3-4:30 pm

Book presentation Strömungen in Bewegung with a conversation between Luise Schröder and Christin Müller

5-6:30 pm 

Audio play Kontaktanzeigen Queere Generationendialoge in Ostdeutschland, then Luise Schröder in dialogue with Judith Geffert

As part of the exhibition Always saying out loud what’s up and I want, Luise Schröder will present her artist book published in 2025 by Fotohof. Thematically as well as aesthetically, Strömungen in Bewegung illuminates the experiences and activities of non-governmental women's and lesbian groups in the GDR of the 1980s and 1990s. Artistically edited and altered by Luise Schröder, the image and text material used in the publication originates from the GrauZone collection of the Archive of the GDR Opposition and the Spinnboden Lesbian Archive. The artist not only deals with historical gaps, but also looks at archives as powerful institutions. In their conversation, Luise Schröder and Christin Müller connect historical strategies of self-empowerment and feminist resistance practices with the present, thus offering plural and alternative perspectives on GDR history. 

Afterwards, the audio play Kontaktanzeigen Queere Generationendialoge in Ostdeutschland by Mike Dele Dittrich Frydetzki, Judith Geffert and Jule Gorke forges a link to frau anders - an underground magazine that connected and inspired numerous women and lesbians in the GDR at the end of the 1980s. There is little dialogue between the pioneers of that time and young queers today. The audio play initiates contact.