always and forever – Strategien und Perspektiven zu Care

Symposium #2

Welcome at 9:50
Panel 3: Becoming Parents:
Parenting Between Reality and Social Media
10:00 – 12:00

Viktoria Rösch (sociologist at Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences) together with Janine Bächle (photographer and editor of the publication *Becoming Parents*). Q&A and discussion with the audience.

In her long-term photography project, Janine Bächle depicts her family’s everyday life in a raw and unvarnished way. She documents the changes in her body and explores the full emotional spectrum of becoming a parent.

Viktoria Rösch conducts research on representations of women and motherhood. Her work focuses on right-wing visual politics, such as the iconization of anti-feminism on social media, using the “tradwife” figure as an example.

Panel 4: Care as an Artistic Practice
13:30 – 15:30

Dr. Jessica Ullrich (visiting professor of art history and aesthetics at the Münster Academy of Fine Arts) and Jelena Rothermel (coordinator of the Archiv Frau und Musik). Followed by a discussion with the audience.

Jessica Ullrich examines how contemporary female artists are rethinking care as an interspecies relationship (Interspecies Care). The works on display extend this concept of care to human-animal relationships, revealing tensions such as intimacy and violence.

Jelena Rothermel discusses archival work as a form of care. Examples from the Archiv Frau und Musik demonstrate how, particularly in feminist archives, this care work extends not only to the media but also to their creators and mediators—the artists.

Starting at 15:45
Resonance Space of Care
Violin Performance

Laura Zarina (GEDOK FrankfurtRheinMain), praised by the press for her “unmistakable intensity,” offers visitors “acoustic care.”

Detailed programme: https://gedokfrankfurtrheinmain.de/wp-content/uploads/2026/06/01_Pressemappe_Always-and-forever_Dt_Englisch.pdf

Tickets: https://eveeno.com/103588609

• Day ticket (concession): €15
• Day ticket (standard): €17
• Combined ticket for both days (concession): €29
• Combined ticket for both days (standard): €33

Students with a valid student ID entry is free. Registration is required due to seating capacity: https://eveeno.com/103588609

Our ticket prices are based on the cost of a standard cinema ticket. We operate on a solidarity-based system, meaning that each attendee decides for themselves which option fits their financial situation.

Ticket QR codes will be scanned at the entrance. You can bring your ticket either on a digital device or printed out.

Some events will be held in German and others in English. We are committed to keeping language barriers to a minimum; therefore, translated texts will be available in advance. If needed, our team will also offer support through whispered translation.

The Symposium at the Alte Schmelze is an event organized by the artists’ association GEDOK FrankfurtRheinMain e.V. in cooperation with the Cornelia Goethe Center for Gender Studies at Goethe University Frankfurt (CGC) and the Archive for Women and Music. “Always and Forever – Strategies and Perspectives on Care” takes place on the occasion of GEDOK’s 100th anniversary and presents an exhibition, the symposium, and the event series “Images, Sounds, Words” at the Alte Schmelze.