KOSMICA Journeys

KOSMICA Institute and Hangar 1 announce their first collaboration, marking a new strand of KOSMICA programmes aimed at those who had to leave their homes to seek safety. Throughout the month of July 2017, a series of weekly workshops will be given at the refugee center at Tempelhofer Feld, in Berlin.

This is the first edition of KOSMICA Journeys, a new educational and creative programme directed at vulnerable groups around the world. Through a series of workshops and activities, KOSMICA Journeys opens the invitation to reflect on our place within planet Earth beyond borders and our place in the universe.

Programme

This series aim to get the children acquainted with outer space by exploring the different stages of a space mission. They will start their adventure by creating their own space traveller kit, allowing them to carefully select enchanting pieces of Earth that they would like to bring into space. This kit will contain reminiscences of our planet such as smells, textures and colours of a particular meaning to each of them. The journey continues with the design and launch of water rockets, leading to the imaginary landing on yet unknown planets. The third workshop will consist in designing a fictional space flag, representing humanity as a whole. Lastly, we will take them into a journey to discover the immensity of the cosmos and of the constellations of stars adorning it. It will be the occasion for them to create their own constellations and to imagine their own mythology attached to it.

Through these poetical and playful activities, the workshops will nurture a new intimate and personal connection to Earth and the universe. Our planet is the cradle that has embraced humanity and the stars our future.