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The Winter Assembly refers to the cold season as a phase of scarcity, of calm – a space for experimentation. At the same time, a moment of renewal is approaching. We use the winter months to take a pause before the new ecological cycle begins, as a moment of reflection in which assumptions and practices can be reviewed and future behaviour and actions can be realigned.

The project A Grafted Future by artist Camilla Berner, in collaboration with forester Björn Berling, shows how ecological action is anchored in intergenerational time scales and what a regenerative future might look like. For the art project, seedlings were planted in old tree trunks in the Bücken forest near Hohenlockstedt. The young trees grow in interaction between what past interventions have left behind and what future life forms need. What becomes visible is a circular ecology in which soil, animals, plants, fungi, insects and human decisions are coordinated with each other and responsibility is shared across generations.

A multi-course ‘translocal’ menu explores how reduced, seasonal and local agriculture can give rise to new forms of culinary practice – a practice of pleasure that arises from scarcity and restriction and turns these into productive advantages. The result is a menu of local winter ingredients and translocal cooking techniques that, as an artistic experiment, opens up new perspectives on food, origin and sustainability. The menu is prepared and performed by artists Byungseo Yoo and Seraina Grupp, chef Marle Rudolph and other contributors.

In addition, the projects from previous assemblies will be exhibited, jointly reflected upon and documented, and selected works will be reactivated by the artists present. Complementing this, students from the Malmö Art Academy in Sweden will show new site-specific works that emerged from their impressions of the autumn assembly and their engagement with Hohenlockstedt.

Programme

Friday, 13 February 2026
5 pm Exhibition opening & tour
With a welcome address by Dr. Philipp Salamon-Menger, Head of the Culture Department at the Ministry of Education, Science, Research and Culture of the State of Schleswig-Holstein, greetings from Dr. Ulrike Boskamp and Katja Schroeder, and an introduction to the exhibition by Dr. Ronald Kolb
6:00 pm: Film screening of Cultivating Abundance by Åsa Sonjasdotter.
Dinner will be soup by Marle Rudolph.

Saturday, 14 February 2026
5:00 pm Translocal dinner
Prepared by Seraina Grupp, Marle Rudolph, Byungseo Yoo, and other contributors.
The experimental multi-course menu made from local ingredients using ‘translocal’ preparation methods will open up new perspectives on culinary practice and sustainability. The cost of the menu is 50 euros including drinks. Please register with Ronald Kolb at rk@arthurboskamp-stiftung.de, stating any food intolerances.

Sunday, 15 February 2026
At 2 pm, we invite you to a guided tour of the exhibition and offer insights into the ongoing artistic work over coffee and cake.
At 3 pm, Lene Markusen activates her Choreographic Mural.
At 4 pm, Byungseo Yoo presents culinary gifts to take home.
At 5 pm, to round off the day, there will be tastings from Seraina Grupp's Taste Library – a shared moment that rounds off the Winter Assembly with taste, exchange and shared perspectives.