The works by Simon Starling (*1967) deal with natural and cultural processes of transformation. They develop from a series of mental and practical steps that appear as an experimental set-up and at the same time have the quality of a metamorphic narrative. At the centre of Starling's exhibition in the Temporäre Kunsthalle Berlin are two installations that deal with the climate as a necessary prerequisite for the existence of natural or artificial systems. In one case, a southern bloom is re-planted into a Berlin winter, whereby the method of transport ensures appropriate climatic relations; in the other case, a natural system gives conditions suitable for the presentation of sensitive artifacts. When Starling tells of these kinds of permutations, he does not deliver flawless reports or dramatic descriptions. However likely his mental and material constructions may be, they remain poetically fragile allusions that are as wilful as they are aesthetically impressive.