Open-Island project archive

We build floating islands since the world-fair EXPO2000 in Hanover/Germany. The project series started as floating art installations from German artist Joy Lohmann and developed into a variety of cultural, humanitarian and educational projects in Hanover and around the globe.
See our former projects in this chronological overview:

• Global Floating-Futures Conference, 25.11.23
• Auf Schatzsuche mit der ZuKunst, Juni 23
• ZuKunst Bordprogramm 23
• Floating pyramid at the COP27 climate conference, Sharm-Al-Sheikh/Egypt
• Float-Parade for Climate 2022
• Open-Island at the artfair documenta fifteen, Kassel
• Tour Berlin-Hanover by boat, May 2022
• „FlowFood“, floating Garden and Lab 2021
• „Tiny-Float“, modular house to be installed on a float, 2021
• „Träum weiter“, release of cinema movie by Valentin Thurn, 2021
• „FlowGarden“, 5 hexagonal modules form an Open-Island, 2019
• „Lake of Change“, Bengaluru/India, 2018
• „Impact Kiosk“, Varanasi/India 2017, videos part 1 – part 2
• „Insula Communis“, floating art at the Splash/MELT! Festival, Ferropolis/Germany 2016
• „Open-Island Thailand“, ChiangMai/Thailand, 2016
• „Open-Island Berlin“, Berlin/Germany 2015 (with video portrait)
• „Open-Island Ahmedabad“, Ahmedabad/India 2015 (release of the open-island system 1.0)
• Global conference „Will Makers save the world?“, 2015 online
• „Islands of life“, third asap-island project in Goa/India, 2014 (video documentation 7min.)
• „Mermaid-race on floating island“, Hanover/Germany 2013 (movie „mermaids&pirates wanted“)
• „Riverboat SALY“, second asap-island project in Goa/India, 2013 (video documentation 24min.)
• „i-land Goa“, upcycled sailing-catamaran in Goa/India, 2012 (video documentation)
• „Sealand Multiversity“, Principality of Sealand/Northern Sea, 2012 (video playlist, short clips)
• „i-lands“, glocal DIY workshop on floating islands, 2012
• „Spreetour Berlin“, Rafting through Berlin/Germany, 2011 (documentation)
• „Lotus raft“, art installation at „Wallungen 2011“, Hildesheim/Germany
• „HERMES-I“, construction of a modular multifunctional catamaran, 2009
• „future-islands“, floating gardens as an Art installation, Maschteich Hannover/Germany 2009 (video)
• „Tour21“, treasure hunt for a positive future, Hanover > Berlin/Germany 2002 (gallery)
• „future-raft“, upcycled floating island for the world fair 2000, Hannover/Germany, 2000 (gallery)