SCREW IT. I'M GONNA START MY OWN PLANET

A participatory project in cooperation with the Schütze School, the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst and the Blickfelder Festival 22 | 2022

If current trends continue, many species—humans included—are facing the imminent loss of their habitats due to climate collapse. In response, a group of children from the Schütze School in Zurich has decided to take action. On a newly imagined planet, they are creating a fresh ecosystem with new creatures adapted to novel living conditions. Drawing inspiration from the animal kingdom, endemic species, dinosaurs, and speculative biology, they design and perform newly invented species while building models for the prototype of this new world at the Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst.

With: Novak, Samuel, Fabio, Carl, Tenzin, Soha, Elisabeth, Emilia, Danika, Elea, Elis, Janelle, Kimey, Linus, Luca, Melik, Neva, Nicolas, Viola, Tosca, Ariel, Emilia, Erjon, Flurina, Jonas, Lara, Lenn, Loïc, Mai, Malin, Marwin, Konstantin Alea, Anik, Bjordi. Emiliano, Eyla, Jon, Nick, Nina, Paul, Ramazan, Sadie, Tashi | Project management: Tasnim Baghdadi, Cynthia Gavranic | Coordination: Silvia HIldebrand, Marcel Hörler  | Teachers: Sabine Duarte, Christian Strupler | Documentation: Raphael Stucky