Patrick Mahr
is a human animal, telling stories of multispecies adventures. In Berlin & Helsinki, he/it is orchestrating discriminatory-critical formats, creative shenanigans & communities for bottom-up change, with the help of sensual dramaturgies and experiences, light, rhythm & movement.
Education & methodology
Studying fine
arts with a focus on participatory art, performance & new media at the
Muthesius art university in Kiel/Germany, his bachelor graduation thesis researched a spatial, visual and sensual translation of music in 2018.
Its continued
M.A. studies at the University of the Arts in Berlin with a focus on access (aesthetics),
trauma-sensitive methodologies, art pedagogy and artivism in the postgraduate program Art in Context since 2022 are paired with years
of experience in facilitating bottom-up education formats with its Berlin
based activist collective Klasse Klima since 2022.
Studying fine arts with a focus on participatory art, performance & new media at the Muthesius art university in Kiel/Germany, his bachelor graduation thesis researched a spatial, visual and sensual translation of music in 2018.
Its continued M.A. studies at the University of the Arts in Berlin with a focus on access (aesthetics), trauma-sensitive methodologies, art pedagogy and artivism in the postgraduate program Art in Context since 2022 are paired with years of experience in facilitating bottom-up education formats with its Berlin based activist collective Klasse Klima since 2022.
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With a wide range of training in fields like wilderness pedagogy, bio-art, inclusion and the documentation of endangered languages, his methodological toolkit is sensitive towards an
intersectional approach offered to communities of all animals.
As a member of the Network for Critical Animal Studies in Finland, it advocates to reflect the
authorities of modern science critically and creatively, as much as to empower
all of us to become citizen scientists and to reframe the narratives of our
togetherness.
With a wide range of training in fields like wilderness pedagogy, bio-art, inclusion and the documentation of endangered languages, his methodological toolkit is sensitive towards an intersectional approach offered to communities of all animals.
As a member of the Network for Critical Animal Studies in Finland, it advocates to reflect the authorities of modern science critically and creatively, as much as to empower all of us to become citizen scientists and to reframe the narratives of our togetherness.
In 2025, he published an audio drama depicting a sensory journey from an animal’s perspective, and since 2024 he has been working on the publication of a role-playing game exploring the cultures of non-human animals.
Climate justice
For decades, the most renowned scientists have published countless studies showing how our ecosystem is at the brink of collapse. The most vulnerable of our communities are already greatly affected. It feels so overwhelming if we think about it... But what can each and every one of us do in our small, limited field of action? How can we reclaim our agency in times when we feel helpless compared to multi-billion dollar corporations and state actors? Let’s act together!
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For decades, the most renowned scientists have published countless studies showing how our ecosystem is at the brink of collapse. The most vulnerable of our communities are already greatly affected. It feels so overwhelming if we think about it... But what can each and every one of us do in our small, limited field of action? How can we reclaim our agency in times when we feel helpless compared to multi-billion dollar corporations and state actors? Let’s act together!
Multispecies storytelling
Have you ever thought about what you would ask an animal if you could speak and understand their language? This may seem like a fantasy very difficult to come true, but when we open our eyes to what happens to animals in the food industry, it feels like there is no other option than to develop magical powers to be able to face the cruel reality. Let’s embrace our magical powers together!
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Multispecies storytelling
Have you ever thought about what you would ask an animal if you could speak and understand their language? This may seem like a fantasy very difficult to come true, but when we open our eyes to what happens to animals in the food industry, it feels like there is no other option than to develop magical powers to be able to face the cruel reality. Let’s embrace our magical powers together!
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Have you ever thought about what you would ask an animal if you could speak and understand their language? This may seem like a fantasy very difficult to come true, but when we open our eyes to what happens to animals in the food industry, it feels like there is no other option than to develop magical powers to be able to face the cruel reality. Let’s embrace our magical powers together!
