{"id":157156,"date":"2025-12-17T12:54:38","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T11:54:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/?post_type=event-period&p=157156"},"modified":"2026-03-17T12:17:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-17T11:17:34","slug":"living-room","status":"publish","type":"event-period","link":"https:\/\/www.humboldtforum.org\/en\/programm\/laufzeitangebot\/exhibition\/living-room-157156\/","title":{"rendered":"Living Room"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Welcome to the Living Room. A gathering place of generations. This room invites you to read, relax, weave, knit, watch and listen. As part of the Family Matters<\/em> programme, it offers the opportunity to unwind, become curious and actively explore.<\/p>\n

The living room opens up access to diverse forms of family. It asks questions about how family backgrounds shape life paths and how one’s own life story is co-created or \u2018woven\u2019 together.<\/p>\n

Collective wall collage and weaving and knitting workshop series<\/strong><\/p>\n

A participatory wall collage and workshop series explores the matriarchal lines of the Wayuu community through textile art and storytelling. Following the thread of The Story of Waleker<\/strong><\/em>, visitors are invited to weave along. Visit the workshop series The Gift of the Spider<\/em><\/a><\/strong>! The project explores the rich cosmology and female lineage of the Wayuu community in northern Colombia and Venezuela. The Aliwaa collective \u2013 Sindri Gonzales Ipuana (Wayuu weaver), Stefannia Doria (curator from Colombia) and Raquel van Haver (artist from Colombia and the Netherlands) \u2013 has created the basis for a collaborative work of art. The woven or knitted contributions of visitors to the Humboldt Forum, as well as works by the Wayuu weaving community, will be added to form a collage co-created by all participants. It will continually grow until spring.<\/p>\n

The diorama Memory, Identity, Transmission<\/strong><\/em> is also a collaborative work. In a ten-day workshop, personal memories, family traditions and everyday activities were used to create this collective, transgenerational family history.<\/p>\n

Since family lineage is a central theme in the living room, we are also presenting the new short film What Difference Would It Make If I Told You?<\/strong><\/em> by \u015eOKOPOP (Ekim Acun) about inherited family secrets. Acun sheds light on his family history, whose Kurdish-Zazaki and Turkish-Armenian roots remained hidden from him for a long time. He reveals fragments of survival, activism and inherited silence \u2013 until a personal secret breaks the pattern of secrecy.<\/p>\n

Finally, discover stories about kinship, care and special relationships in the Family Library for All<\/strong>. Curated by Black Dads Germany, the selection offers a diverse range of books (from age 3) with local and global perspectives. Black Dads Germany creates safe spaces for diverse fathers and children, strengthens families and connects communities across Germany.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n

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