»Zwischen Mensch und Pflanze«

In the organizer's words:

By chance, hybrid plant creatures, the Idons, arrive on Earth from the moon of Neptune and would like to make their home here. Kurd Laßwitz describes whether the endeavor succeeds in his 1909 novel Sternentau. Olivia Vieweg's comic Endzeit, from 2018, is about survival in the zombie apocalypse: Vivi and Eva want to get to the safety of Jena. On the way, Vivi meets a gardener who is a hybrid of human, plant and zombie. What at first sounds really unusual is not so rare in literature and comics on closer inspection. Christina Becher explores these hybrid creatures in her study Between Man and Plant in the 20th and 21st Centuries. In the face of crises, this hybrid takes on a special significance; it brings together social, botanical, climate and environmental discourses. Salon host Matthias Vogel talks to Christina Becher about this complex figure of thought, supported by images.

Price information:

Reduced admission for pupils, students and trainees as well as holders of the HannoverAktivPass, a severely disabled or unemployment certificate. Tickets are also available in advance from the Annabee bookshop and at the Box Office.