The Hannah Arendt Institute of Artivism (INSTAR), led by Cuban Tania Bruguera, brings an exhibition of works, conferences, a film festival, book presentations, and other activities to the 15th edition of Documenta, the international art exhibition held every five years in Kassel, Germany.

On June 18, Bruguera, Ernesto Oroza, and Cuban critic Clara Astiasarán presented the Factografía Operativa, which the artists propose as a method of recording community activities; on the 19th, journalist José Raúl Gallego presented the data journalism project Inventario; and on Monday, curator Taiyana Pimentel presented the lecture "The Transgression of the Institution as Part of Artistic Thought since the 70s." Inventario; y el lunes la curadora Taiyana Pimentel presentó la conferencia “La transgresión de la institución como parte del pensamiento artístico desde los años 70”.

The events can be viewed on INSTAR's YouTube profile, and the program is available on their official website.

"We want to make it clear to the world that good weather does not equal good governance," Tania Bruguera told Deutsche Welle, referring to the situation in Cuba that INSTAR aims to highlight.

Curated by the Indonesian artist collective Ruangrupa, they asked the invited projects to address themes such as refugee rights, collaborative participation, and the power of communities working together.

Their guiding principle is called "Lumbung," based on an Indonesian concept of a rice barn where the harvest surplus is stored and distributed communally for the benefit of all.

Inspired by this concept, the Berlin art collective ZK/U (Zentrum für Kunst und Urbanistik, or Center for Art and Urbanistics) built a boat with an old wooden gable roof that belonged to the homonymous group of artists, architects, and curators.

The boat, named "Citizenship," sails from Berlin to Kassel along Germany's waterways in a journey that will last 60 days. It is one of the many unique projects associated with this year's festival.