Rooting-Sessions

“Wurzelgemüse” are at the beginning of the rooting sessions. For artist Işıl Eğrikavuk, cooking and eating together is the beginning of a performative togetherness. Accompanied by music by Hatica Khalaj and Songo, we invite you to put down your first roots and return again and again.

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Rooting means drawing energy and grounding yourself as a collective.

Rooting never stands alone.

Rooting creates connections between bodies, stories and materialities.

Roots are carriers of memory and resistance. They supply our ecosystems with energy. They stand for life, rebirth and connection. But roots can also be a metaphor for identity politics discussions: they are instrumentalized in the sense of “originality” for racist, sexist and classist demarcations.

The Rootings Sessions series opposes this appropriation. The sessions draw on the connections of roots to BIPoC and queer-feminist liberation struggles. In times of crisis, they invite us to draw on the social intelligence of plants. Instead of disappearing or isolating, the aim is to take root together. In contrast to Western imperialist forms of conflict resolution, we want to think about resistance, resilience and solidarity around the world and learn from each other. The recurring sessions are intended to create a breeding ground in which we can ground ourselves and grow beyond ourselves.

Rooting means weaving / waiting / resting / loving / publishing / dwelling / archiving.

Işıl Eğrikavuk

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Işıl Eğrikavuk

Hatica Khalaj

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Sebastian Lina

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Dany Yako

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Ava Binta Giallo

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