Matter is dead? Objects are lifeless? Think again! In the exhibition »Stretching Materialities,« which was opened on September 16th, the liveliness and activity of matter can be experienced in a completely new way. The Tieranatomisches Theater becomes an interactive playground: a real cloud levitates in the middle of the room, reacting to body heat and movement and hovering around visitors like a strange creature. Stones reveal their weathering as a dynamic process of change. Large willow structures carefully co-crafted by humans and computers entwine into inhabitable space. Traditional Korean Hanbok Clothing, filled with moving elements, vibrates on the visitor's skin depending on their movement. Walking through the room with virtual reality glasses, visitors can enter the glass elevator in the center. With one touch of a button, the journey goes straight into the material, or more precisely into the CT scan of a stone. Or high into the clouds to interact with air molecules. The exhibition is accompanied by the regular sound performances of the »Well-Tempered Hygrometer«.

It is an exhibition like you have never experienced before. With knowledge from the research of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity«, an interactive laboratory space has been created that allows completely unexpected insights into thinking about matter – and makes it tangible how active the world around us really is.

The exhibition is curated by multidisciplinary scientists and designers of the project Object Space Agency of the Cluster of Excellence »Matters of Activity« of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin under the direction of Prof. Dr. Claudia Blümle and Clemens Winkler.

Please note that as a prerequisite for visiting the exhibitions FFP2 mask obligation and 2G apply (fully vaccinated or recovered). For visiting events (guided tours, openings, lectures, etc.) FFP2 mask obligation and 2G+ (fully vaccinated, recovered and additional proof of a daily negative rapid test) are obligatory as of Monday, January 17, 2022.

The exhibition is open from September 17th, 2021 to March 4th, 2022, every Monday to Friday from 2-6pm.