EARTH MATTERS, the Bergson Gallery's second exhibition, invites you on an interdisciplinary journey through the natural sciences and sheds light on the fragile interplay between humans, nature and technology. Using artistic means - sometimes analytical, sometimes poetic - it calls for a conscious approach to the earth as a living being.

On display are works by five artists whose approaches appeal to and activate our senses in a variety of ways. They are dedicated to central questions of our time: the consequences of industrialization, the human striving for optimization and the unforeseeable consequences of technological developments. The focus is on ecological systems, technical artifacts and hidden biological life forms of unimagined beauty - and their potential to create positive change and have a global impact, either independently of humans or together with them.

Using images, sculptures, photographic works, videos and spatial installations, EARTH MATTERS uses immersive and impressive works to examine and reflect on what both nature and our civilization have created on Earth

In dialog with visitors, the exhibition aims to address the following questions, among others:
Where are we today - and where do we want to develop? How can we treat our planet responsibly? And finally: How much influence and freedom do humans have in a world that is increasingly shaped by autonomous technological forces?

In documentary and atmospherically condensed photographs, Olaf Otto Becker follows the traces of human intervention on our planet and takes us to the most remote locations - from Greenland and Siberia to a journey along the Gulf Stream.

In his artistic work, Andreas Greiner focuses on the influences and changes to nature and the environment caused by humans. With a meticulous eye, he examines socio-ecological relationships in the dawning Anthropocene, an era scientifically defined by irreversible traces and influences of man on the planet.

Kathrin Linkersdorff observes the transformation processes of flowers and plants and develops experiments to visualize states between existence and decay. This results in scenic images of decay that simultaneously exude grace and vitality.

Maximilian Prüfer uses his specially developed technique of "Naturantypie" to directly highlight traces of animals, organisms and natural processes by translating their complex behavioural and organizational structures into abstract pictorial worlds beyond classical drawing or painting.

In computer-generated photographs, Tamiko Thiel uses the latest technologies to immerse us in a whirlpool of plastic forks and fish under the surface of the sea - an immersive experience that makes the consequences of human actions vividly tangible.