At the heart of the exhibition project Wir Deutschen are Black German perspectives and the question of how identity is shaped within the tension between private everyday life, the family environment, and societal images.
The photographic, installation and film works by Amon Aleme Selassie, Lily Roggemann and Michael Roggemann are based on their respective individual biographies and address experiences of belonging, representation and self-perception from perspectives that are both highly personal and socially anchored.
In a scenographic installation, Aleme Selassie creates a space of memory from his childhood, offering glimpses into a world that at first seems defined by domestic comfort and the joys of growing up: a tube television, comics, and the promise of Game Boy happiness. These objects mark a crystallizing moment – familiar at first glance, yet in their personal significance extending far beyond everyday items. They speak of an apparently ordinary life within a society in which belonging is repeatedly called into question. Everyday experiences, such as the recurring demand to …
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Image above: Wir Deutschen, roam projects e. V.
