Fotoausstellung und Buchvernissage: HALLO UND AUF WIEDERSEHEN – Frauen in Grenzgängen des Lebens

Exhibition and book launch at &wieder
April 05-07, 2024

HELLO AND TO SEE YOU AGAIN
Women crossing the borders of life

We were all born, we will all die. The cornerstones of our lives connect us, and yet they are pushed out of our social center. Photographer and author Annika Eliane Krause accompanied nine women during the birth of their children or in their own illness and dying.
dying. In front of the camera and in personal conversations, the protagonists consciously and self-determinedly prepare themselves for their personal border crossings.

The result is a book that brings together the transitions at the beginning and end of life in a touching way. The women's honest self-exposure breaks with social taboos and yet preserves the dignity of those portrayed at every moment. Based on the deep relationship of trust between the author and those portrayed, a multi-layered picture emerges of the female view of life and death.

About the author:
Annika Eliane Krause (*1993) works as a freelance photographer and author in Cologne. She studied communication design and completed training as a doula (birth companion) and a qualification course as a volunteer death companion during the development of the book project.

Program

Friday, April 05, 2024
19.00-22.00h
We celebrate the publication with music and drinks

Saturday, April 06, 2024
12.00-20.00h
Open door for the exhibition

Sunday, April 07, 2024
12.00-21.00h
Open door & lectures

15.00h Welcome and lecture
by author and photographer Annika Eliane Krause
16.30h Discussion between the protagonists and the author
with Jule Serway-Seitz and Denise Jansen, moderated by the journalist Kathrin Rindfleisch
18.00h Lecture by a death counselor
Ulrike Heuer: What occupies people at the end of their lives? End-of-life care as an emotional benefit.
18.30h Lecture by a midwife
Alexandra Kozma: What does women's health have to do with
self-determined childbirth? Insight and outlook on midwifery work and home birth.

Location:
&again. a space for art.
Eichstrasse 6
50733 Cologne

FREE ADMISSION