Taming the Garden

As part of the exhibitions Laura Huertas Millán . Curanderxs and Sarker Protick .অঙ্গার . Awngar, the winner of the After Nature . Ulrike Crespo Photography Prize 24, C/O Berlin and Arsenal are showing Taming the Garden by Georgian documentary filmmaker Salomé Jashi. 

The film reflects on the interplay of power, wealth and the desire to shape nature as one sees fit. The film focuses on an unusual project: a wealthy and influential man in Georgia has centuries-old trees removed from their natural environment in order to relocate them to his private garden. The costly transport leaves its mark. In some cases, paths have to be opened up, trees felled and power lines cut. Taming the Garden documents the physical and emotional effects of these interventions: the use of the machines, the destruction of landscapes and the gaps left behind for the local population. However, the film also finds a form for the idiosyncratic aesthetics of these processes. The camera not only captures the impressive presence of the trees, but also the heaviness of the technical equipment. A view of nature after nature.

Arsenal on Location With the move from Potsdamer Platz to the silent green Kulturquartier, Arsenal will not have its own cinema until the new cinema hall is completed in early 2026. Under the title ‘Arsenal on Location’, film programs are created in close cooperation with Berlin cultural institutions and arthouse cinemas, nationwide with municipal cinemas and internationally with the Goethe-Institut and partner institutions.