In celebration of the 10th anniversary of the Artspring Festival, Anke Buchmann (alumna of UdK Berlin and Central Saint Martins) invites the public to her studio in Sredzkistraße on May 30th and 31st for a comprehensive retrospective. The highlight of the exhibition is the participatory performance “Noting Absence," which transforms the archaic technique of the pinch-pot into a haptic feedback system for meditative introspection. Photo by James McKinnon, 2018 Inspired by Ettore Sottsass’s...

Tracing the scientific evidence of the healing qualities found in soil, earth, and clay 24.03.2026 In my search for a scientific foundation for "Clay Meditation", a mindfulness practice I developed in 2019, I encountered the work of Prof. Christopher Lowry from the University of Colorado in 2022 and reached out to him. His research provides the biological explanation for what I have instinctively utilized in my practice. Photo: Werner Amann, 2023 Clay has been my companion since I was six...

Reflections by Anke Buchmann Photo by Anastasia Potapova It was never really about the object. But let me start from the beginning. It is no news, we tend to have too much stuff, and we seem to struggle with putting an end to it. From fast fashion and rapid tech upgrade cycles to endless discount chains, impulse buys, “2‑for‑1” promotions, growing food waste, booming storage‑unit demand, and digital overload, nearly every corner of our lives reflects how deeply we’ve normalised consuming far...