PHOTO: © Key Visual Ausstellung On Water. Wasserwissen in Berlin, Humboldt Labor (c) Stiftung Humboldt Forum im Berliner Schloss /Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Foto: AI generated, Observism

Exhibition

On Water. WasserWissen in Berlin

Name: On Water. WasserWissen in Berlin
Start: 2026-06-04T10:30+0200
End: 2026-06-04T18:30+0200
Location: Humboldt Forum

In the organizer's words:

Water is life, but it can also destroy. The exhibition On Water. WasserWissen in Berlin will be showing current research projects on the topic of water by the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) at the Humboldt Labor from October 10, 2025. These will be flanked by artistic positions that deal with the element of water and vividly convey its versatility.

Water is omnipresent - we drink it, bathe in it, experience it as rain, ice or river. And yet it remains contradictory: familiar and unpredictable at the same time. Sometimes it is too much, sometimes too little. Sometimes it flows, sometimes it doesn't, sometimes it floods entire regions. In the wake of climate change, growing cities and global inequality, water is becoming a challenge. It cannot simply be controlled and challenges established ways of dealing with it. Water is not a passive object, but a dynamic element that requires new scientific perspectives and social negotiations.

The exhibition On Water. WasserWissen in Berlin shows research projects of the Berlin University Alliance (BUA) that deal with water from a wide variety of perspectives. They are all trying to learn from its properties - such as its cycles, adaptability and connectivity - in order to find solutions for the future. The BUA Calling audio track provides in-depth insights into the interaction between humans and water: in it, scientists explain why it is worth listening to water - it knows more than we think.

Background

Too much or too little water characterizes the present: cycles and systems that have long been taken for granted are shifted, irritated and vulnerable. The disruption of the aquatic balance also challenges science. The exhibition On Water shows that no science alone would be able to grasp the complexity of the interrelationships associated with it. It is often only the interaction of the most diverse forms of knowledge that leads to understanding and new solutions. This includes learning from each other in the various, usually highly specialized disciplines, as well as the exchange and discussion with people who live in concrete traditions and experiences and who bring their own kind of knowledge with them. One of the great challenges of the future is to establish forms of dialog and cooperation that are suitable for meeting each other at eye level.

- Languages: German, English

- Free admission

- Wheelchair accessible

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Humboldt Forum Schloßplatz 10178 Berlin

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