Through a shifted perspective, we navigate the neglected spaces of the former animal testing facility at Mäusebunker and the adjacent forest and nature reserve. Only a few meters apart, both spaces are products of a divided vision of the world, one where nature and culture do not merge.  Both places are no longer accessible to humans. In the case of the bunker, all walls and doors are sealed to protect “us” from its potential toxic air, whereas the nature reserve is fenced to protect it from “us”— humans. While the now-abandoned Mäusebunker holds the memory and echoes of countless lost lives, the building and its surrounding open up a possibility to reimagine our relationship with all non-human cohabitants. Standing on these divided grounds, how can we envision future spaces of coexistence?

This research and the video installation were part of the “Festival for Urban Wellbeing around the Mäusebunker”, curated by Urbane Praxis e.V.