Großer ungeordneter Aufmarsch der Holobionten
2026
On July 25, 2026, the “United Holobiontic Protection Alliance” will hold a collective march to advocate for the equal rights of all human and non-human beings and to celebrate urban green spaces.
If YOU would like to become a member of the “United Holobiontic Protection Alliance,” participate in the march, or simply get more information about the project, I’d love to hear from you at info@judithegger.com.
Over the coming weeks, more details about the project will also be published on this page.
In April 2025, the global grassroots movement “United Holobiontic Protection Alliance” (UHPA) was founded. Judith Egger donned a cockroach costume, while the other three holobionts* in the group were primarily made of organic material. Each of these holobionts represents a metaorganism that harbors many smaller organisms. It is an important part of the “web of life” that sustains us all. Most holobionts speak languages inaudible to humans, so the cockroach has volunteered to speak for them and advocate for their interests and rights. The first manifesto of the United Holobiontic Protection Alliance, which it presented to the audience in a universal spoken language, was an urgent call to respect the interests and rights of holobionts and to protect the fragile balance of life on Earth.
The UPAH advocates for a new relationship with all living things—one that is not characterized by dominance, separation, and subjugation, but rather by an understanding of mutual dependence and deep interconnectedness.
To underscore the urgency of this cause, a large gathering of holobionts and their sympathizers will head to several key green spaces in downtown Munich in the summer of 2026 and enliven them through interventions. The Holobionts’ procession thus addresses the great value of these open spaces by walking through them, honoring them, and activating them through artistic actions and new rituals (dance, music, singing, sprinkling water, holobiont invocations). In doing so, the holobionts express loving care and set the intention to protect and preserve the green spaces.
*“Holobiont” is a concept from biology that refers to a community of organisms living in symbiosis with one another and regarded as a single functional unit, a kind of ecosystem or metaorganism. The characteristics of a holobiont are unstable; however, there is an ongoing transformative dialogue between all the organisms connected within it. Humans themselves are a classic example of a holobiont. Animals, plants, and even the Earth are all part of a single, vast holobiont in which humans play only a modest role.