Kassel’s Rural Undercurrents
Who holds land-based knowledge in a city and where does it become visible? Who are the women who run lasting economies? How can we share without talking? The Rural School of Economics addressed, dug up, and visualised the collective findings to those questions over a period of eighteen months in and around Kassel in the lead-up to and during lumbung documenta fifteen in Kassel, which took place in summer 2022.
The film Kassel’s Rural Undercurrents, directed by Wapke Feenstra, is a summary and documentation of Myvillages’ project, linking to the lumbung approach applied by documenta curators ruangrupa, offering a glimpse into activities at the ruruhaus, the Hübner Areal, and the Hafenstrasse sites, as well as the many collaborations embedded.
The full timeline of Kassel's Rural Undercurrents is also documented on the Rural School of Economics website.
Rural Undercurrents Vending Machines, Huebner Areal, lumbung documenta fifteen, Kassel, 2022
Myvillages Drawing Room, Hafenstraße, lumbung documenta fifteen, Kassel, 2022
Film launch, ruruhaus, lumbung documenta fifteen, Kassel, 2022
Dairy Day Trip, with Frauentreff Bruckenhof, Uplander Bauernmolkerei, Willingen-Usseln, 2022
Kassel's Rural Undercurrents, Vending Machine, photo: Wapke Feenstra
Economic portrait, Diverse Economies of the RSoE Kassel, drawing: Kathrin Böhm
Rural Undercurrents Vending Machines, Huebner Areal, lumbung documenta fifteen, Kassel, 2022
Myvillages Drawing Room, Hafenstraße, lumbung documenta fifteen, Kassel, 2022
Film launch, ruruhaus, lumbung documenta fifteen, Kassel, 2022
Dairy Day Trip, with Frauentreff Bruckenhof, Uplander Bauernmolkerei, Willingen-Usseln, 2022
Kassel's Rural Undercurrents, Vending Machine, photo: Wapke Feenstra
Economic portrait, Diverse Economies of the RSoE Kassel, drawing: Kathrin Böhm