Metrotopie, 2011

At the Haus der Kulturen der Welt Berlin, Jordan realized in collaboration with the artist Shira Wachsmann, the project Metrotopie (2011), a challenging encounter between urbanity, man and nature. In a symbolic gesture, she converted a S-Bahn tramcar into an urban habitat, with abundant plant-life from various locations around the world. Public transport as a medium and carrier of urban history and personal stories generates lines of energy within the urban space. The travelling eco-system symbolizes supplying Berlin and its inhabitants with the primal energy Qi. Train passengers encountered the subway car whose interior had become a tropical garden, a biotope. The garden, intended to travel through the city, signified the communicative energy of passengers, nature, and the city, and at the same time expressed the circle of life.

Metrotopie (2011) Material: Tram, plants Dimension: variable Photo: Arielle Bier Commissioned by Haus der Kulturen der Welt (HKW), Berlin Curated by Keumhwa Kim for Meridian | Urban, Curatorial Projects on Health