2025 NEULAND — Kollektiv Chroma

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NEULAND

Wetlands are among the most productive ecosystems for storing and regulating water and nutrients – and are considered living archives preserving thousands of years of plant remains, pollen, and traces of former landscapes. Despite their importance, around 80% of these habitats in Switzerland have disappeared since 1900 – today, only about 1% of the original area remains intact. What happens if we begin to see these forgotten landscapes as part of our future?

neuland is a two-part work consisting of an essay film and live performance that explores the future of wetlands. What does it mean when city, nature, and infrastructure are newly intertwined – and how can humans, technology, and landscape find new ways to connect? At its core is an engagement with wetlands as sponge-like spaces: landscapes that store and filter water – gaining new importance in the face of climate change. The performance venue – the Stadtgärtnerei of Zurich – is located on a former wetland. neuland asks what role such water-bound spaces could play in future urban design, ecological resilience, and care for the urban environment.

RELEASEZurich Design Week
Stadtgärtnerei, Zürich
Tickets

Wednesday, 10/09/2025
Thursday, 11/09/2025
Friday, 12/09/2025
Saturday, 13/09/2025

with

Studio Proxi
Larmao Studio

PUBLIC EXHIBITIONZurich Design Week
Stadtgärtnerei, Zürich

Saturday, 13/09/2025, 13.00-17.00

with
Nicolas Schwegler
Rik Bovens
Studio VERDE

SNEAK PEEKKontextur Podcast Festival

Tickets

k-Haus, Basel
Saturday, 31/05/2025

with
Livio Eiholz
Johanna Roth

Screenwriting / Direction Film
Zana Selimi

Screenwriting / Art Direction / Production
Eva Schneuwly

Direction of Photography
Justus Briese

Sounddesign
Mike Utiger

Choreografie
Lisa Kilthau-Merscher

Production Design
Maëlle Leonie Odermatt
Nina Dettwiler
Eva Schneuwly

Costume
Simona Schlegel

Make-Up
Andy Lörtscher

Gaffer
Lea Studer
Line De Kaenel

Runner
Paul Grieguszies
Leah Spirk

Performance
Cathrin Merscher
Lisa Kilthau-Merscher

Edit
Anton Krebs

Scientific Expertise Biodiversity
Leah Spirk

Fragment of «Hybridlandschaft» by
Ansgar Stadler
Eva Schneuwly

supported by
Grünstadt Zürich

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