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Ikebana Workshop

Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham

invited by Maurin Dietrich

Flower Planet Freestyle

Sunday, 8.6.2025 

2 pm – 5 pm 

 

Flower Planet Freestyle

 

Ikebana is an art of flower arranging, dating back over half a millennium. Cultivated in Japan, the origins of Ikebana stem from Buddhist and Hindu traditions, in which flowers served as offerings to metaphysical beings. The ephemeral material form of Ikebana was intended to represent a transcendent beauty. After centuries of rule-based and schematic arrangements, "freestyle" Ikebana was invented in the early 20th century. It blends the traditional with free, individual attempts. 

 

The three-hour introductory workshop with Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham offers a practical approach. A discussion of rare publications on Ikebana art and a historical overview present the basis on which participants can create their first freestyle arrangements. Local plants and weeds from the swimming pool area and the surrounding park will also be used. 

About the artist

Christian Kōun Alborz Oldham is an artist, writer, and Ikebana practitioner. He continues to run Flower Planet, a studio founded by his teacher Kosen Ohtsubo, a key figure in the avant-garde Ikebana movement since the 1970s. The studio offers lectures and workshops, its own publications, and organizes exhibitions on various aspects of Ikebana from ancient times to the present. 

 

About the curator

Curator Maurin Dietrich has been director of the Kunstverein München since 2019. She has realized exhibitions with artists such as Diamond Stingily, Pati Hill, Yalda Afsah, and Tony Cokes, among others. Dietrich has taught at the Berlin University of the Arts, the Zurich University of the Arts (ZHDK), and the BPA (Berlin Program for Artists). She writes regularly for Mousse Magazine, Cura, and other publications. In early 2025, she organized a major exhibition on Oldham's and Ohtsubo's Ikebana practices at the Munich Kunstverein. 

 

 

With the kind support of Marsano 

 

Limited capacity, please RSVP via bonjour@tropeztropez.de 

An outdoor pool ticket must be purchased for participation: https://shop.berlinerbaeder.de/ 

 

Mit freundlicher Unterstützung von MARSANO Blumen!

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