Transitional Momentum for Ecological Grief

Transitional Momentum for Ecological Grief looks at the profound environmental changes and the emotions that accompany them through the lens of an artistic practice, working with the creative potential of nature to create balance for transition processes to unravel.
The participatory project is a performative installation and workshop. It formed the practical part of my Master thesis in Movement, Mind and Ecology at Schumacher College / Plymouth University in the UK (January 2024). Through somatic practices in collaboration with plants, the fluid dynamics between joy and grief, love and loss are getting explored. Magical moments of cross species creativity are emerging. Transformations inherent to the plant realm inspire to perceive decomposition and transitions as processes with regenerative potential.

Project lead/ Composition: Frederike Doffin
Creative Assistance: Manuel Lindner
Videography: Kylan Casey
Outside Eye: Dr. Rachel Sweeney, Dr. Marie Metenier and Shelley Etkin

The project has been shared in various venues and contexts ranging from urban gardens to universities:

20.5.24 Moving Ecologies, Plymouth University, UK
6.8.24 Ideen erfahren, Allgäu Germany
18.8.24 Silent Rixdorf Berlin
22.8.24 Kiezkapelle Berlin, Transitioning Death Event Series funded by Projektfonds Urbane Praxis Berlin
2.11.24 Becoming Monster Festival online by the emergence network
19.11.24 University of Groningen, MA International Relations
15.11.25 “ , MA Environmental Law and Spatial Sciences
11.1.25 Collective Imagination Practice online
25.10.25 Festival les Arts du Vivant, Bassens, France
1.9-1.11.25 Prinzessinnengarten Berlin