From April 2 2025, the Diplomatic Suitcase will be exhibited in the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) in Lisbon as part of the exhibition Interspecies.
The Diplomatic Suitcase is the travelling exhibition of the Confluence of European Water Bodies, our European community with now over 25 grass roots activists, artists & academics representing Europes glaciers, seas, lakes, lagunes and rivers. The Diplomatic Suitcase is literally a suitcase that unpacks into an exhibition, showing the identities of the participating water bodies. This multimedia and portable installation tells stories of the many problems European waters are facing, from contamination by agriculture to dam constructions, but also demonstrates how water diplomacy can give rise to an emerging alliance of water.
Since 2023, the Diplomatic Suitcase has been exhibited at the Mar Menor, in The Hague (KABK), at Berlin (Spore Berlin) and in Venice (Ocean Space). From April 2 2025 it will travel to the Museum of Contemporary Art (MAC) at the Centro Cultural de Belém (CCB) in Lisbon as part of the exhibition Interspecies (to August 31, 2025)
Interspecies is curated by Mariana Pestana and developed in collaboration with Bauhaus of the Seas Sails; Diplomatic Suitcase Concept: Embassy of the North Sea & TBA21-Academy; Artistic Direction & design: Jakob Kukula and Leon Lapa Pereira; Graphic design: Eva van Bemmelen