Ouroboras

The first time I came to Germany, I tried to make sense of my foreign presence in this country. I looked at an image of a snake eating its own tail, an alchemical symbol for endless cycles and the relationship between birth and death…but I cannot help but think that it must hurt to bite yourself in order to become a symbol…a token. I wonder … What if we listened to the snake? How does it feel to change skin every season? Which paths did you cross before? What did those landscapes look like? ​ Ouroboras deepens our different diasporic experiences through textiles, painting, installation and photography. Melissa Antier Cárdenas, Sara Lucía Castillo, Sofía Mariaca and Katya Kanke come together in the Vorfluter Space to share charms and intimate stories of protection, uplifting adaptability with tenderness and fantasy. The photograph of a friend, hair from a loved one, bees, wool, wax and earth enter in dialogue, not only to evoque memories but also to energize our present. We invite guest artists and the audience to give life to an open program, activating the shared space with video, reading, performance and sound, expanding the many manifestations of existing in shifting identities and territories.