Exhibition Hall Alte Schmelze, Gutleutstraße 294, Frankfurt am Main
Always and Forever – Strategies and Perspectives on Care is devoted to the highly political topic of care and advocates for equality, exchange, and community. The exhibition at Alte Schmelze on the Milchsack site presents artistic positions from various disciplines. In this context, the concept of care is understood beyond the themes of caregiving, motherhood, and the role of women.
Programm
Thursday, 18 June 2026
Arrival: 09:30
Welcome: 10:00
10:30–12:30 Panel 1 – Care and Democracy: Democracy Needs Care – Care Needs Democracy
Talk by Dr. Johanna Leinius (Managing Director, Cornelia Goethe Center for Gender Studies) and poetry by Iris Welker-Sturm (writer/poet), moderation by Dr. Sarah Mühlbacher (Goethe University Frankfurt). Discussion and dialogue with the audience.
12:30–14:00 Uhr Lunch Break
Short guided tour of the exhibition at the *Alte Schmelze*
14:00–16:00 Uhr Panel 2 – Care in non-caring environments
Presentations by Dr. Céline Barry, Research Associate at the Center for Interdisciplinary Women's and Gender Studies at the Technical University of Berlin, and members of the Center for Contemporary Arts Afghanistan in Exile (CCAA), moderation by Prof. em. Dr. Helma Lutz (Goethe University Frankfurt)
16:30 Uhr
Aperitif with a short talk by Gabriele Juvan on the *k*innen collection
Friday, 19 June 2026
Arrival: 9:30
Welcome: 9:50
10:00–12:00 Uhr Panel 3 – Becoming Parents: Becoming Parents: Parenthood Between Reality and Social Media
Presentation by Viktoria Rösch, Research Associate at the Competence Center for Social Intervention Research (KomSI) at the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, followed by a book presentation of *Becoming Parents* by Janine Bächle (photographer and artist), moderation by Sophia Schorr (Goethe University Frankfurt)
12:00–13:30 Uhr Lunch Break
Brief guided tour of the exhibition at the *Alte Schmelze*.
13:30–15:30 Uhr Panel 4 – Care as Artistic Practice
Lecture by Dr. Jessica Ullrich, Acting Professor of Art Studies and Aesthetics at the Academy of Fine Arts Münster, titled "Make Kin, Not Babies: Interspecies Care as Artistic Practice," followed by insights into the work of the *Archiv Frau und Musik* (Archive of Women in Music) presented by Jelena Rothermel, Research Associate and Coordinator at the Archive, moderation by Prof. Dr. Frederike Middelhoff (Goethe University Frankfurt)
15:45 Uhr (approx. 30 min.) Resonance Space of Care / Interactive Violin Performance with Laura Zarina
*Always and forever* is part of World Design Capital Frankfurt RheinMain 2026 and also accompanies the centenary of the founding of GEDOK by Ida Dehmel in 1926.
*Always and forever – Strategies and Perspectives on Care at the Alte Schmelze* is made possible through the support of the Landesstiftung Miteinander in Hessen, the Frankfurt am Main Cultural Office, the Cornelia Goethe Center for Gender Studies, the Archive of Women in Music, and WDC 2026.
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