Meditation for the City by August Shells - part of Vorspiel festival

Meditation for the City is a live audiovisual performance engaging breath, attention, and stillness under conditions of constant acceleration.

Digitally processed natural imagery meets live acoustic sound. Together, they form a temporary situation in which bodies can slow down. As recovery. As escape. As a way of noticing what continuous stimulation and extraction tend to suppress.

One part of the performance takes the form of a guided breathing meditation, structured through rhythm and sound. Elsewhere, guidance recedes. Attention is left open.

Meditation is approached here not as a private technique, but as a collective and material practice. One shaped by social and economic conditions. Slowness is not neutral. It is a prerequisite for reflection on how nervous systems are organized, how exhaustion becomes normal, and how ways of living settle into the body.

––– No prior experience with meditation is required. Seating will be available. Visitors are welcome to bring their own yoga mats or cushions if they wish.

––– August Shells is an ongoing research-based art practice by Maciej Kodzis, blending visual art, sound, and ecological philosophy.

* This is a free event but donations can be made at the door to support Baumhaus continuing to offer open program *

Fri, 30.01.2026
19:00 – 20:00
Baumhaus Berlin
Gerichtstr. 23 VH Eg
13347 Berlin