With Beo Tomek

The Munich landscape architect Alwin Seifert (1890-1972) combined his concept of "down-to-earth garden art" with nationalist and anti-Semitic views. Based on the installation "Blut und bodenständig", which was on display at the Amerikahaus Munich from March to May 2025 and dealt with Seifert from an artistic-research perspective, the artist Beo Tomek provides insights into Seifert's work and understanding of "garden art". As a Nazi "Reich Landscape Advocate" and staunch supporter of biodynamic agriculture, Seifert benefited from forced research in the "herb garden" at Dachau concentration camp and became a formative figure in the nature conservation movement after 1945. Along these continuities, the event invites you to discuss the ambivalent history of ecological thinking in Germany.

Lecture by Beo Tomek (Academy of Fine Arts Munich) organized and moderated by Linn Burchert and Nanne Buurman (Research Group Art, Environment, Ecology at the ZI)

PARTICIPATION: Free admission. Please register (maximum number of participants: 20): https: //anny.co/book/kunst-sonntag2026