terra0: Autonomous Forest
Opening Hours
The events were part of Berlin Science Week on 6 November, 7 November and 8 November 2025. An NFT sale on 15 December follows.
Please check the events below for details.
Location & Directions
Locations in Berlin and online
Ticket Infos & Prices
Please visit the Autonomous Forest website to buy an NFT
Live Events
On the occasion of Berlin Science Week, LAS Art Foundation presented terra0: Autonomous Forest, a multifaceted artwork that rethinks land ownership through blockchain-based governance. Opening the project was a series of in-person discussions that took place 6, 7 and 8 November. These are followed by an NFT sale, which enables holders of cryptocurrency worldwide to acquire both an artwork and a place in the DAO that stewards the forest together through the non-profit organisation, or Verein.
Events
Thursday06.November
Launch Event with terra0 and Barbara Cueto
19:00 – 21:00 | CANK, Karl-Marx-Straße 95, 12043 BerlinLAS Art Foundation presents terra0: Autonomous Forest. A living work of art and a new techno-legal entity that reimagines ecological regeneration through collective, blockchain-based ownership.
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Thursday06.November
Launch Event with terra0 and Barbara Cueto
LAS Art Foundation presents terra0: Autonomous Forest. A living work of art and a new techno-legal entity that reimagines ecological regeneration through collective, blockchain-based ownership.
On the occasion of Berlin Science Week, LAS Art Foundation presents terra0: Autonomous Forest, a multifaceted artwork that rethinks land ownership through blockchain-based governance.
The launch event starts with a presentation of Autonomous Forest by Paul Seidler and Paul Kolling in conversation with Barbara Cueto followed by a panel discussion on Collective Ownership and the Future of Art in Web3 with Mo El Sayed (Head of Brand Development and Curator at Ledger) and Kate Brown (Senior Editor at Artnet News).
terra0’s presentation of Autonomous Forest will explain the project’s goal and functioning, delving into the processes behind the Verein/DAO structure. The conversation will continue by positioning the project in a wider framework, analysing their theory of regeneration through art historical, ecological and political perspectives. The panel explores how Web3 technologies enable new forms of collective ownership and ecological stewardship. The project’s self-governing forest challenges conventional notions of property, authorship, and institutional responsibility by using blockchain to distribute agency among humans, machines, and the environment.
The discussion examines how decentralised systems such as DAOs and tokens can reshape governance, value, and care within the art-tech ecosystem. What responsibilities and modes of care arise when artworks, collections, or infrastructures are co-owned?
Seating is limited and available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Friday21.November
Seeing the Forest for the Trees – Online Seminar with Barbara Cueto
15:00 – 17:00 | OnlineDr Barbara Cueto will participate in the online seminar Seeing the Forest for the Trees, presented by the MIT Department of Architecture and WholeTrees Structures.
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Friday21.November
Seeing the Forest for the Trees – Online Seminar with Barbara Cueto
Dr Barbara Cueto will participate in the online seminar Seeing the Forest for the Trees, presented by the MIT Department of Architecture and WholeTrees Structures.
Bringing together researchers, designers, and cultural practitioners, the seminar explores emerging approaches to sustainable forest management and wood innovation. The event accompanies the closing programme of the exhibition The Next Earth. Computation, Crisis, Cosmology at Palazzo Diedo and reflects on the material, ecological, and societal transformations shaping our shared future.
Speakers include Caitlin Mueller (MIT), Sheila Kennedy (MIT), Amelia Baxter (WholeTrees Structures), Dr Barbara Cueto (LAS Art Foundation), Nate Helbach (Neutral), Amy Berry (Tahoe Fund), Aurimas Bukauskas (RMI), and Prof. Dr Christopher Robeller (Augsburg Technical University of Applied Sciences THA)
The seminar will be accessible exclusively online to the public and will be held in English.
Monday15.December
NFT Launch with terra0
| OnlineThe NFT Sale starts on the 15 December on the Autonomous Forest website
Monday15.December
NFT Launch with terra0
The NFT Sale starts on the 15 December on the Autonomous Forest website
After the successful presentation of terra0’s Autonomous Forest in November, a project in which a German forest is managed by a blockchain-based DAO, we now invite anyone interested to purchase an NFT. The NFT serves both as an artwork and as a membership token for the community, merging the legal framework of a German Verein with the openness and accountability of blockchain technology.
Anyone can purchase an NFT with the cryptocurrency ETH directly through the terra0 website (https://autonomousforest.org/de), where the NFT sale is hosted. Priced between 0.08 and 0.1 ETH, each NFT supports the Verein financially, providing funds for the future purchase of forest land,while also granting voting rights within the community. Through the DAO, members and token holders can participate in decisions on administrative matters, making this a collaborative project that continues to grow.
Each NFT of Autonomous Forest corresponds to a specific parcel of the forest, mapped through a custom geohash grid that links physical land directly to the Ethereum blockchain. Each grid cell covers an area roughly 9.54 × 12.38 meters at Berlin’s latitude, making the NFT not just a digital token but a direct index to a tangible, measurable piece of land.
The NFTs in Autonomous Forest can be staked to acquire voting rights within the association’s Community Council (DAO). Staked NFTs become non-transferable, separating governance from market speculation, while unstaked NFTs remain freely tradable. This means that owning governance tokens is legally equivalent to membership in the Community Council.
Workshops
Friday07.November
Berlin Science Week Workshop: Who Owns the Means of Regeneration?
12:00 – 14:00 | Holzmarkt 25, Holzmarktstraße 25, 10243 BerlinCan forests hold legal power? terra0 invites you to rethink nature, law and ownership.
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Friday07.November
Berlin Science Week Workshop: Who Owns the Means of Regeneration?
Can forests hold legal power? terra0 invites you to rethink nature, law and ownership.
How do law, and historical ideas shape our relation to nature? In this workshop, led by the artist collective terra0, we will playfully explore the relationship between nature and society to ask ourselves: Should nature be recognised as a legal entity?
Focusing on the question of what it means to "own" nature in the 21st century, and the political and social challenges this idea poses, participants will receive fictional environmental profiles and assume the role of legal representatives for their designated ecosystem. Collectively, they will decide on an intervention strategy, spanning from preservationist approaches (including complete human exclusion models) to technological interventions (such as and assisted ecosystem restoration). In this way, they will be examining the implications of extending personhood and legal standing to non-human entities.
The workshop concludes with an open discussion delving into the theoretical and practical challenges of translating ecological needs into legal discourse, exploring precedents in environmental law and the tensions between human-centered legal frameworks and ecocentric approaches to environmental governance.
terra0: Autonomous Forest