Mycelium Memory

because the mushrooms underneath us remember ….will we?

Hani חאני Esther Indictor Portner (they/them) is a multidisciplinary artist, educator, tour guide, historian,and Jewish witch blooming and rooting in Berlin

Photographed during a class for Hillel Deutschland

Latest posts

  • Drawings at the Club

    It was almost 3 and a half years since I went to a club. Before the pandemic started I used to be in bars and clubs almost every single week, sometimes multiple times a week performing drag, and supporting my friends and community. After finding what covid precautions I need to take to make this…

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  • 4T – The Trans Body Rights Ar/ctivist Archive -Queer Musuem Vienna

    I am so honored to be included in the 4T – The Trans Body Rights Ar/ctivist Archive exhibiton at the  Queer Museum of Vienna curated by Gin Müller & Tomka Weiß with four of my photographs sewn into the group quilt. I think combining mediums of photography and quilting is so powerful, and its so…

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  • September 18 Workshop at LSVD Regenbogenparlament

    The lesbian schwules verband Deutschland Regenbogenparlament (rainbow parliament) is coming up , and you are cordially invited 💌 🏳️‍🌈Wednesday September 18 in Potsdam from 10-16 with the theme “it takes a village -intersectional democracy promotion in rural areas 🦚Incredible speakers and discussions are planned for the morning and conclusion, and then there are  workshops in…

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Testimonials

Lou :

Hani’s events are always such a joy to go to. They put so much care into creating a non-judgmental, welcoming space for fun learning and feeling wonder at the many beautiful and powerful things our more than human relatives have to offer. The events are one of the few places left that set firm boundaries to create a covid safer space and make me feel extra relaxed thanks to that. Centering and celebrating trans disabled experiences in their work always brings so much healing power as well. I always leave restored and connected and hopeful. Wonderful offerings.

BDB :

Most wholesome, relevant group activity in Berlin. Twig’s art is accessible and activity oriented. l learned about and have a relationship with yarrow. l noticed a significant change in the energy and safety of the events when hate increased and l want that to go away. Twig’s workshops encourage a better relationship with knowledge, not based on competition and conceit, that the Berlin public desperately needs.

Rebecca Agnes :

During 2023 I joined different walks Hani offered in different seasons and places; Tegel forest in Spring, Peacock Island, and Grünewald in Summer, Swamp of Borgsdorf in Autumn. What I appreciate is the fact that each walk combines the experience of being in a natural surrounding, with its chance encounters with mushrooms, plants, and trees, with historical facts and practices of remembrance about queer life and characters often overlooked in history. Hani combines the acquisition of new knowledge related to plants with the testimony of Jewish, Queer and Trans lives in the recent past of Berlin.

Rebecca R :

Hani is such a thoughtful, caring and insightful person. They make sure everyone feels welcomed to any events that they do and they make sure to make it as acceptable as possible. I admire their eye for details and it is such a joy to listen to them when they share their wisdom and knowledge. After any encounter I had with Hani I feel slightly better. I recommend any event of Hani’s wholeheartedly.