This project investigates human / more-than-human relationships in the aquatic surrounds of Berlin, Germany. Western structures imposed on water systems have had a profound effect on ecological health. The historical legacies carried within the human/fish relationship specifically are used to highlight the damage caused by anthropocentric and capitalist structures.

Trawling the German Film Archive during a one month residency reveals a commodified system that categorises water, and the associated more-than-human worlds, as resource.

Contemporary footage is also taken within the river and water systems of Berlin that are a visual marker of an ongoing anthropocentric legacy.  Piped over/underground networks expose an artificial relationship that rivers and fish have to the sprawl of an urban environment; always in sight, and contrasted by the film archive hidden deep within a vault.  


The residency concluded with a public presentation and film work outcome presented in 2024.

Fieldexplorer, Berlin
Residency in collaboration with Fieldstations