S.O.S – Save Our Seas: A Circular Materials Lab
A drop-in workshop at Humboldt-Universität
Once a year, around sixty of Berlin's universities, laboratories, and research institutions open their doors from late afternoon to midnight. Between five and twelve, the city becomes one long corridor of work — visitors move from one institution to the next, asking questions of the people doing the research and trying things with their own hands. It's called Lange Nacht der Wissenschaften, the Long Night of the Sciences, and it has been running in Berlin since 2001. ARALU joins the night at Humboldt-Universität with a three-hour drop-in workshop. The session is rooted in S.O.S — Save Our Seas, the body of work developed through the European Marine Board's EMBracing the Ocean programme. It invites visitors to rethink discarded textiles through circular making, repair, and ocean-drawn printing. Three stations run side by side for the full three hours: upcycling old T-shirts and tote bags, printing with seaweed ink and ocean stamps, and weaving with waste materials. You can spend ten minutes at one station or the entire evening across all three. No experience needed. The thread underneath all three stations is the same question we keep asking through S.O.S: what does a piece of cloth carry, and what should be done with it before it ends up on a beach?
What you'll find
- Three drop-in stations — upcycling, seaweed ink printing and ocean stamping, weaving with waste materials
- Rooted in ARALU's S.O.S — Save Our Seas, developed through the European Marine Board's EMBracing the Ocean programme
- Ages 14+ and all skill levels. Wheelchair accessible. Family-friendly. Food available on site.
Drop in any time between 21:00 and midnight.
