Soft Reading Session: FLINTA only mit Amelie Gappa

In the organizer's words:

In our soft reading session, we read - together, alone and to each other. From children's books for "warm reading" to poetry and song lyrics to theory on the subject of tenderness. We ask ourselves: What does softness mean to you? How can emotionality be productive or does it even have to be? And how can a caring view, especially of ourselves, be practically integrated into our everyday lives? An invitation to ask questions, reflect together and read.

The reading session takes place as part of the exhibition soft intentions.

soft intentions is about softness in all its facets: about soft, textile materials, but also about physicality, emotionality, vulnerability, emotional labor and care work. A soft experiment, a space for action guided by tenderness, closeness and attentive togetherness. An invitation to explore the extent to which softness can also be resistant.

The exhibition builds on the artistic work We in the Cave by Cologne-based artist Sophia Schach in the cave. Wir in der Höhle is not only a walk-in installation, but also a stage for an extensive, interdisciplinary program with performances, workshops, concerts and reading sessions.

The exhibition is curated by Amelie Gappa as part of the 10th anniversary of the intersectional-feminist initiative And She Was Like: BÄM!