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NOW AT ARBEITSZIMMER THEALIT

  • Opening:
  • 2nd of October at 7 pm 

  • Open Studio:
  • October 3 to 7, from 2 to 6 p.m.

  • At Arbeitszimmer thealit
  • St. Jürgen-Str. 157/159 Bremen

They write about their project: "A leitmotif of our work is fluidity—as a metaphor for identities that change shape as bodies move through spaces. We are interested in how individuals interact with specific places and how these experiences influence a sense of place identity." Hydro-Diaspora focuses on identities that flow and transform incessantly. "In our work, all ‘bodies’, human and non-human, are understood as flowing beings, like tributaries emerging from a single stream. We envision a diaspora of beings connected by water and understand identity in its essence as fluid mobility.

As queer migrants in Bremen, we take our own location and experience as both a starting point and a transitional space. The first axis begins in Pohang, Korea—an industrial city and Jaehwa's home—where we interview two undocumented migrants, to make migrant perspectives visible and break through migration discourses that are shaped by Eurocentric frameworks. The second axis connects the waterways of the Han River in Seoul and the Paldang Dam in Gyeonggi Province with the rivers in Bremen. We interweave the flows of water with our bodies and stories. […] Centering the fluidities of queerness, migration, bodies, and water, we seek to create an artistic space that builds new narrative communities and sensorial solidarities.”

Sulme & Jae-Nder Fluid is a Korean artist duo composed of Yeosulme Kang (b. 1995) and Jaehwa Baek (b. 1993), working between Bremen and South Korea.
Yeosulme Kang completed the Diplom and Meisterschüler at Hochschule für Künste Bremen (DE). Jaehwa Baek studied Fine Arts at Hongik University (KR), completed his undergraduate degree at Coventry School of Art & Design (GB), and received an MFA from Hochschule für Bildende Künste Hamburg (DE).

As a duo, they are working in video and installation, especially through illusory imagery and nonlinear spatial arrangements. Their practice centers on fluidity and the notion of “spatial identity,” addressing stories of queer-migrant individuals and spatiality, linguistic experiences as migrants, and the deconstruction of the symbolism embedded in migration-related architectures.

Come on by!

This project is supported by the Senator für Kultur Bremen 2025 (Queer Culture section), Arts Council Korea, and the GyeongGi Art Foundation.

Steph Hanna will offer a free three-day workshop with elements of somatic bodywork on the topic of powerlessness and participation, Ohnmacht und Mitmacht, during an intermission at Arbeitszimmer thealit, St.-Jürgen-Str. 157/159, Bremen, in October.

  • Workshop
  • October 10, 6:00-8:00 p.m.
  • October 11, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.
  • October 12, 11:00 a.m.-2:00 p.m.

  • Registration is now open: 
  • sh(at)stephaniehanna.de

Only 12 slots available

Steph Hanna describes the workshop as follows: "How can power be distributed and exercised in a socially just manner within a group? How can we avoid creating a power vacuum that would once again be filled by the most greedy and attention-seeking members of humanity? In a three-day workshop, we will explore this question physically and intellectually. To this end, we will deepen our body awareness and perceive what is happening within us and around us. This simultaneous presence with all our senses is the basis for our joint reading—which will also get us moving again. We think in motion, as a collective body. And in practice, this inevitably leads to further questions, such as:

How do we listen to someone else without prejudice, how do we accept them unconditionally? 

How can we behave inclusively and still feel protected ourselves at the same time?

Somatic bodywork offers several methods for this purpose. It can connect us to an intuitive 'pool of knowledge.' All physical exercises can be designed to be inclusive and individually tailored. For collective exploration, I offer a selection of text excerpts (e.g., by Michel Foucault, Vaclav Havel, Ursula K. Le Guin, Lynn Margulis, Pauline Oliveiros, Arundhati Roy, and Robin Wall Kimmerer, in English and/or German). You are also welcome to bring your own text excerpts that inspire you and fit into this framework. Please also bring comfortable clothing that allows you to move freely and something to write with."

More about the proeject and about Steph Hanna

This advance invitation from Camila Flores-Fernández to her project on critical queer urban history as part of Re Capitulating. queer is still looking for participants! It is aimed at queer people who live or have lived in Bremen – everyone else is warmly invited to pass on the flyer for her project Living Otherwise to anyone who might be interested.

"OPEN CALL FOR PARTICIPANTS / Looking for Bremen-based queer people (individuals, couples, groups, etc) for an exploratory artistic project / DATES: Participation would require around 2-3 hours of a single day. / Possible days are November 25, 26, 27, 28 or 29, of 2025. / THE PROJECT: "Living Otherwise" / This project focuses on the liveability of queer people in European cities, focusing on Germany's shifting sociopolitical climate. Through conversations and photography, I will trace how queer individuals and couples-especially those navigating intersections of migration, race, and class-negotiate visibility, safety, and belonging in urban spaces that proclaim inclusivity. / 

This work foregrounds embodied counter-narratives to rising conservatism, asking: What does it mean to live queerly in cities branded as queer-friendly? / THE ARTIST: Camila Flores-Fernández / I'm a Berlin-based, Peruvian queer artist, I will develop this project during the "Re Capitulating. queer II" residence at thealit Frauen. Kultur.Labor in Bremen, on November 2025. / THE RESIDENCY: Re Capitulating. queer II / The residency "Re Capitulating. queer II" hosts artistic and theoretical projects at Arbeitszimmer thealit in Bremen, focusing on structured revisitations of queer history, politics, and the impact of conflict.

If you are interested, please contact:

Camila Flores-Fernández (1996, Lima, Peru) is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher currently based in Berlin. She holds an MSc in Cultural Anthropology and an MA in Media Arts Cultures. She works mainly with video and written word, employing experimental and participatory methodologies to delve into sociopolitical topics related to migration, gender, and urban marginality. Her focus is on community-based creation that highlights overlooked perspectives and stories wherever she is.

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