COMMUNICATION UNDER TREES
Online Call for Entries May, 2024

How can artists formulate plans for a sustainable future?
How do we start now by planting seeds as ideas for tomorrow?
How is sustainability part of each one’s own creative practice?

We launched an online call for Entries from artists worldwide to contribute their ideas on how an open discussion could begin with aesthetic input by May 2024. From all 130 where chosen by a jury from Yokohama, Hamburg, and Groningen.

Opening reception: May 10, 2024, 18.00 h
Exhibition: May 11 – June 09.2024
Venue: Zou-no-hana Terrace
Organizer: Zou-no-hana Terrace
Cooperation: 8th Yokohama Triennale
and Hyper Cultural Passengers, Hamburg
Concept: Michael Kress (HyCP Veddel Space)

7 Seeds Yokohama was the first stage of a series of projects on critical sustainability around the globe. Artists from different countries conversed with each other and the young generations through artworks and designs. In the works, we sought critical reflections on how we can plant the future. The selected works have been printed and presented at an exhibition at Zou No Hana Terrace in Yokohama, Japan. 7 Seeds is created by the Hamburg-based artist and curator Michael Kress and Zou No Hana Terrace and Portjourneys, a worldwide network of art spaces in harbor cities.

The world is currently in a turbulent era. Wars, disasters, and environmental problems are becoming increasingly serious, and things are changing rapidly as AI and technology evolve. The seven messages are key to connecting the world to the next generation, and the exhibition will offer guidance on implementing them and opportunities for dialogue.

The 7 Seeds Cluster:

1. CRITICAL SUSTAINABILITY IN ART
2. HOLISTIC URBANITY – SOCIAL-CENTERED TRANSFORMATION ART
3. PARTICIPATION & COLLABORATIVE DEMOCRACY
4. DIVERSITY, OPEN INCLUSION, AND SELF-DETERMINATION
5. ARTISTIC AND CULTURAL PARTICIPATION
6. RIGHT OF LIFELONG LEARNING/WILL WE BE BORN AS ARTISTS?
7. UNIVERSAL CULTURAL EMPATHY (EMPATHETIC INTELLIGENCE VS AI)

Learn more about the 7 Seeds Cluster here.

With the kind support of
the Hamburg Ministry of Culture and Media/
and the Hamburg Mitte District Office
and
The City of Yokohama