Against a white background, there is an erected rectangle with black lines. DOMiD is written in black bold letters in the center. The rectangle is open at the top left, above DOMiD; the word Lab can be seen there. The rectangle is also open at the bottom right, below DOMiD; there it says 04.

Trigger Warning!

Sensitive Objects and Topics in a Multi-Perspective Exhibition

In its exhibitions and programs, DOMiD deals with topics such as racism, war, flight and persecution. The objects on display and the stories told require both a critical and sensitive approach. Over the years, the DOMiD team members have experienced a wide range of reactions themselves and in discussions with exhibition visitors and workshop participants. Sadness, nostalgia, anger, shame, but also pride, melancholy and joy: Sometimes it was objects, sometimes situations, sometimes topics, sometimes stories that suddenly triggered intense emotions - both positive and negative.

With focus on our nationwide migration museum being created in Cologne-Kalk, Lab #04 "Trigger Warning" asks the following questions: How can objects and stories that trigger strong feelings be sensitively displayed in an exhibition? Where do we encounter these feelings, with which senses do we experience them? How can we capture feelings, react to them, give them space? How can we as a museum find a creative and spacious way of dealing with them?

As the DOMiDLabs team, we dream of a space that, in the best case scenario, shows us what we long for in a society: A little more compassion.

Deniz Weber is the curator of Lab #04 and Studio Quack is responsible for the design and construction of the final exhibition.

The outcomes of the joint work will be presented in October / November 2024 at GOLD + BETON and the Gemeinde Köln in the Ebertplatzpassage.

Handle with Care – Eine Ausstellung über Erzählungen, Gefühle und Perspektiven aus der Migrationsgesellschaft

Handle with Care is written in large black letters in the middle against a pink, cloudy background. To the right is the subtitle Eine Ausstellung über Erzählungen, Gefühle und Perspektiven aus der Migrationsgesellschaft. The Lab #04 logo can be seen at the top right. At the top left is the exhibition date 12.10. to 28.11.24 and the exhibition venue GOLD+BETON and Gemeinde Köln, Ebertplatzpassage Köln. Translated with DeepL.com (free version)

Pride, joy, sadness, nostalgia or anger: sometimes it is objects, sometimes situations, sometimes stories that can suddenly trigger intense feelings. Based on the DOMiD collection, Handle with Care – Eine Ausstellung über Erzählungen, Gefühle und Perspektiven aus der Migrationsgesellschaft is dedicated to different migration stories and the feelings associated with them. The exhibition invites visitors to share their own perspectives and react to what is on display.

Duration: 12.10. - 28.11.2024

Exhibition Opening: Friday, 11.10.2024, 6 pm to 9 pm

Exhibition venue: GOLD+BETON and Gemeinde Köln, Ebertplatzpassage, Cologne

Opening Hours
Mon - Fri: 4 pm to 8 pm
Sat - Sun: 1 pm to 8 pm

Private group tours (max. 15 participants) on request at labs@domid.org

Admission and participation in events free of charge

Program

Friday, 11.10.24, 6pm – 9pm | Exhibition Opening

Location: GOLD+BETON and Gemeinde Köln, Ebertplatzpassage, Cologne

Sunday, 20.10.24, 2:30pm | Guided tour in the exhibition

Meeting point: GOLD+BETON, please register until 18.10.2024 at labs@domid.org (max. 15 participants)

Staff from of the DOMiDLabs project will guide you through the exhibition. Participation in the event is free of charge.

Saturday, 02.11.24, 7pm - 2am | Museumsnacht Köln

Location: GOLD+BETON and Gemeinde Köln, Ebertplatzpassage, Cologne

07:00 pm - 02:00 am: Büro für museale Beschwerden (Office for Museum Complaints) – Is there something that you've always wanted to tell museums? As part of the exhibition “Handle with Care”, you have the chance to express your complaints. At the not quite official Büro für museale Beschwerden, all complaints submitted are accepted, taken seriously - and perhaps processed! Because: We at DOMiD are founding a migration museum and would like to learn from your experiences in order to make it better - yes, ideal! We look forward to your complaints!

07:30 pm: Guided tour – The DOMiDLabs team will guide you through the participatory exhibition at GOLD+BETON and Gemeinde Köln. (45 minutes)

22:00 pm: Guided tour – The DOMiDLabs team will guide you through the participatory exhibition at GOLD+BETON and Gemeinde Köln. (45 minutes)

All information about the Museumsnacht Köln can be found here.

Thursday, 14.11.24, 5:30 pm | Guided tour in the exhibition

Meeting point: GOLD+BETON, please register until 12.11.2024 at labs@domid.org (max. 15 participants)

Staff from of the DOMiDLabs project will guide you through the exhibition. Participation in the event is free of charge.

Saturday, 16.11.24, 4:00 pm – 7:00 pm | Writing workshop

Migration can trigger different emotions in each person: pride, joy, melancholy, but also sadness, nostalgia and anger. How about dealing with these feelings through creative writing?

As part of the Handle with Care exhibition, we would like to invite you to a special writing workshop. After a guided tour through the exhibition, we will explore together in the following workshop how migration, feelings and individual stories can interact through written words.

The writing workshop will be led and moderated by Yann Pouget, writing teacher and specialist in migration work. Employees of the DOMiDLabs project will guide you through the exhibition.

Come along, be inspired and express your own personal sensitivity - we look forward to seeing you!

Please register by 12.11.2024 at: labs@domid.org . After you have registered, you will receive all information on the meeting point and schedule.

Participation in the event is free of charge.

Saturday, 23.11.24, 4pm | Guided tour in the exhibition

Meeting point: GOLD+BETON, please register until 21.11.2024 at labs@domid.org (max. 15 participants)

Staff from of the DOMiDLabs project will guide you through the exhibition. Participation in the event is free of charge.

Thursday, 28.11.24, 6 pm | Guided tour in the exhibition

Meeting point: GOLD+BETON, please register until 26.11.2024 at labs@domid.org (max. 15 participants)

Staff from of the DOMiDLabs project will guide you through the exhibition. Participation in the event is free of charge.

Deniz Weber

Photo: Laurenz Bostedt

Deniz Weber is an art director and concept developer. In his work, he combines design and social aspects to create new synergies. In the past, he was responsible for the conception and realization of the participatory art and culture strategy of the HANGAR1 project. Supported by the Fonds Soziokultur, HANGAR1 was a platform for encounters and civic engagement at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin. He has also realized projects for the NRW-Forum Düsseldorf, the Berlin art laboratory S 27, the Zentrum für Aktion, Kultur und Kommunikation (zakk) and the Filmwerkstatt Düsseldorf. As the founder of the multi-local collective _thek, Deniz Weber has been creating temporary, modular "spaces for exchange" at various locations and on various occasions since 2016 and, together with a team, launched the non-profit project Solidari_thek. Deniz Weber lives in Cologne.

Studio Quack – Bricolage é Urbanisme

The collaborative workstructure Studio Quack – with Pauli Muszi, Jan-Philipp Neuer and Thomas Quack – works at the intersection of art, design and architecture. Their profession is temporary installations, interventions in public space, graphic and exhibition design. They are focused on the experiment and a sustainable use of materials. These materials are reused or leftovers. Depending on the location and the task, the approach, the object and the materials change. Studio Quack works throughout Europe with artists, architects, artisans, and institutions on human scale projects which are deeply rooted in the local condition of changing both the original character of the place and the perspective of the spectator.