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

Latest posts

  • Some pieces on vulnerability

    It’s Tammuz/Cancer season  , and I’m thinking about my squishy parts, and how I have gotten more exoskeletal support this year. This winter  I had an accident on the subway and bumped my eye socket hard on a pole when the car braked too fast. and I painted my black eye in this piece –…

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  • Gad Beck Yahrzeit Grave visit and beautification

    June 24- 12:00 Photo attached is the current state of Gad Beck’s grave as of April of 2024/ Nitsan 5784. We will gather to clean it and plant some new flowers and place some  colorful stones before taking the photo to submit to the Senate for the application to have his grave be a recognized…

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  • Lotte Laserstein May 27 Event Reflection

    This past Monday on May 27 I facilated and taught at an event for Queer History Month, gathering a group of people at the Spinnboden Lesbian archive to learn about Lotte Laserstein and paint our own self-portraits. Clara Julia Esclara was the guest educator, and did a wonderful job giving the participants an understanding of…

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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.