On the last Thursday of the month, free admission
May 28, 2026, 6–9 pm
6–9 pm
In the Park Laboratory: Lichens & Their Ecological Significance
Workshop with Klaus Fritze and Drs Andrea & Michael Berger
Given its enclosed location in the city centre, Malkastenpark is not a place where lichens in all their forms immediately catch the eye. Here, they truly live up to their status as cryptogams. Nevertheless, with the trained eye of Drs Andrea and Michael Berger, we manage to track them down in hidden nooks and crannies. We will gain an entertaining insight into the life of lichen partners. The many forms of lichen architecture will be demonstrated using herbarium specimens brought along. We will discuss together which habitats and environmental conditions lichens prefer and where they can thrive. We will meet at the Lindenrondell, where Klaus Fritze’s work is located, learn how to use magnifying glasses, light and reagents, and then wander through Malkastenpark together.
6–7.30 pm
Park+talk – the open dialogue format
6.30–7 pm
To Burn, Forest, Fire
Intervention
Ecology, geology and the cosmos are at the heart of Katie Paterson’s work as she creates poetic encounters between people and their environment. In To Burn, Forest, Fire, visitors encounter the first and the last forest. The fossilised forest of Cairo in the Hudson Valley (USA) is around 385 million years old. The Amazon rainforest represents the last forest. Paterson describes both forests using scents from two incense sticks. The intervention To Burn, Forest, Fire takes place on five dates throughout the exhibition.
