Space Junk Mobile
A training event by Digitale Welten!
The starry sky on a clear night doesn’t necessarily suggest it, but in space, orbiting our Earth, more and more waste left behind by humans is accumulating: space junk. We are facing a growing space pollution problem, because what is left behind in space does not simply disappear. And while the tech bros of this world dream of the sustainable colonization of space, Digitale Welten is training critical space junk researchers.
The training event will take place on May 8, 2026, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM at display – Raum für digitale Praxis (Berliner Straße 60, 60311 Frankfurt am Main)!
Tickets are for free, register beforehand here!
[EN]
Building on their newly developed workshop format “Space Junk Mobile” the Digitale Welten artists Kati Hyyppä and Niklas Roy invite professionals working with children and young people to a one-day training event. In the spirit of multidirectional knowledge transfer, Kati and Niklas will “teach the teachers” the necessary knowledge and tools to independently implement the workshop in their own institutions. Participants are invited to contribute their experiences as youth workers to the workshop development and the creation of learning materials and instructions.
At the end of the seven-hour event, participants will not only have the necessary know-how to independently conduct the “Space Junk Mobile” workshop; they will also have gathered valuable knowledge and fascinating facts about space, its human-caused pollution, and recycling, which they can now pass on to the next generation using artistic and practical methods.
[DE]
Aufbauend auf ihrem neu entwickelten Workshopformat „Space Junk Mobile“ laden die Digitale-Welten Künstler*innen Kati Hyyppä und Niklas Roy Fachkräfte der Kinder- und Jugendarbeit zu einer eintägigen Fortbildungsveranstaltung ein. Ganz im Sinne eines multidirektionalen Wissenstransfers vermitteln Kati und Niklas das notwendige Wissen und die Werkzeuge, um den Workshop selbstständig in Einrichtungen umzusetzen. Die Teilnehmenden sind dabei eingeladen, mit ihren Erfahrungen aus der Arbeit mit Kindern und Jugendlichen zur Workshopentwicklung und der Ausgestaltung von Lernmaterial und Anleitungen beizutragen.
Am Ende der siebenstündigen Veranstaltung verfügen die Teilnehmenden nicht nur über das nötige Know-how, um den Workshop „Space Junk Mobile“ selbstständig durchzuführen; sie haben auch wertvolle Kenntnisse und spannende Fakten rund um das Weltall, dessen von Menschen verursachte Vermüllung sowie Recycling gesammelt, die sie nun an die nächste Generation mithilfe künstlerisch-praktischer Methoden weitervermitteln können.
Who is the Workshop for?
Professionals working with children and youth, artists, educators, as well as trainees and students in related fields.
Do you need to bring something?
Not necessarily! If you want, you could bring along some interesting plastic waste that you’d like to recycle.
Access Info
- The training event will be held in German spoken language. However, the Digitale Welten team and the artists can also answer questions in English and repeat more complex information in English.
- There will be no interpreters will be present.
- The workshop room is wheelchair accessible. Unfortunately, a wheelchair-accessible restroom is currently only available in the neighboring building, but it can be used.
Collaborators
Kati Hyyppä
katihyyppa.com/Kati Hyyppä is an artist and designer who engages with technology in a way that is both fun and thought-provoking. Her humorous electronic objects and installations showcase the creative possibilities of DIY technologies. She is a big fan of open-source materials, which she uses and further develops in her work. In the spirit of the DIY movement, she leads workshops with tinkerers of all ages, working on a wide variety of devices that are built from scratch. She frequently collaborates with Niklas Roy.
Niklas Roy
Berlin, Germany
www.niklasroy.comNiklas Roy is an artist and hot-glue engineer based in Berlin. He explores art, science, and technology through the creation of installations and machines. His work is rooted in a do-it-yourself philosophy and includes objects such as giant pinball machines, luminous water organs, particle accelerators, and various types of games. He couldn’t live without cable ties. Niklas Roy also frequently collaborates with Kati Hyyppä.
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