Roam projects

Labour of Love
13 positions on invisible labour, gender power and societal equality

📌 Opening Friday, 27.2, 6-9 pm

The exhibition includes works by 13 female* artists who address questions of art production and the everyday. Modes of labour historically coded as "women's work" are examined not only in terms of their ambivalence between fulfillment and hardship, but also with regard to strategies for improving working conditions through networking, research, and political engagement.

Curated by Bettina Semmer, the exhibition symbolically opens on Equal Pay Day and addresses the tension between artistic production and everyday care work.

The accompanying program expands on these themes, including a panel talk on March 7 and a children's painting workshop on March 14.

Artists: Solweig de Barry, Elisa Jule Braun, Paula Breuer, Roberta Cotterli, Josephine Hans, Maria Kallau, Sarah Loibl, Toni Mauersberg, Anna Nezhnaya, Sophia Novosel, Yurika Saito, Marta Vovk, Cora Wöllenstein

Feb 27 - Mar 14, 2026 at roam projects, Lindenstr. 91, 10969 Berlin
Curated by Bettina Semmer, supported by the roam Team







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Safe Space Storytelling
This event is dedicated to share, discuss and talk about POC perspectives during the GDR and today. We are thrilled about the podiums panel consisting of:

Initiator and artists
Contemporary Witness and portrayed protagonist Conny Roggemann-Heuer
&
Head of the Work against Rasicm department, Amadeu Antonio Foundation Dr. Patrice Poutrus
Moderated by the one and only .mergler, project manager and 2nd chair of roam projects e.V.

The audience is cordially invited to participate

As well this is the last chance to see the exhibition - we are opening until 8 pm ❤️‍🔥

See you tomorrow

February = Black History Month 💖

'Wir Deutschen' is presented during Black History Month, a time dedicated to remembering, honoring, and celebrating Black histories and voices. While the exhibition engages with Black German perspectives in the GDR through the works of Lily and Michael Roggemann, based on the biography of Cornelia Roggemann-Heuer, this month also invites reflection on broader historical contexts. 

In the former GDR, the socialist state positioned itself as anti-imperialist and anti-racist, presenting racism as a problem of capitalist societies. At the same time, Black people came to East Germany to study, work, or seek asylum ​​, often through international solidarity programs and bilateral agreements with countries in Africa and Asia.

While educational and professional opportunities were created, everyday experiences often revealed a gap between official ideology and lived reality. Racism was frequently denied rather than openly addressed, leaving little room to speak about discrimination.

These tensions between solidarity and silence, ideology and everyday life are part of Black German history.

By situating personal and family stories within these histories, the exhibition offers a lens to understand identity, belonging, and representation.

Last chance to visit! ✨

Open Friday, 4-7 pm and Saturday, 4-8 pm

Final day (Saturday): Safe Space Storytelling at 5 pm
with Amon Aleme Selassie (exhibiting artist), Cornelia Roggemann-Heuer (contemporary witness of the GDR), and Patrice Poutrus (head of the department 'Work Against Racism' at the Amadeu Antonio Foundation)




Photo Credits:
1&2: Film stills from 'Ich wusste gar nicht, dass ich eine andere Hautfarbe hatte. Eine Kindheit in der DDR' by Lily Roggemann
3: Photo from the private family archive of Cornerlia Roggemann-Heuer by Michael Roggemann

The exhibition is funded by



Bezirkskulturfonds Berlin