BarLin
Barbara Bernardi & Linda Paganelli
Participatory visual art
We are two Italian artists based in Berlin. We work mainly with participatory visual art and site-specific art. Our approach is inclusive and has its foundations in a decolonial, queer * feminist, and migrant perspective. We aim to engage creatively participants of every age, gender, status, ethnicity, and creed to generate a community healing artistic practice.
MACHT SICHTBAR*
Itinerant installation
Macht sichtbar* is an itinerant light installation designed to encourage women* to be visible. It is a request to acknowledge the violence against women, to become aware of it, and to take responsibility. The light invites women to show themselves and to see their power.
NEUKÖLLN IS AUCH MEIN PLATZ!
Live-stream installation
A social-positive-creative act to become the protagonist of your living space. All individuals – regardless of gender, age, cultural background, and origin – are called to take part in a creative act of appropriation of the district. This artistic call is directed in particular at disadvantaged people who, for various reasons, do not feel that they belong to the place in which they live.
LONGING FOR HOME
Workshop & Exhibition
The workshop consists of a creative journey to explore home nostalgia. As migrant women, we share the feeling of either having left something behind or lacking something we can’t find to feel at home here and now. The participants will be empowered by expressing their feelings, share their stories, and elaborate on them artistically. The process ends with videos, mixed media possibilities, drawings, installations, and sculptures.