA 2023. Photo: Andrija Mihailović. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Conference Poster »Landwirtschaft und Literatur«, July 2023, photo »Weizenernte bei Eldagsen« by Michael Gäbler, 2013, and Anonymus: »Lesende Frau«, around 1950, from Cornelia Brink: Fotogeschichte. Beiträge zur Geschichte und Ästhetik der Fotografie, Nr. 98, 2005, p. 7; adapted by Node. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Brochures, doctoral presentations 2023. Layout: Ada Favaron. Project coordination: Franziska Wegener
Visual Bauhaus Study Rooms, International Network Meeting, 15+16 June 2023. Copyright: Bauhaus Dessau
»Textile Gestures - Mapping Tactile Practices with Architectural Yarns«, Hand-on Workshop at Bauhaus Study Rooms. Copyright: Thomas Meyer
Die Ausstellung »wechsel STOFF wechsel« thematisiert die Materialwende in
der Architektur. Sie zeigt mit ihrer Installation als Video- und Foto-Essay Forschungsarbeiten und Materialproben des Masterstudiengangs Architektur Media Management AMM der Hochschule Bochum, der KU Leuven und der Bundesanstalt für Materialforschung und prüfung, die sich mit Aspekten von Zeit, Maßstab, Struktur, Ästhetik und deren Verwandlung beschäftigen. Copyright: Kay Fingerle
Unsteady Matter – Investigating Water-Based Design Pathways and 3D Printing Techniques for Hydrogel Composites. Copyright: Tairan (Aurora) Li, Daniel Suárez, Dr. Bastian Beyer
Driving the Human Book Launch at Matters of Activity, 10 May 2023. Copyright: Camille Blake / Driving the Human
Poster Talk Series, HZK and CARMAH, 2023. Copyright: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Copyright: Mina Mahouti
»The Bark Project«, Charlett Wenig. Copyright: Patrick Walter, MPIKG
Design: studioeins, adapted by MoA. Photo: Michelle Mantel
LEFT: DAOULA | sheen. West African Wild Silk on Its Way. Exhibition View in the Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, 2022. Copyright: Karola Dierichs | MoA; RIGHT: MoA Research Prototype 1 | Minimal Machines. Construction Process. Copyright: Sebastián Plaza Kutzbach | khb
MoA Diagram: Workshop Research Modules for the Creation, Cognition and Perception of Matter. Copyright: Franziska Wegener
Schematic representation of the pressing process, right: ready pressed bark panels. Copyright: cc-by 4.0 PLOS ONE
Round Table »Rinde: Gestaltung mit Resten«. Design: studioeins, adapted by Matters of Activity
Stone Web. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin/ Natascha Unger & Idalene Rapp
Panel Discussion Materials Matter, May 4th, 2022, Humboldt Lab. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Exhibition Opening DAOULA | sheen, 17.11.2022, Tieranatomisches Theater Berlin. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Annual Conference »Deep Material Futures« at silent green, November 2022. Copyright: Michelle Mantel
Panel »Interdeterminacy and Liveliness« at MoA Annual Conference »Tipping Points« 2021. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Ramification point of 2. order on a Riemann surface (model: 258). © Göttinger Sammlung mathematischer Modelle und Instrumente.
Poster Talk Karin Krauthausen 2022. Copyright: ETH Zürich
Poster PhD presentations 2022. Layout: Ada Favaron
Poster »The Interdisciplinary World of Tangling«. Copyright: Myfwany Evans
Master Students and Visitors at the »Growing Sensecapes« event in the Humboldt Lab. Photo: Carmen Gloria Cuello Quintana.
MoA Project »Bacterial Cellulose: Co-Weaving Biofilms« at the Milano Triennale 2022. Copyright: Triennale Milano – photo by DSL Studio
Minimal Machines 2 – Hygroscopic Hemp. Copyright: Nuri Kang / weißensee school of art and design berlin, Image: Karola Dierichs / weißensee school of art and design berlin, Matters of Activity.
Poster Materials Matter. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Copyright: Michelle Mantel, Matters of Activity
Designing Matter 2. Copyright: Clara Poeverlein / weißensee school of art and design berlin
Karin Krauthausen in conversation with Milo Rau. Copyright: Mosse Lectures, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Cover »Modell Hütte«. Copyright: diaphanes Verlag
Cover of publication »Active Materials«, edited by: Peter Fratzl, Michael Friedman, Karin Krauthausen and Wolfgang Schäffner. Published December 2021. Copyright: De Gruyter
Tipping Points. Copyright: Josef Luis Pelz & NODE Berlin Oslo
The desk of Paul Valéry with a cahier (workbook), ca. 1935. Copyright: Laure Albin-Guillot / Roger-Viollet; Centre Pompidou
Copyright: Leila Wallisser / weißensee school of art and design berlin
Visual Recording Forum Wissenschaftskommunikation 2021. Copyright: Lorna Schütte for »Wissenschaft im Dialog«
Copyright: Elaine Bonavia & Elisa Martignoni, weißensee school of art and design berlin, 2021
Scaling Fiber: Experimental Yarn. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin
Still from Interview with Bastian Beyer and Skander Hathroubi showing the making of parts of the »Active Curtain Project« shown at the exhibition »After Nature« at Humboldt Lab. Copyright: Anne von Petersdorff (info@annevonpetersdorff.com) for Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Architectures of Weaving. Copyright: Xingwen Pan, weißensee school of art and design berlin; NODE Berlin Oslo
Banner »Times of Waste«. Copyright: Rory Witt
Poster Online Lecture Series »Talking Matters«, Copyright: Lucius Fekonja, Bastian Beyer, Iva Rešetar, adapted by NODE Berlin
All 7 Berlin Clusters of Excellence are represented with a film at the foyer at Humboldt Lab. Copyright: Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
Can Bacteria Spin a Yarn? Kick-Off event »MitWissenschaft/ WeSearch«, Humboldt Forum Berlin, 29 April 2021. Copyright: Humbolt Forum
Hella Jongerius, Woven Cosmos – Pliable Architecture (2021), Copyright: Hella Jongerius / VG Bild-Kunst 2021, Photo: Laura Fiorio.
Project: Lara Rocho, weißensee school of art and design berlin. Copyright: Dr. Mareike Stoll
Poster Shelf Live. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Key Visual MoA Annual Conference. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Botanical Comrades. Copyright: Berlin Science Week
Poster Weaving Practices, Copyright: Matters of Activity
Building Tangled Structures through Experimental Geometry and Topology. Copyright: Myfanwy Evans, Institute for Mathematics, University of Potsdam
Elena Eulitz, Extension Charm (2019/2020. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin
»The Bark Project«, Charlett Wenig. Copyright: Patrick Walter, MPIKG
Poster »Past and Present in Mathematical Weaving«. Copyright: Matters of Activity
Yin 阴 , Cindy Peng. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin, Cindy Peng
Poster Workshop »Material as Environmental Device«. Copyright: Kristina Pfeifer »detail woven skin of Kurdish black tent« & Cécile Bidan »detail of bacterial cellulose biofilm«
»Wir sind Humboldt«. Image brochure of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Fotos: Matthias Heyde, Grafic Design: Weserloh Media. Copyright: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
»Scaling Nature (1): Wrinkels«: Liquid Lacquer. Copyright: weißensee school of art and design berlin / Luis Magg
Cover Make It Real. Copyright: Diaphanes
»Scaling Nature (2): Fibers, Muscles and Bones« Final Presentation. Copyright: weissensee academy of art berlin
Symposium »On Activity«. Copyright: »Matters of Activity«
Design Studio »Scaling Nature (1): Wrinkels«, Design: Juni Neyenhuys and Stefanie Eichler. Copyright: weißensee kunsthochschule berlin
Images from slide collections, 1970s. Top: molecular models of retinal; center left: bleached purple membrane in cuvette; center right: chemically modified preparations of purple membrane in centrifuge tubes; bottom left: Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry, 1974 (Copyright: www.luftbild-bertram.de); bottom right: electron micrograph of cell surface. By courtesy of D. Oesterhelt, Martinsried
The weaving/braiding robots are part of an experimental setting of the ERC group PENELOPE. Copyright: Karin Krauthausen
Cacao Cloud by Clemens Winkler. Copyright: Michelle Mantel
Clemens Winkler is presenting his »Wolkenkammer« during the project presentation of »Object Space Agency«. Copyright: Franziska Wegener.
Image of a first 3D-printed model of an E. coli cell with matrix cocoon - created by Lynette Cegelski’s research group. Copyright: Lynette Cegelski
Bacterial cellulose curtain. Experiments: Bastian Beyer and Iva Rešetar (design), Skander Hathroubi (microbiology). Photo: Bastian Beyer, adapted by Ada Favaron. Project coordination: Elisabeth Obermeier & Franziska Wegener
Hengge, R. 2024. The Biological Foundation of Sustainability: The Essential Role of Microbes in Planetary Metabolism. Raue Reihe / Raw Studies, edited by Horst Bredekamp for the Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity. Berlin: De Gruyter.
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Kammer, Stephan, Krauthausen, Karin. 2025. »Crisi della riproduzione, crisi della rappresentazione. Hubert Fichte e i romanzi dell'etnologia.« Afterword to the Italian translation of Hubert Fichtes »Forschungsbericht. Roman«. Translation, edition, and foreword by Rosa Coppola. In Hubert Fichte: Resoconto di una ricerca. Romanzo, edited by Rosa Coppola Naples: Istituto Italiano per gli Studi Filosofici, 217–237.
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Guiducci, L., Schneider, M., Shone, J., Sauer, C. 2022. »Woven Paper Bridge.« In Architectures of Weaving. From Fibers and Yarns to Scaffolds and Skins, edited by Sauer C., Stoll M., Fransén Waldhör E., Schneider M. Berlin: Jovis, 41-43.
Guiducci, L. 2022. »Interweaving Disciplines - How Biological Materials Inspire New Teaching and Research Formats in Design.« In Architectures of Weaving. From Fibers and Yarns to Scaffolds and Skins, edited by Sauer, C., Stoll, M., Fransén Waldhör, E., Schneider, M. Berlin: Jovis, 74-80.
Wenig, C. 2022. »The Bark Project. Combining Science and Design to Elaborate New Models of Production for the Design Industry.« In Design, Gestaltung, Formatività. Philosophies of Making, edited by Ribault, P. Basel: Birkhäuser, 273-284.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783035622447-021
Aizenberg, J., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Interview with Joanna Aizenberg: On Responsive and Adaptive Materials.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin: De Gruyter, 79-94.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110562064/html
Correll, N., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Interview with Nikolaus Correll: Robotic Materials.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin: De Gruyter, 175-192.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110562064/html
Dunlop, J., Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Interview with John Dunlop: Shape-Changing Materials.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin: De Gruyter, 95-116.
Fratzl, P., Schäffner, W. 2021. »On the Activity of Materials.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin/Boston: De Gruyter STEM, 37 - 54.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110562064-002
Friedman, M., Joanny, F., Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Interview with Jean-François Joanny: Activity, Instabilities, and Defects.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin: De Gruyter, 117-130.
Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Mazzolai, B. 2021. »Interview with Barbara Mazzolai: Plants, Plantoids, and Active Materials.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin: De Gruyter, 131-146.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110562064/html
Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Shepherd, R. 2021. »Interview with Robert Shepherd: on Soft Robots, Biomimetics, and Beyond.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin: De Gruyter, 147-158.
https://www.degruyter.com/document/isbn/9783110562064/html
Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Speck, T. 2021. »Interview with Thomas Speck: »You Don't Want to Build an Oak Tree – you Want to Invent it.« Plants as Active Matter.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin: De Gruyter, 57-78.
Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Materials Matter: Introduction.« In Active Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., Schäffner, W. Berlin: De Gruyter, 3-36.
https://doi.org/10.1515/9783110562064-001
Hathroubi, S., Beyer, B. 2021. »La récolte des biofilms.« In MàJ Design, environnements techniques & pratiques exploratoires, edited by Bertrand, G., Favard, M., Lartigaud, D.O. Saint-Etienne: Cité du Design, 9-10.
Hengge, R., Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Das Ereignis der Faser.« In Hella Jongerius: Kosmos Weben, edited by Rosenthal, S., Meister, C. Berlin: Gropius Bau, 48-53.
Hengge, R., Krauthausen, K. 2021. »The Event of a Fibre.« In Hella Jongerius: Woven Cosmos, edited by Rosenthal, S., Meister, C. Berlin: Gropius Bau, 54-59.
Krausse, J., Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Die Hütte träumt vom Haus. Gespräch mit Joachim Krausse.« In Modell Hütte. Von spontaner Emergenz, schützender Haut und gebauter Umwelt, edited by Krauthausen, K., Ladewig, R. Zurich: Diaphanes, 247-266.
https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/modell-huette-4170
Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Die ›Dringlichkeit der Form‹. Rögglas strukturaler Realismus.« In Gespenstischer Realismus. Texte von und zu Kathrin Röggla, edited by Degner, U., Gürtler, C. Vienna: Sonderzahl Verlag, 81-102.
Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Fern des Gleichgewichts. Zur Poetik gegenwärtiger Literatur (Zeitpfeil und Zeitverlust).« In Literatur nach der Digitalisierung. Zeitkonzepte und Gegenwartsdiagnosen, edited by Kreuzmeier, E., Schumacher, E. Berlin: De Gruyter, 83-109.
Krauthausen, K. 2021. »Zuflucht, Eisenhütte und lebende Architektur: Modell Hütte. Einleitung.« In Modell Hütte. Von spontaner Emergenz, schützender Haut und gebauter Umwelt, edited by Krauthausen, K., Ladewig, R. Zurich: Diaphanes, 9-46.
https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/modell-huette-4170
Sattler, F. 2021. »Between Bodies. The Space between Animal and Human.« In zwischen körpern/among bodies, edited by Kleine Humboldt Galerie. Berlin: K. Verlag, 10–13.
Kammer, S., Krauthausen, K., Meinecke, T. 2020. »(Nicht) Ins Gebüsch kotzen, oder: Die Anstrengung des Realismus. Interview mit Thomas Meinecke.« In Make it real. Für einen strukturalen Realismus, edited by Kammer, S., Krauthausen K. Zurich: Diaphanes, 163-199.
https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/make-it-real-4171
Kammer, S., Krauthausen, K., Peltzer, U. 2020. »Das Buch existiert ja gar nicht. Interview mit Ulrich Peltzer.« In Make it real. Für einen strukturalen Realismus, edited by Kammer, S., Krauthausen, K. Zurich: Diaphanes, 201-227.
https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/make-it-real-4171
Kammer, S., Krauthausen, K., Rau, M. 2020. »Realismus ist keine Geisterbahn. Interview mit Milo Rau.« In Make it real. Für einen strukturalen Realismus, edited by Kammer, S., Krauthausen, K. Zurich: Diaphanes, 243-275.
https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/make-it-real-4171
Kammer, S., Krauthausen, K. 2020. »Für einen strukturalen Realismus. Einleitung.« In Make it real. Für einen strukturalen Realismus, edited by Kammer, S., Krauthausen, K. Zurich: Diaphanes, 7-79.
https://www.diaphanes.net/titel/make-it-real-4171
Krauthausen, K., Friedman, M. 2020. »Active Matter.« In Materials Research: Inspired by Nature. Innovation Potential of Biologically Inspired Materials, edited by Fratzl, P., Jacobs, K., Möller, M., Scheibel, T., Sternberg, K. acatech DISKUSSION. München: utzverlag, 80-81.
https://en.acatech.de/publication/materials-research/
Krauthausen, K. 2020. »Zeichen der Abwesenheit. Paul Valéry und der Akt des Zeichnens.« In Zeich(n)en. Setzen. Bedeutungsgenerierung im Mäandern zwischen Bildern und Begriffen, edited by Leisch-Kiesl, M., Grotz, S. Linzer Beiträge zur Kunstwissenschaft und Philosophie. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 91-114.
Macdonald, S. 2020. »Re-worlding the museum. Or the museum for possible futures.« In Das Museum der Zukunft, edited by schnittpunkt and Baur J. Bielefeld: transcript Verlag, 189-94.
Sattler, F. 2020. »Gesteine im Museum werfen keine Schatten.« In Oliver Thie. Die Wahrheit über den Ursprung der Welt. Exhibition catalogue, Tieranatomisches Theater, Berlin, edited by Thie O., Sattler, F. Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin.
Sattler, F. 2020. »Kurzer Prozess, lange Wirkung. Das Temporäre Objektlabor im Tieranatomischen Theater.« In Das Temporäre Objektlabor. Ein Experiment zur Erforschung von Objekten aus wissenschaftlichen Sammlungen, edited by Thie, O. Berlin: Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Cluster of Excellence »Image Knowledge Gestaltung«.
https://books.google.de/books?id=Dy_ezQEACAAJ
Beyer, B., Suaréz, D., Palz, N. 2019. »Microbiologically Activated Knitted Composites: Reimagining a column for the 21st century.« Presented at EKAADE SIGRADI 2019 Conference in Porto, 12.09.19. Best paper award. In Proceedings of 37 eCAADe and XXIII SIGraDi Joint Conference, »Architecture in the Age of the 4Th Industrial Revolution«, Porto 2019, edited by Sousa, J. P., Henriques, G. C., Xavier, J. P. São Paulo: Blucher.
https://doi.org/10.5151/proceedings-ecaadesigradi2019_619
Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K. 2019. »Aktive Materie.« In Materialforschung: Impulsgeber Natur. Innovationspotenzial biologisch inspirierter Materialien und Werkstoffe, edited by Fratzl, P., Jacobs, K., Möller, M., Scheibel, T., Sternberg, K. acatech DISKUSSION. München: utzverlag, 84–86.
https://www.acatech.de/publikation/materialforschung-impulsgeber-natur/
Hengge, R. 2019. »Durch den Datendschungel auf der Suche nach Erkenntnis: Experimentieren in der molekularen Mikrobiologie.« In Experimentieren. Einblicke in Praktiken und Versuchsaufbauten zwischen Wissenschaft und Gestaltung, edited by Margin, S.H., Rabe, W., Schäffner, W., Schmirgel, F. transcript Verlag, 123-135.
https://doi.org/10.14361/9783839446386-fm
Krauthausen, K. 2019. »Es gibt Hoffnung – Maileingang.« Exhibit nsalation by Röggla, K.: »Der Elefant im Raum (18.5.-2.6.2019)« within the series of events »Wo kommen wir hin (21.3.-2.6.2019)«. Conceived by Röggla, K., Sander, K., Tsangaris, M. in Zusammenarbeit mit Meerapfel, J. In Elefant im Raum, edited by Röggla, K., Lammert, M., Schaerf, E. Berlin: Akademie der Künste Berlin, 3.
Krauthausen, K. 2019. »Wette auf die Wirklichkeit. Erzählkalkül in ›die ansprechbare‹ und ›Wiedereintritt in die Geschichte I‹ von Kathrin Röggla.« In Literatur im Ausnahmezustand. Beiträge zum Werk Kathrin Rögglas, edited by Marx, F., Schöll, J. Reihe: Literatur und Gegenwart, Band 2. Würzburg: Königshausen & Neumann, 155-181.
Serra, D. O., Hengge, R. 2019. »Cellulose in Bacterial Biofilms.« Cham: Springer International Publishing, 355-392.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-12919-4_8
Asa, P., Dobler, J., Fratzl, P., Farmer, J., Huber, J., Jouy, F., Kang, N., Kesselring, R., Kubelík, A., Krauthausen, K., Mai, I., Noda, S., Neuhäuser, S., Rhein, J., Stock, R., Wolff, K., Dierichs, K. 2025. »Symbiotic Wood.« .able journal, (27)
https://doi.org/10.69564/able.en.25027.symbioticwood
Douny, L., Lobato, J. I. H., Amini, S., Séré, A., Sawadogo, S., Fratzl, P., Hengge, R. 2025. »Vouwo mud dye: A material, microbiological and cultural approach to researching sustainable textile dyes.« Coloration Technology. 1-12.
https://doi.org/10.1111/cote.12824
Rackov, N., Janßen, N., Akkache, A., Drotleff, B., Beyer, B., Scoppola, E., Vrana, N., Hengge, R., Bidan, C., Hathroubi, S. 2025. »Bacterial cellulose: Enhancing productivity and material properties through repeated harvest.« Biofilm, 9: 100276.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2025.100276
Rackov, N., Janßen, N., Akkache, A., Drotleff, B., Beyer, B., Scoppola, E., Vrana, N. E., Hengge, R., Bidan, C. M., Hathroubi, S. 2025. »Bacterial cellulose: Enhancing productivity and material properties through repeated harvest.« Biofilm, 9: 100276.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bioflm.2025.100276
Asa, P., Krauthausen, K., Stock, R., Dierichs, K. 2024. »Architectures of syntopia: An interdisciplinary speculative model for constructions with insect-infested wood.« In Material transitions in architecture and construction: Social implications, appropriation, and outcomes for sustainability, special issue. TATuP - Zeitschrift für Technikfolgenabschätzung in Theorie und Praxis, 33 (3): 48-56.
https://doi.org/10.14512/tatup.7153
Bock, N., Delbianco, M., Eder, M., Weinkamer, R., Amini, S., Bidan, C. M., Cipitria, A., Collin, S. P., Haupt, L., McGovern, J., Medeiros Savi, F., Toh, Y.-C., Hutmacher, D. W., Fratzl, P. 2024. »A materials science approach to extracellular matrices.« Progress in Materials Science. 101391.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmatsci.2024.101391
Popescu, M., Sauer, C., Scott, J., Beyer, B. 2024. »Convenors’ Note – Textiles and Architecture.« Journal of Textile Design Research and Practice, 12 (1-2): 7-9.
https://doi.org/10.1080/20511787.2024.2461891
Raichenko, V., Rosenthal, N., Eder, M., Evans, M. E. 2024. »Cocoon microstructures through the lens of topological persistence.« Journal of The Royal Society Interface, 21 (220)
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2024.0218
Spirandelli, I., Coles, R., Friesecke, G., Evans, M. E. 2024. »Exotic self-assembly of hard spheres in a morphometric solvent.« Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 121 (15)
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2314959121
Bonavia, E., Farmer, J., Mballa-Ekobena, A., Rosenthal, N., Douny, L., Dierichs, K. 2023. »Minimal machines: augmented reality for filament-construction of partially ordered systems in architecture.« Construction Robotics.
https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1007/s41693-023-00109-3
Friedman, M., Krauthausen, K., 2023. »On the Agency and Activity of Materials in the 21st Century.« In From Bacteria to Gaia: Levels of Biological Agency, special issue. Spontaneous Generations, 11 (1)
https://static1.squarespace.com/static/63c0bc7dd96a9d4c120951fb/t/64f0e7ce49d9a80ab7ba928b/1693509583563/Friedman+%26+Krauthausen+Article.pdf
Hengge, R., Pruteanu, M., Stülke, J., Tschowri, N., Turgay, K. 2023. »Recent advances and perspectives in nucleotide second messenger signaling in bacteria.« microLife, 4: uqad015.
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsml/uqad015
Hengge, R. 2023. »The symbolic power of nucleotide second messengers – or how prokaryotes link sensing and responding to their outside world.« In Nucleotide Second Messenger Signaling in bacteria, special issue. microLife, 4: uqad036.
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsml/uqad036
Junkermeier, E. H., Hengge, R. 2023. »Local signaling enhances output specificity of bacterial c-di-GMP signaling networks.« In Nucleotide Second Messengers in Prokaryotes, special issue. microLife, 4: uqad026.
https://doi.org/10.1093/femsml/uqad026
Krauthausen, K. 2023. »Messenger Service: Hubert Fichte Writes History.« In Hubert Fichte and the Poetics of Syncretism, special issue. Colloquia Germanica, 55 (3-4): 230-266.
https://www.narr.de/colloquia%20germanica%2055,%203-4-1067-1/
Onaga, L., Douny, L. 2023. »Making Animal Materials in Time.« Historical Studies in the Natural Sciences, 53 (3): 197-220.
https://doi.org/10.1525/hsns.2023.53.3.197
Schamberger, B., Ziege, R., Anselme, K., Ben Amar, M., Bykowski, M., Castro, A. P. G., Cipitria, A., Coles, R. A., Dimova, R., Eder, M., Ehrig, S., Escudero, L. M., Evans, M. E., Fernandes, P. R., Fratzl, P., Geris, L., Gierlinger, N., Hannezo, E., Iglič, A., Kirkensgaard, J. J. K., Kollmannsberger, P., Kowalewska, Ł., Kurniawan, N. A., Papantoniou, I., Pieuchot, L., Pires, T. H. V., Renner, L. D., Sageman‐Furnas, A. O., Schröder‐Turk, G. E., Sengupta, A., Sharma, V. R., Tagua, A., Tomba, C., Trepat, X., Waters, S. L., Yeo, E. F., Roschger, A., Bidan, C. M., Dunlop, J. W. C. 2023. »Curvature in Biological Systems: Its Quantification, Emergence, and Implications across the Scales.« Advanced Materials, 35: 2206110.
https://doi.org/10.1002/adma.202206110
Guiducci, L., Kycia, A., Sauer, C., Fratzl, P. 2022. »Self-organized rod undulations on pre-stretched textiles.« Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 17: 036007.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ac5b85
Hengge, R. 2022. »Non-Human Others – a Message from the Planetary Invisibles.« ISSN 2701-2557. Gastgarten, 3 (1/2022): 24-29.
Hyde, S. T., Evans, M. E. 2022. »Symmetric tangled Platonic polyhedra.« Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 119 (1): e2110345118.
https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2110345118
Dierichs, K., Menges, A. 2021. »Designing architectural materials: from granular form to functional granular material.« Bioinspiration & Biomimetics, 16 (6): 065010.
https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-3190/ac2987
Oster, M., Dias, M. A., de Wolff, T., Evans, M. E. 2021. »Reentrant tensegrity: A three-periodic, chiral, tensegrity structure that is auxetic.« Science Advances, 7 (50)
https://doi.org/10.1126/sciadv.abj6737
Wenig, C., Dunlop, J. W. C., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J., Reppe, F. J., Horbelt, N., Krauthausen, K., Fratzl, P., Eder, M. 2021. »Advanced materials design based on waste wood and bark.« Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences, 379 (2206): 20200345.
https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2020.0345
Ziege, R., Tsirigoni, A., Large, B., Serra, D. O., Blank, K. G., Hengge, R., Fratzl, P., Bidan, C. M. 2021. »Adaptation of Escherichia coli Biofilm Growth, Morphology, and Mechanical Properties to Substrate Water Content.« ACS Biomaterials Science & Engineering, 7 (11): 5315-5325.
https://doi.org/10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c00927
Hengge, R. 2020. »Crosstalking second messengers.« Nature Microbiology, 6 (1): 9-10.
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41564-020-00842-3
Pruteanu, M., Hernández Lobato, J. I., Stach, T., Hengge, R. 2020. »Common plant flavonoids prevent the assembly of amyloid curli fibres and can interfere with bacterial biofilm formation.« Environmental Microbiology, 22 (12): 5280-5299.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15216
Pruteanu, M., Hernández Lobato, J. I., Stach, T., Hengge, R. 2020. »Common plant flavonoids prevent the assembly of amyloid curli fibres and can interfere with bacterial biofilm formation.« Environmental Microbiology, 22: 5280-5299.
https://doi.org/10.1111/1462-2920.15216
Richter, A. M., Possling, A., Malysheva, N., Yousef, K. P., Herbst, S., von Kleist, M., Hengge, R. 2020. »Local c-di-GMP Signaling in the Control of Synthesis of the E. coli Biofilm Exopolysaccharide pEtN-Cellulose.« Journal of Molecular Biology, 432 (16): 4576-4595.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2020.06.006
Skrodzki, M., Zimmermann, E., Polthier, K. 2020. »Variational shape approximation of point set surfaces.« Computer Aided Geometric Design, 80: Article 101875.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cagd.2020.101875
Turcaud, S., Thorin, A., Bréchet, Y., Fratzl, P., Dunlop, J. W. 2020. »Twisters: An analogy of bilayers for twisting.« Journal of the Mechanics and Physics of Solids, 134: 103742.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmps.2019.103742
Krauthausen, K. 2019. »Speaking Anomalies: Subjunctive Narration in Kathrin Röggla’s ›die ansprechbare‹ and ›Der Wiedereintritt in die Geschichte I‹.« In On Anomalies, special issue. Modern Language Notes (MLN), 134 (3): 550-571.
https://doi.org/10.1353/mln.2019.0043
Serra, D. O., Hengge, R. 2019. »A c-di-GMP-Based Switch Controls Local Heterogeneity of Extracellular Matrix Synthesis which Is Crucial for Integrity and Morphogenesis of Escherichia coli Macrocolony Biofilms.« Journal of Molecular Biology, 431 (23): 4775-4793.
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jmb.2019.04.001
Douny, L., Hernández Lobato, J. I., Séré, A., Sawadogo, S., Hengge, R. 2023. »The hunter shirt: the role of Acacia nilotica in fermentative textile dyeing.« Presented at the XXXI International Horticultural Congress (IHC2022): International Symposium on Natural Colorants from Plants. International Society for Horticultural Science (ISHS), 67-76.
https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2023.1361.8
Suárez, D., Miodragović, N. 2023. »Plektonik—Active Yarns for Adaptive Loop-Based Material Systems.« Basel: Springer International Publishing, 317-339.
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-36554-6_21
Wenig, C. 2022. »The Bark Project - Material Research in the Natural Science and Design.« Presented at Design × Sustainability: Materiality/Systems/Shared Prosperity, Annual Meeting DGTF 2022, Kiel, 2- 3 June 2022. Berlin: Deutsche Gesellschaft für Designtheorie und -forschung e.V..
https://doi.org/10.25368/2022.136
Skrodzki, M., Zimmermann, E., Polthier, K. 2019. »Variational Shape Approximation of Point Set Surfaces.« Presented at the International Geometry Summit (IGS), Vancouver, Canada, 17-21 June 2019. 54-57.
Douny, L. 2024. »West African Wild Silks Techniques: Preserving Marka-Dafing’s Heritage of Knowledge.« Project data report publication.
https://www.emkp.org/west-african-wild-silks-technique/, https://drs.britishmuseum.org/projects/West_African_wild_silks_techniques_Preserving_Marka-Dafing_s_heritage_of_knowledge/228072
Douny, L. 2024. West African Wild Silks: A Conjuncture of Material Temporalities. Materials and Time: The Anthology, edited by Thebaud-Sorger, M., Bensaude-Vincent, B., Christie, J. R.R., Quirke, V., Rainhorn, J., Thibault-Starzyk, F., Werrett, S.
https://materials.hypotheses.org/west-african-wild-silks-a-conjuncture-of-material-temporalities
Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin 2023. Report (2019–2022).
Iva Rešetar, Maxie Schneider, Josephine Shone, Christiane Sauer 2022. Tangled Wall. Architectural Project. Presented in Design Lab #13. Material Legacies. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Museum of Decorative Arts. Kunstgewerbemuseum. 3 November 2022 - 26 February 2023. In collaboration with Sächsisches Textilforschungsinstitut e. V. (STFI). Berlin. Since 2 February 2022.
https://www.smb.museum/en/museums-institutions/kunstgewerbemuseum/exhibitions/detail/design-lab-13/
Highlighted by TAZ, 15.11.2022.
Beyer, Bastian (project lead), Tairan, Li (collaborator), Suárez, Daniel (collaborator). 2023. »Unsteady Matter Project.«
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/11193/unsteady-matter
Guiducci, L., Schneider, M., Shone, J., Sauer, C. 2021. »Woven paper bridge.«
Gräfe, S., Mareis, C., Fratzl, P. (curators) _matter Festival 2025. Exhibition. Exhibitions, workshops, and debates at twelve venues across Berlin. 10 April 2025 - 15 October 2025.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/pages/15915/matter-festival-2025
Linkersdorff, K. WORKS: Microverse. Exhibition. Photographs created by Kathrin Linkersdorff in collaboration with Regine Hengge. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Deichtorhallen, Hamburg. 26 October 2023 - 21 January 2024.
Beyer, B., De Visscher, E., Hathroubi, S., Hengge, R., Liedtke, M., Mareis C., Miodragovic, N., Rešetar, I., Suárez, D. Bacterial Cellulose: Co-Weaving Biofilms. Exhibition. Installation for the Triennale XXIII: »Unknown Unknows, An Introduction to Mysteries«. Milan. 15 July 2022 - 11 December 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/de/activities/8617/bacterial-cellulose-co-weaving-biofilms
Beyer, Bastian (organizer), Bauer, Frank (organizer). Growing Sensecapes. Open Design Master's Students' Projects Exhibited at Humboldt Lab. Exhibition. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Humboldt Forum. 22 July 2022 - 25 July 2022.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/8774/growing-sensecapes
Beyer, Bastian, Suárez, Daniel, Mossé, Aurélie. Biocalcification Textile Architecture Workshop. Exhibition. École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs (EnsAD). 17 March 2022 - 18 March 2022.
https://softmatters.ensadlab.fr/biocalcified-textiles/
Douny, L. (curator), Krauthausen, K. (curator), Sattler, F. (curator), Thindi, T. (film installation). DAOULA | sheen. West African Wild Silk on Its Way. Exhibition. In cooperation with Séré, A., Sawadogo, S., Dayo, L., Dayo, H., Fofana, A., Sakira, S., Dao, D., Sanogo, B., Séré, M., Konate, A., Ilboudo, M. in Burkina Faso and Bonavia, E., Buch, S., Dierichs, K., Eder, M., Farmer, J., Hathroubi, S., Hengge, R., Hernández Lobato, J. I., Illing-Günther, H., Hassoune, S., Mählmann, J., Panzer, M. M., Rešetar, I., Rosenthal, N., Santos Thomas, C., Sauer, C., Sermonet, J., Shone, J., Schneider, M., Strauß, W. in Germany. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Tieranatomisches Theater. 17 November 2022 - 29 April 2023.
https://tieranatomisches-theater.de/en/project/2022-11_daoula-sheen_exhibition_en/
Wenig, C. (designer), Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. (designer) 10. Recycling Designpreis. Exhibition. Marta Herford Museum. 19 June 2022 - 23 October 2022.
https://marta-herford.de/ausstellungen/10-recyclingdesignpreis/
Wenig, C., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. Mode und Natur. Exhibition. Galerie Handwerk, Munich. 4 May 2021 - 12 June 2021.
https://www.hwk-muenchen.de/galerie
Adama Séré, Laurence Douny, Regine Hengge, Pauline Agustoni, Satomi Minoshima, Regine Rapp, Christian de Lutz. »Fermenting Textiles – Weaving Together Traditional Craft, Anthropology, Microbiology and Art.« Art Laboratory Berlin. 17 May 2025 - 6 July 2025.
https://artlaboratory-berlin.org/de/ausstellungen/fermenting-textiles/
Beyer, Bastian, Rešetar, Iva, Hengge, Regine. »Installation – Bacterial Cellulose: Co-Weaving Biofilms.« At the exhibition: Bauhaus Ecologies. Bauhaus Museum Dessau. 11 April 2025 - 2 November 2025.
https://bauhaus-dessau.de/en/exhibitions/bauhaus-ecologies/
Kang, N., Krauthausen, K. »Transition/Übergang.« Zusammenarbeit mit der Künstlerin Nuri Kang für die Ausstellung »Symbiotic Wood« (28.6.–21.9.2025, kuratiert von Karola Dierichs). Auseinandersetzung mit dem Schwellenraum um das Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. Bestehend aus zwei komplementären Teilen: »Transition I« (Porzellanobjekte »Fragmentary Time« und »Fragments in Transition« von Nuri Kang) und »Transition II« (Audioarbeit und Website »Transitions« mit Text und Fotoserie von Karin Krauthausen). At the exhibition: Symbiotic Wood. Kunstgewerbemuseum Berlin. 28 June 2025 - 21 September 2025.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/posts/16910/transitions
Beyer, B., Suarez, D., Tairan, L. »Unsteady Matter.« At the exhibition: Materialzukünfte besuchen. Workshop series about the materials of tomorrow Visiting Material Futures. Pop-up exhibition. Futurium. 3 June 2024 - 1 August 2024.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/11193/unsteady-matter
Beyer, B., Suaréz, D. »Column Project.« At the exhibition: Museum of Vibrant Matter. Porto Design Biennale 2021, Portugal. 2 July 2021 - 25 July 2021.
https://thearchiveofvibrantmatter.portodesignbiennale.pt/en
Beyer, Bastian (designer), Suárez, Daniel (designer) »Porto Design Biennale.« At the exhibition: Museum of Vibrant Matter. Porto, Portugal. 2 June 2021 - 25 July 2023.
https://casa-design.pt/en/exhibitions/museu-da-materia-viva
Sauer, C. (project leader), Miodragović, N. (project leader, designer), Beyer, B. (designer), Rešetar, I. (designer), Suarez, D. (designer, video producer), Singer, N. (designer), Hengge, R. (microbiologist), Hathroubi, S. (microbiologist), Eder, M. (materials scientist), Bidan, C. (materials scientist) »Active Curtain.« Humboldt Labor, Humboldt Forum Berlin. Since 29 April 2021.
https://www.humboldt-labor.de/en/projects/clusters-of-excellence/active-curtain-project
Zheng, B., Hengge, R. et al. »Wanwu Council.« At the exhibition: Wanwu Council. Gropius Bau Berlin. 6 August 2021 - 8 August 2021.
https://www.berlinerfestspiele.de/en/gropiusbau/programm/2021/zheng-bo/wanwu-council.html
Almpani-Lekka, Dimitra, Asa, Pelin, Dierichs, Karola, Ficht, Johanna, Göngrich, Erik, Kieffer, Lynn Hyun, Kubelík, Anna, Meyer, Vera, Stock, Robert, Wilhelm, Nora. 2024. Symbiotic Futures 1.0. Workshop. Berlinische Galerie, with Philippi, Nils. Berlin. Germany. 5 June 2024.
https://berlinischegalerie.de/veranstaltung/symbiotic-futures-1-0/
Bonavia, E., Farmer, J., Douny, L., Krauthausen, K., Sattler, F., Dierichs, K. 2023. Weaving with the Data Glove - From the Cocoon into the Computer and Back Again. Press briefing and public presentation. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Tieranatomisches Theater, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 16 February 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/10084/weaving-with-the-data-glove-fro m-the-cocoon-into-the-computer-and-back-again
Bonavia, E., Farmer, J., Miletitch, R., Eder, M., Krauthausen, K., Dierichs, K. 2023. Are you ready to thread? Berlin Science Week at Matters of Activity. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Berlin. 9 November 2023.
Miodragović, N., Eder, M., Hehemeyer-Cürten, J. 2023. An Exploration of Bark, Willow and Wool. Conversation moderated by Dr. Manuel Rivera (RIFS). Panel – Local biomaterials as design Innovators. ZUR NACHAHMUNG EMPFOHLEN! expeditionen in ästhetik und nachhaltigkeit. Uferhallen Berlin. 13 July 2023.
https://zur-nachahmung-empfohlen.de/panel-local-fibrous-materials-as-design-innovators-an-exploration-of-bark-willow-and-wool/
Krauthausen, K. (lecturer), Eder, M. (lecturer), Loeve, S. (organizer), Jouvancourt, P. (organizer), Bensaude-Vincent, B. (organizer). Inventing Wood. Presentation and discussion of contribution for anthology at the Materials in the Anthropocene, Jardin du Lautaret (Forschungsstation des CNRS und der Universität von Grenoble). Hybrid. 17 June 2025.
B, Beyer, M, Schneider Hydrogel Workshop. Talk at the Smartes Material für überhitze Städte, Futurium, Berlin. 14 March 2024.
https://futurium.de/de/open-lab-abend/open-lab-abend-smartes-material-fuer-ueberhitzte-staedte/open-lab-abend-smartes-material-fuer-ueberhitzte-staedte
Highlighted by https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/13731/materialzukunfte-besuchen.
Dierichs, Karola. Cultures of Creation: Minimal Machines. Talk at the Agentive Matter(s), Digital Knowledge Cultures. Munich. 22 November 2024.
Hengge, R. From second messenger signaling and biofilm architecture to human-curated plant-microbe interactions in traditional practices and contemporary art. Talk at the Microbiology Lecture Series, Institut Pasteur, Paris. 5 July 2024.
https://research.pasteur.fr/en/event/seminar-dept-microbiology-from-second-messenger-signaling-and-biofilm-architecture-to-human-curated-plant-microbe-interactions-in-traditional-practices-and-contemporary-art-seminar-dept-microbiolo/
Hernández Lobato, J.I., Douny, L., Hengge, R. How plant secondary compounds can inhibit bacterial biofilm formation by multiple targeting of biofilm control networks – a case study with Acacia nilotica acting on E. coli and B. subtilis. Poster presentation at the The 18th Congress of the International Union of Microbiological Societies (IUMS), Palazzo dei Congressi / Palazzo degli Affari, Florence (Italy). Hybrid. 23 October 2024.
Krauthausen, K. (lecturer), Heise, T. (organizer), Gretz, D. (organizer). Journalismus und Literatur: Hubert Fichtes Explosion. Roman der Ethnologie. Talk at the ›Pop‹ goes Brasil. Zum Zusammenspiel von Materialität, (Inter-)Medialität und Interkulturalität bei Hubert Fichte und Thomas Meinecke (10.–11.9.2024), Universität Paderborn. 11 September 2024.
Krauthausen, K. (lecturer), Lietz, J. (organizer), Niehaus, J. (organizer), Reisener, M. (organizer). Die Hütte als materiale Praxis des Entzugs und der Überschreitung. Talk at the »Schwund – Entzug – Absenz« (25.–27.9.2024), Universität Bonn. 26 September 2024.
Rapp, R., Hengge, R. Blurring the boundaries: when science labs become art studios and vice versa. Talk at the Symposium on Encounters between Art and Biology, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, München. 12 June 2024.
https://campusmartinsried.de/wp-content/uploads/2024/05/Symposium_Encounters_Poster_.pdf
Dierichs, K. Cultures of Creation: »The Intelligence of Art« in Computational Design. Talk at the IntCDC Constructive Conversations, Stuttgart. Hybrid. 13 November 2023.
https://www.intcdc.uni-stuttgart.de/news/events/IntCDC-Constructive-Conversations-brCultures-of-Creation-The-Intelligence-of-Art-in-Computational-Design/
Dierichs, Karola. Cultures of Creation: »The Intelligence of Art« in Materials Design. Talk at the Architectured Materials Across Scales, Berlin. 14 December 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/12221/architectured-materials-across-scales
Hengge, R. C-di-GMP signaling: The unexpected complexity of bacterial second messenger synthesis, function and turnover. Keynote at the Annual Conference 2023 of the Assocation for General and Applied Microbiology (VAAM), Hans Günter Schlegel Lecture 2023. Georg-August-Universität, Göttingen. 10 September 2023.
Highlighted by Biospektrum 6/2023, p. 660.
Krauthausen, K. (talk), Kammer, S., Keck, A. (organizers), Der Stoff der Materialwissenschaften. Überlegungen zu materials by design, active matter, and biomimesis. Talk at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München. 21 June 2023.
Krauthausen, K. (talk), Mengaldo, E., Nicolosi, R. (organizers) Die Rhetorik des Materials. Naturnachahmung und Verlebendigung in den zeitgenössischen Materialwissenschaften. Talk at the Die unsichtbare Ubiquität der Wissenschaftsrhetorik. Aktualität und Perspektiven eines vernachlässigten Wissenschaftsparadigmas, Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität München. Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München. 23 June 2023.
Krauthausen, K., Sattler, F. (lecturers), Desrosiers, S., Vallard, A. (organizers) DAOULA: Weaving an Exhibition from Interdisciplinary Research Strands. Talk at the Les objets comme source: les textiles et leurs matériaux. III (UE 181), EHESS, Paris. Presentation of the interdisciplinary research structure in the project Weaving at the Cluster of Excellence „Matters of Activity“ and how to accompany, motivate and reflect an highly interdisciplinary research via the exhibition DAOULA (curated by L. Douny, K. Krauthausen, S. Sattler)". Hybrid. 1 March 2023.
https://enseignements.ehess.fr/2022-2023/ue/181
Sicher, E., Hengge, R. Interspecies Cooperation / Fermentation from the Microbial and the Human Perspective. Talk at the Brown Bag Brunch, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 4 April 2023.
Beyer, B., Bauer, F., Jalkh, H., Schäffner, W. Constructing activity. Keynote at the Trazos biomateriales, Biomaterial Traces Conversation. Centro Cultural Recoleta, Buenos Aires. 2 December 2022.
http://www.centroculturalrecoleta.org/agenda/trazos-biomateriales
Beyer, Bastian, Suárez, Daniel. KNIT-A-VERSE Conference. Talk at the Knit-A-Verse Conference, On the Scale of Architecture. Amsterdam University of Applied Science, Amsterdam. Hybrid. 30 October 2022.
Beyer, Bastian. Fuzzy Lineaments. Talk at the BioID Lecture Series, Bartlett School of Architecture, London. Virtual. 3 May 2022.
Friedman, Michael, Krauthausen, Karin, »Active Materials«. Talk at the Technical University of Darmstadt (ZOOM with Berlin). Talk on active materials and the research presented in »Active Materials« (eds. Peter Fratzl, Michael Friedman, Karin Krauthausen, Wolfgang Schäffner). In the frame of the seminar on BioRobotics by Marco Tamborini. Hybrid. 14 June 2022.
Hengge, R., Schäffner, W. »Active Curtain Project«. Long Night of the Sciences, »Meet the Scientist«, Humboldt Laboratory, Berlin. 2 July 2022.
Hengge, R. C-di-GMP signaling in bacterial multicellularity. Talk at the EMBO Conference on Bacterial Networks (Bacnet22), European Molecular Biology Organization, Sant Feliu. 5 September 2022.
Krauthausen, Karin, Aktive Materialien. Talk at the Bauhaus-Universität Weimar. Invited talk on the emergence and activity of structures - a research presented in the publications »Active Materials« (eds. Peter Fratzl, Michael Friedman, Karin Krauthausen, Wolfgang Schäffner) and »Modell Hütte« (eds. Karin Krauthausen and Rebekka Ladewig). Invitation by Henning Schmidgen (Professur medialer Welten). Hybrid. 10 May 2022.
https://www.uni-weimar.de/en/media/chairs/media-studies/theorie-medialer-welten/aktuelles/titel/aktive-materialien/
Beyer, B., Bidan, C. Column Project, Bacterially induced calcite precipitation on a textile substrate. Talk at the Curvobio Workshop, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Potsdam. Virtual. 7 April 2021.
Beyer, B., Cubasch, A., Fratzl, P., Hengge, R., Mareis, C., Perraudin, L., Sauer, C., Schäffner, W., for the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«. Can Bacteria Spin a Yarn? We Need a New Culture of Materials. Panel Presentation at the »Can Bacteria Spin a Yarn? We Need a New Culture of Materials«, Humboldt Forum Berlin. Hybrid. 29 April 2021.
https://www.humboldtforum.org/en/programm/termin/science-humanities/do-bacteria-spin-a-yarn-20472/
Bonavia, E., Mballa-Ekobena, A., Farmer, J., Douny, L., Rosenthal, N., Stoll, M., Wenig, C., Dierichs, K. Augmented Spinning: Haptic Construction of a Filament-based Architectural Material System. Talk at the 25th Annual DRHA Conference »Digital Matters: Designing/Performing Agency for the Anthropocene«, Scene, Atmosphere & Architecture. Heilig-Geist-Kapelle, Berlin. Organized by the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity. Image Space Material«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, in cooperation with the Cluster of Excellence EXC 2020 »Temporal Communities: Doing Literature in a Global Perspective«, Freie Universität Berlin, and the practice-based research project »Viral Theatres«. Hybrid. 5 September 2021.
https://www.temporal-communities.de/media/news/DRHA-2021-Interactive-Conference-Booklet.pdf
Dierichs, K. Designing Matter: Granular Architectures. Lecture at the »hallo biologie # 1«, CyPhyLab Lecture Series, CyPhyLab, Technische Universität Berlin. Virtual. 9 June 2021.
https://www.architektur.tu-berlin.de/fileadmin/i41/Aktuelles/SoSe2021_FG_Werner_hallo_biologie_v4.pdf
Fratzl, P. Active Matter. Keynote at the Engineering Life – Active Matter Across Scales, Steigenberger Hotel de Saxe, Dresden. Center for Molecular Bioengineering (B CUBE) of the Technische Universität Dresden. Hybrid. 27 September 2021.
https://physics-of-life.tu-dresden.de/events/2022/06/27/engineering-life-active-matter-across-scales
Krauthausen, K. Hubert Fichtes »ethnologische Form«. Panel Presentation at the GSA - German Studies Association Annual Conference, Hubert Fichte and the Poetics of Syncretism I. Indianapolis, USA. Hybrid. 1 October 2021.
Miodragović, N., Singer, N., Suarez, D., Sauer, C. Fibrous Scaffold: Structural Textile with Active Yarns. Panel Presentation at the »Aachen-Dresden-Denkendorf International Textile Conference 2021«, New applications/New Markets - Fibrous scaffold: structural textile with active yarns. Stuttgart. Virtual. 10 November 2021.
https://www.aachen-dresden-denkendorf.de/itc/programm/programm/
Razghandi, K. Design-Science Studio »Scaling Nature« – from Bio-inspiration to Co-creation. Panel Presentation at the »Material Trajectories. Designing with Care« – 17th Annual Conference of German Society for Design Theory and Research (DGTF), Co-creation, Sympoiesis, Prototyping. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 7 May 2021.
https://materialtrajectories.dgtf.de/Project-Panel-Co-Creation-Sympoiesis-Prototyping
Wenig, C., Lecturer, Prinzler, T., / Moderator Die Haut der Bäume. Wie aus Rinde Mode wird. Talk at the Wissensstadt Berlin, Berliner Senat. 10 August 2021.
https://www.mpg.de/16989439/wissensstadt-berlin-2021-mpg-programm
Beyer, B., Hathroubi, S. Co-weaving with Biofilms: Grown Cellulosic Structures. Talk at the Workshop »Material as Environmental Device«, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 10 September 2020.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/2249/material-as-environmental-device
Douny, L. Degumming West African Wild Silks in the 20th and 21st Century Burkina Faso. Talk at the »Animal Materialities«, joined panel of History of Science Society and Society for the History of Technology (SHOT), Animal Materialities. Virtual. 10 October 2020.
https://www.historyoftechnology.org/annual-meeting/2020-shot-virtual-forum-8-11-october/
Douny, L. Earth Structures: Containment and Scarcity in the Sahel. Talk at the »Material as Environmental Device«, Essential Material. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 10 September 2020.
Evans, M., Hengge, R. Buckling, Wrinkling and Folding: Microstructure, Active Matter Behaviour and Geometric Modelling of Bacterial Biofilms. Talk at the 1st Annual Conference »The Analog in the Digital Age«. Virtual. 11 November 2020.
https://www.virtualspace.matters-of-activity.de/annualconference/?id=11
Evans, M. E. Building Tangled Structures through Experimental Geometry and Topology. Talk at the MoA Talks. Interdiciplinary Lecture Series, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 20 October 2020.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/2618/myfanwy-evans-building-tangled-structures-through-experimental-geometry-and-topology
Geaney, V., Beyer, B., Alderson-Bythell, L. Bioknit. Talk at the Bio-Platform, Royal College of Art, London. Virtual. 10 February 2020.
Hathroubi, S. (contributor), Beyer, B. (contributor), Rešetar, I. (contributor), Hengge, R. (organiser). Collaborative research with bacterial cellulose. Talk at the Seminar at Hengge Lab, Faculty of Biology - Department of Microbiology, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 13 July 2020.
Hathroubi, S., Beyer, B., Rešetar, I. Bacterial Cellulose. A Versatile Bio-material and its Potential for Biology, Design and Architecture. Talk at the Brown Bag Brunch, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 1 September 2020.
Kammer, S. Actio/Activity: Rhetoric Matters. Talk at the »On Activity« a Joint Symposium on Activity and Materiality, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 7 February 2020.
Le Calvé, M., Beyer, B., Hathroubi, S. Kombucha Lab - through the looking glass. Talk at the Workshop »Shelf Life. Ferment-Activity and Nurturing Materials«, Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Virtual. 10 December 2020.
Sauer, C. ADAPTEX - adaptive textile for the architectural context. ALL GOOD(S) New Materials in Architecture, Design and Fashion for a Future Circular Economy. The opening event of a new programme by ANCB The Aedes Metropolitan Laboratory, in collaboration with the Netherlands Embassy in Berlin. Hybrid. 9 September 2020.
Beyer, B., Giannakopoulos, S., Cruz, M. Biofabrication- Strategies and Materials. Talk at the Biofabrication Booster Course, UCL, London. Introduction. 1 October 2019.
Beyer, B., Scott, J., Karastathi, N. Constructing Realities - Bioknit. Keynote at the »Bioknit, Constructing Realities«, Constructing Realities. UCL London. 21 November 2019.
https://www.ucl.ac.uk/bartlett/architecture/events/2019/oct/constructing-realities-lecture-series-autumn-2019
Beyer, B., Suaréz, D. Autodesk ACADIA Emerging Research Awards 2018 follow up presentation. Talk at the ACADIA Conference 2019, University of Texas at Austin, Texas. 26 October 2019.
http://2019.acadia.org/
Krauthausen, K. Hans Blumenbergs Geschichtspoetik: Die Möglichkeit des Faktischen. Talk at the Hans Blumenberg: Neue Zugänge zum Werk. Bajohr, H., Geulen, E., Weidner, D. (Organisation und Konzept), Akademie der Künste Berlin, Haus am Hanseatenweg. Leibniz-Zentrum für Literatur- und Kulturforschung. 10 October 2019.
Krauthausen, K. Kathrin Rögglas strategischer Realismus. Talk at the Kathrin Röggla und die 'Recherchegespenster'. Realitäten in Prosa und Theater der Gegenwart (23.-26.1.2019), Degner, U., Gürtler, C. (organizers), Kunstquartier der Stadt Salzburg. 24 January 2019.
Sauer, C. Future Talks 019 - Keynote Lecture Design. Keynote at the Future Talks 019, Pinakothek der Moderne, Neue Sammlung Future, Munich. 12 November 2019.
https://dnstdm.de/en/future-talks-019/. https://dnstdm.de/en/program/
Krauthausen, K. (moderator), Gehrlach, A. (organizer), Harrasser, K. (organizer). Behold the Containers. Behold the Containers, ifk, Wien. Hybrid. 23 January 2025.
Li, Tairan, Beyer, Bastian (Moderation) Architecture Enigma – the prime mover that lies within the fabric of responsive space. Humboldt-Universität ui Berlin, Matters of Activity, Berlin. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 7 March 2023.
Krauthausen, K., Kammer, S. et al. Kulturtechnik. Kulturtechnik, Portland, USA. Seminar »Kulturtechnik« organized by Norton, B.; Trop, G.; Wirth, U. At the Forty-Third Annual Conference of German Studies Association, with contributions by researchers from USA and Germany. 4 October 2019.
Kammer, S., Krauthausen, K. (organizers) Landwirtschaft & Literatur. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 13 July 2023 - 15 July 2023.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/11178/landwirtschaft-und-literatur
Sauer, C., Stoll, M., Beyer, B., Fransén Waldhör, E., Schneider, M., Petruschat, J. (organizers). Architectures of Weaving. A Symposium. Cluster of Excellence Matters of Activity, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, weißensee school of art and design berlin. Virtual. 2 July 2021.
Sauer, C. (organizer), Stoll, M. (organizer). From Fiber to Yarn: A Discussion Between Textile, Biology and Design. Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. weißensee school of art and design berlin. Virtual. 16 October 2020.
https://www.matters-of-activity.de/en/activities/2643/from-fiber-to-yarn-a-discussion-between-textile-biology-and-design
Zheng, B., Hengge, R., Laitinen, R., Rillig, M. Botanical Comrades 植物同志 Plants Practice Politics. Gropius Bau, Berlin. In cooperation with Schering Stiftung. Schering Stiftung. Hybrid. 7 November 2020.
https://falling-walls.com/event/botanical-comrades-植物同志-plants-practice-politics/
Ribault, P., Fratzl, P., Schäffner, W., et al. Behavioral Matter: Composer avec le vivant. Centre Pompidou, Paris. In cooperation with Ensadlab (École nationale supérieure des Arts Décoratifs, Paris) and the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. 29 March 2019.
https://fonds-perspektive.de/fr/behavioralmatter/