During my two month residency I studied the role of matter and materiality in the formation of artistic and curatorial practices in the midst of the climate crisis. With the (working) title “Stories of Matter”, I explored questions such as the following: Does our relation to matter change at times of environmental collapse? What memories do materials hold nowadays, and how does art manifest them? Can art institutions support a growing genealogy of works based on living or decaying matter? Working as a curator and having a background in media studies, museum studies, archaeology and history of art, I wanted to revisit the understanding of art as heritage and as a commons. I examined how the legacy left for future generations might differ significantly from the one we inherited, based on the very materials used. As part of my research, I aimed to explore related practices, and to describe, discuss but also speculate what a decisive turn to natural, organic, compostable and reusable materials could mean for the artworld.