Robert Köpke, graduate from HFBK Hamburg and HGB Leipzig with a Master's degree in Curatorial Practice, currently works at the intersection of curation, design, and art. As a Research Associate at Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography, he specializes in visualizing biodiversity data through mapping.
His work integrates art, design, and social engagement, emphasizing the significance of public spaces. Actively engaged in community-driven initiatives, he focuses on sustainability and collaborative design approaches. His contributions to projects such as the Floating University in Berlin and R-Urban in Paris highlight his talent for intertwining urban and ecological elements in his curatorial practice. Dedicated to reimagining social frameworks, Robert crafts participatory experiences that resonate with a broad and diverse audience.
- Mexibility.
- In Solidarity:
- Living and Making Together
- The class and the class “Design for the Living World” collaborated with various grassroots initiatives in Mexico City and Querétaro during significant neoliberal changes in Mexico. They focus on initiatives related to solidarity economies, work and living collectives, and sustainable neighborhood projects. Their goal is to explore tensions between local and global economies, sustainability, cooperative living, and working in cities, and the dynamics between rural and urban, peripheral and central regions. Through this discourse, the artist and students will visit four different projects in and around Mexico City and Querétaro, including Huerto Roma Verde, Cooperativa Palo Alto, CENTRO University Mexico City, and the América neighborhood in Querétaro, to work and exchange knowledge with the local people, alongside the Dérive Lab.
Location: Muca-Roma of UNAM, Mexico City
Collaboration: Design for the Living World class – HFBK Hamburg & Marjetica Potrč; in cooperation with Goethe Institut Mexico City, Muca Roma, BEMA, Huerto Roma Verde, Palo Alto living cooperative
Photography: Goethe Institut Mexico City, Design for the Living World class
Date: February-March 2017
Links: Design for the Living World