As part of c-space’s ongoing series „Bewohnbare Welten“ we are presenting our new book on „Sinophonecene?“
From the Website:
Bewohnbare Welten #4｜可栖之地 – What Makes Worlds Habitable?
Salon Evening & Book Launch: Sinophonecene? – Tracing Environmental and Cohabitational Perspectives in Contemporary Chinese Art
Friday, 4 December 2026 · C*SPACE Creative Hub
What does it mean to share the world with others, humans, plants, animals and other forms of life? And how can contemporary art help us rethink our relationships with one another and with our environment?
To conclude our salon series Bewohnbare Welten｜可栖之地 (Habitable Worlds), organised in collaboration with the Heinrich Böll Foundation, we bring together questions explored in the previous three salons – from language, home and social participation to our relationship with nature – with perspectives from contemporary art in the Sinophone world.
We are delighted to welcome the editors Franziska Koch, Cila Brosius and Nora Wölfing to our Pop-Up Teahouse stage for a conversation about their book Sinophonecene?, published by Palgrave Macmillan in 2026.
The book brings together debates surrounding the Anthropocene with artistic and curatorial practices situated in the Sinophone world. Seven academic case studies and four conversations with emerging and senior curators explore questions of habitability, ecological entanglements and the cohabitation of different forms of life. Challenging essentialist and nationally framed notions of “Chineseness”, the contributions open up transcultural perspectives on the relationships between humans, plants, animals and technoid beings.
The chapters take us from “SEEDS: Habitability as Question and Praxis” through “BRANCHING OUT” and “SAPLINGS: Curating (with) Inhabitants—Inhabiting (with) Curators: Conditions, Perspectives, Challenges” to “COMPOSTING”. The editors will share insights into the making of the book, introduce the concept of the “Sinophonecene” and present selected perspectives from its chapters. Artists discussed in the book include amongst others Tong Wenmin, Tang Han, Su Yu Hsin, Vzela Kook, Lu Yang, Zheng Bo, Mia Yu, Sponge Gourde Collective, Li Huayi, and Yang Yongliang. In addition, Bettina Freimann (Curator) will be present and engage in the discussion about her contribution to the book.
The Evening
18:30 Arrival at the Pop-Up Teahouse – Welcome Team
19:00 Welcome & context: Katja Hellkötter (C*SPACE) and A-Th (706 Berlin e.V.)
19:30 Book Launch: Presentation and conversation with the editors
20:30 Teahouse table conversations with table hosts, editors and members of 706 Berlin
21:00 Closing Forum: Sharing thoughts / impulses together
21:15 Informal gathering & film screening (tbc), featuring video works by artists discussed in the book
Languages: Book presentation in German and/or English; table conversations and facilitation in multiple languages (German, English and Chinese).
Event Information
Venue: C*SPACE Creative Hub, Langhansstraße 86, 13086 Berlin-Weißensee · c-space.eu
Admission free, thanks to the support of the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Snacks available for a contribution towards costs.
Registration: Luma link to follow · Contact: pop-up-teahouse@c-space.eu
Initiated by: Heinrich Böll Foundation · Organisation: C*SPACE Berlin + 706 Berlin e.V.
Salon #4 – Book Launch, in collaboration with the editors of Sinophonecene? – Tracing Environmental and Cohabitational Perspectives in Contemporary Chinese Art.