LOVE? featuring FEMDOM

I think love as we see it in a normative way, I think yeah for me it’s just cheesy, but when I think about love and black spaces and black queer spaces it’s just that one feeling and it just makes me happy

Femdom

Jane, also known as Femdom, is a nonbinary artist based in Cologne, Germany. They have had success with live shows, including at the Schwuz in Berlin, and are set to release their first album «WET» on November 11th through their label ADHD records. Femdom›s music is characterized by smooth beats and sublime rhythms, combined with soft vocals and a salacious undertone. In their lyrics, the artist shares their perspective on healing, consent, and sex from a Black queer perspective, giving anger the space it sometimes needs to breathe in their music. Instagram: @femdom_music Pronouns: they/he/she Links: https://linktr.ee/femdom_music

What is love and how do we all deal with it? How have we learned about love and what has love taught us? How has love changed our lives and how does it change?

Amro, Femdom, and Lex … Three queer artists from Cologne tell of love in their childhood, their first love stories, the exclusion dynamics of love that do not reflect the diversity of identities, and their own definition of love. The videos will be displayed in the exhibition “LOVE?” at the Rautenstrauch Joest Museum in Cologne.

Video production by In-Haus Media 2022

“LOVE?” Featuring Aaro

Do you tell yourself that you love yourself?

sometimes in my head, I don’t say it out loud. When I actually do something based on love, I feel that there was zero intentions of anything. It was something really genuine from inside, then I look at myself, and tell me self: ‘good one, love you’

Aaro

Amro, also known as Aaro, is an independent Egyptian artist based in Cologne, Germany and co-founder of @adhd_records. They began their journey in electronic music production in their hometown in Egypt in 2011, and in 2017 moved to Germany to continue making their own music. Two years later, they started a career as a DJ.

What is love and how do we all deal with it? How have we learned about love and what has love taught us? How has love changed our lives and how does it change?

Amro, Femdom, and Lex … Three queer artists from Cologne tell of love in their childhood, their first love stories, the exclusion dynamics of love that do not reflect the diversity of identities, and their own definition of love. The videos will be displayed in the exhibition “LOVE?” at the Rautenstrauch Joest Museum in Cologne.

Video production by In-Haus Media 2022

Die Baustelle: “How political are languages?” with Sharon Dodua Otoo

An Interview with Sharon Dodua Otoo about Languages, Political Literature and more..

“yeah so for people to use their own languages from their own cultures from their parents and families from non-german countries and still create in those languages write songs write poetry write novels I think it’s a very political act”

Sharon Dodua Otoo

Sharon Dodua Otoo participated in the project “Die Baustelle. Aus Konservierung wird Konversation”, which aimed to create a democratic space within a museum setting. The project sought to address questions such as how a museum can become a place for shared memories in a diverse society, and how to include a variety of voices without resorting to superficial or one-time events. Otoo, a writer and political activist, contributed new texts to the project. She is known for her prose and essays, and her debut novel “Ada’s Raum” (2021) has been translated into several languages. and in 2016, she won the Ingeborg Bachmann Prize. https://sharonotoo.com/bio

More about “Die Baustelle. Aus Konservierung wird Konversation“

“LOVE?” featuring Lex

tips on how we talk about love? … well first start talking about it … I feel like most people just assume that everyone has the same idea of love and then you find out on the way that you don’t and then things get very messy, we all have our yes and no-nos and those boundaries should be set in every kind of relationship and without them you can’t be loved properly

Lex

Ley Ghafouri [they/them], also known as Lex, an Iranian-German mixed, independent, and non-binary artist based in Cologne, Germany. Since 2012, Lex has been working in the music industry, supporting new artists and helping them find their voices through the writing of lyrics and recording of vocals and guitars for selected projects. Rarely seen in the spotlight, Lex›s sulky voice and smooth guitar riffs add a warm and inviting sound to any project or genre, evoking feelings of longing and belonging. Instagram: @lex.tape

What is love and how do we all deal with it? How have we learned about love and what has love taught us? How has love changed our lives and how does it change?

Amro, Femdom, and Lex … Three queer artists from Cologne tell of love in their childhood, their first love stories, the exclusion dynamics of love that do not reflect the diversity of identities, and their own definition of love. The videos will be displayed in the exhibition “LOVE?” at the Rautenstrauch Joest Museum in Cologne.

Video production by In-Haus Media 2022

LOVE?: Lernen und verlernen und wieder lernen von Liebe

Was ist Liebe und wie gehen wir alle damit um? Wie haben wir über Liebe gelernt und was hat uns Liebe gelehrt? Wie hat uns Liebe unser Leben verändert und wie verändert sie sich?

Amro, Femdom, und Lex… Drei queere Künstlerinnen aus Köln erzählen von der Liebe in ihrer Kindheit, ihren ersten Liebesgeschichten, den Ausschlussdynamiken von Liebe, die nicht die Vielfalt von Identitäten widerspiegeln, und ihrer eigenen Definition von Liebe.

Die Videos werden in der Ausstellung “LOVE?” im Rautenstrauch Joest Museum in Köln ausgestellt.

Videoproduktion von In-Haus Media 2022

Untangle The Threads – I MISS YOU

Unlocked sound of unlocking threads: Salma Abdo, Fadi Elias
Agierende Hände / Performing hands: Peju Layiwola

Die gezeigten audiovisuellen Bilder der Benin-Bronzen sind eine sinnliche Erfahrung mit der inneren Gefühlswelt der Schätze.
Die Idee begann mit einer abstrakten Aufnahme von Prof. Peju Layiwola während sie die nummerierten Etiketten von den Schätzen löste, um den Benin-Bronzen metaphorisch Freiheit zu schenken. Alle gefilmten Schätze befinden sich normalerweise in Glasvitrinen, in denen die Besucher sie nur aus der Distanz betrachten können. Aber wie fühlt es sich an, diese zu berühren, und wie klingt das?


Die Idee wurde klarer, als Peju Layiwola mit einer der Glocken aus den Benin-Bronzen hantierte. Während sie die Glocke bewegte, entsprang ein Ton aus ihr, den man nicht hören kann, wenn man die Glocke nicht berührt.


Mit dieser Filminstallation wollten wir das Museumserlebnis erweitern, indem wir Schätze und andere Elemente nicht nur aus der Ferne in geschützten Glasvitrinen betrachten, sondern auch hörbar machen, was für Geräusche es macht, wenn man das Werk berührt – eine neue Form des Geschichtenerzählens. Es ist die Chance, das Erfahrung von Textur und Material über Ton und Video zu vermitteln.

Mehr Infos über die Ausstellung: https://rjm-imissyou.de/

Because it’s my #Story: For the Love of Dysphoria

“We are all born stars. We just choose how to shine our light. And the best time to do that is after days and long moments of darkness. It’s never my destruction. It’s an everyday birth. I literally feel like I’m born every day. I don’t know if this is related to being transgender or is it just a coping mechanism with reality and pain and dysphoria and transitioning and feeling like I’m the prisoner of a body that I don’t feel completely connected to? Will I ever be strong to look for me in you? I don’t know. I always wanted to be part of society or the mainstream people. Until I discovered that I lived for more than that, I left to stand out and not to fit them, nor fit in. It’s a celebration of diversity. Society’s attitude must change. But I will always look through you.“

Micha

  • Story von: Micha Adarian
  • Photos von: Salma Abdo

Der Geschichte ein Gesicht geben – und Namen Turan Özkücük

“Wessen Erinnerung zählt?  In einer vielheitlichen Gesellschaft muss das Erbe aus vielen Erinnerungen bestehen, also multiperspektivisch sein” (Dr. Mark Terkessidis)

30.10.1961 – 30.10.2021

60 Jahre Anwerbeabkommen zur Entsendung von Arbeitskräften aus der Türkei nach Deutschland

Vielen Dank an alle, die ihre Geschichte mit uns geteilt haben. Und danke an Nuran Kançok vom AWO Bezirksverband Mittelrhein e.V. für die Unterstützung. #60Jahre #Anwerbeabkommen #Gastarbeiter #Asylbewerber #Zuwanderer #Fremdarbeiter