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Rollen Gestalten
01. October 2025 - 29. February 2026
What does it mean to be young today—under the gaze, judgment, and expectations of society? How do ideals of beauty, role models, and digital spaces shape our self-image? The Rollen Gestalten project invites young people from Cologne-Meschenich to make their perspectives visible—creatively, critically, and on equal terms.
Foto: Yves Sanwidi
Creating with roles ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne e. V., the Meschenich Children’s and Youth Center, and Junge Stadt Köln are creating a safe, artistic space for children, teenagers, and young adults. In eight participatory workshops between November 2025 and February 2026, participants will explore gender roles and diversity issues based on their own life experiences.
Together, participants create audiovisual, interactive, and text-based media content exploring topics such as beauty ideals, critical masculinity, and loneliness in the wake of the pandemic. The resulting works are then presented on a website and made publicly available.
The workshops utilize a variety of media forms: drawing, photography, video, 360° technology, and virtual reality.
The project addresses current challenges in the lives of young people and promotes gender-sensitive media education in the Meschenich community. The findings will be incorporated into an exhibition by Junge Stadt Köln and are intended to provide professionals with new ideas for their educational work.
The findings can be viewed in a virtual exhibition on the “DeepFeel” project website.
Funding
Rollen Gestalten is a project by RRCGN in cooperation with Junge Stadt Köln and the Meschenich Children’s and Youth Center, and is funded by the City of Cologne and Sparkasse KölnBonn.
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