The Consulate for Other Species is a participatory installation exploring how other beings might be included, represented, and granted agency within our social systems. Developed during the Das Konsulat residency, the project is grounded in co-creation: over 36 participants from Stuttgart aged 16-40 contributed ideas, stories, and visions through collaborative workshops.
An installation brings these shared ideas into a physical space. A 20-meter blue felt piece, hand-drawn with text fragments, collects memories from the workshops and guides visitors through collective imagination. A calm soundscape mixes animal voices with forest recordings from Europe and Brazil, helping visitors step into other perspectives. In a small reading area, four booklets turn workshop exercises into short stories about identity, belonging, and multispecies relations.
Together, these elements form a living consulate where human and non-human narratives coexist and invite ongoing participation.
Co-created with Jaione Cerrato
