DWeb Camp 2026

The Tree of Life: Insects! — Deborah Tien & "Wild Webs of Care"
2026-07-09 , Kinderopolis

Each day at KINDEROPOLIS, children will explore the natural surroundings at Alte Hölle and the "Tree of Life." Today, we explore the Wonderful World of Insects and the Seedlings will take a field trip to the "Wild Webs of Care" installation and enjoy a special presentation by Deborah Tien.


Each day we will focus on a different class of the Animal Kingdom (Animalia). We will highlight the interconnectedness and cooperation that is important to all life on Earth: from insects, birds and mammals big and small, including us!

Over the course of our time together at DWeb Camp, we will grow the “The Tree of Life” and consider our "kinship" with nature.

Wild Webs of Care is a participatory installation, resting space, and ritual environment, mapping our message through vibes and embodiment, rather than explanation.

Visitors enter a space woven with spider web geometry: threads radiating from a central altar outward to the edges, where alternative hardware waits to be touched and tested. Practitioners of embodied care (massage, acupressure, somatic work) tend to bodies throughout the day. A bell rings, and for 5-10 minutes, a facilitator gathers whoever is present for a short spark rooted in the West African story of Anansi and how might we take back control of our narratives.

Andi served as teaching artist and site arts coordinator in San Francisco public schools for over two decades. As project coordinator for ArtsEd4All, she creates curriculum, conducts workshops, hosts film screenings, and organizes participatory community events such as the annual Blake Mini Library book drive for Hamilton Families, Civic Season with Made By Us, and open-ended play with The Blue Marbles Project. Her creative partners include composer/musician Marcus Shelby, First Voice led by artistic directors Brenda Wong Aoki and Mark Izu, The Last Hoisan Poets (poets Genny Lim, Flo Oy Wong and Nellie Wong), Del Sol String Quartet, and the Internet Archive.

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Deborah Tien is a co-founding steward of the Relational Tech Project, navigating how we may shift technology culture to be more relational: playful, participatory, and place-based.

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