The Vegetable Parliament: GROWING SESSION #5

Mistura

A milpa has been growing on an outdoor installation in the silent green garden since March: “The Vegetable Parliament”. Its basic principle is mixed cultivation: it is vital for the growth and survival of the milpa that the different species harmonize with each other.

The event series The Growing Sessions takes this as its starting point: to accompany the growth of the milpa, we grow together with it. We contribute our knowledge and curiosity, our collective work, our bodies and cultural practices. During the Growing Sessions, the Vegetable Parliament will take root with the neighborhood as well as with international actors and create a cross-species community. Invited guests from the fields of activism, art, music, performance and poetry will open up insights into indigenous agricultural practices and post-human utopias in their sessions, bringing organism democracies to life and interweaving us in alliance with the plants. 

Artist and researcher Marina Guzzo connects bodies with landscapes, fashion with nature, memory with everyday life. As part of the Growing Sessions, she conducts a multi-day Mistura workshop, fostering alliances between people, clothing, objects, and plants. The workshop begins with the search for fallen leaves, discarded items, colourful garments, and personal memories. These are ritually woven together and, on the final day, presented as a choreography in the silent green garden.

Mistura-Workshop registration at www.thevegetableparliament.com.
 

Programme
14. Aug 2025: part four THE VEGETABLE OPERA 

13. Sep 2025: part five THE CONQUERING BANQUET

Full programme: www.thevegetableparliament.com

Wednesday, July 22 until Friday, July 24
Garden
Start: 5 pm
Free Admission, with registration
 

Team
Artistic Director: José Délano
Curator “The Growing Sessions”: Christian Hiller
 

“The Vegetable Parliament” is funded by Hauptstadtkulturfonds.