A Multispecies Assembly & Preference Voting

What if not only humans had political rights, but if all species were included in administrative and political decision making? The Spree Species Council is an invitation to a change of perspective: The river Spree is a multi species society. All participants of the performance take on the role of a species currently present in the Spree. To enable this Club Real works with scientists from the Leibniz Institute of Freshwater Ecology and Inland Fisheries compiling lists of living creatures. Eel and bitterling, mitten crab and zebra mussel, cyanobacterium or water lily – more than 150 species representatives debate current challenges of the spree ecosystem. Together they vote which of the 4 presented initiatives has the biggest potential to support neccessary transformations. It is possible to participate in the performance with no prior knowledge – just show up and dive into a multi species performative experiment. 

The first Spree Species Council was made possible by the Berlin University Alliance and happened in the framework of the Confluence of European Waterbodies on the 6th of September 2026 at Floating U̶n̶i̶v̶e̶r̶s̶i̶t̶y̶, Berlin.

>>>Article in atmos earth magazine about the event