like a river, grief wants to move and flow

⪼ Exhibition | Exhibition September 27 - October 19, 2025

Inspired by a quote from Camille Sapara Barton, the group exhibition "like a river, grief wants to move and flow" approaches processes of collective mourning and eco-social transformation through installation, video, sound, performance and community. The exhibition focuses on the Rhine as a living organism and makes it tangible as a place of remembrance, resistance and movement. Grief appears as a flowing, transformative force that shapes social and ecological processes. Myths and narratives surrounding water are reinterpreted from decolonial and feminist perspectives.

Inspired by a quote from Camille Sapara Barton, the group exhibition "like a river, grief wants to move and flow" approaches processes of collective grief and eco-social transformation through installation, video, sound, performance, and community.
The exhibition places the Rhine at its center as a living organism, making it tangible as a site of remembrance, resistance, and movement. Grief emerges as a flowing, transformative force that shapes social and ecological processes. Myths and narratives surrounding water are re-read from decolonial and feminist perspectives.

Program

September 27, 2025 - Conjuring Water Ghosts, 18h
- 19 h Opening performance by Farah Wind (Sound) in dialog with Tanya Gautam aka Moonlit Brooks (poetry) / by Farah Wind (Sound) in dialog with Tanya Gautam aka Moonlit Brooks (poetry)

- Set von Ivonne Sheen Mogollón aka DJ Piraña mit Visuals von miguel marañas / by Ivonne Sheen Mogollón aka DJ Piraña with visuals by miguel marañas

- Food intervention by / by Marie Donike

October 19, 2025 - Rhine Daughter Hauntings, 15h
- Performances from / by .DENCUENTRO
- Konzert von / concert by Sofía Magdits Espinoza

Öffnungszeiten / opening hours

28.9., 18.10., 14-18h and / and 3.10., 4.10., 5.10., 11.10. 16-18h

Artists & Contributions | Artists & Contributions

With Sofía Magdits Espinoza, Marie Donike, Ivonne Sheen Mogollón, Farah Wind, Moonlit Brooks, Constanza Ruiz Campusano & Greta Salgado Kudrass (.DENCUENTRO), Hannah Kuhlmann, Olga Holzschuh and Mira Siering

Venue | Location: Rheinufer & Q18, Cologne
An event within Practices of Collective Grieving

12.10. WALKING WITH WATER GHOSTS. when power plants turn into springs, 11-17 h, Anmeldung unter / registration at: nada.schroer@tu-dortmund.de, Teilnahme begrenzt / limited participation