Programme 2025

On connection*

In summer 2025, we will continue the process with Tachi, Tanja Kodlin, Daria Nazarenko, Oliver Gather, Stefan Kauertz, and in cooperation with the VHS Ratingen, the Ratingen City Archive, the municipal senior centre, and the municipal youth centre in Ratingen-West. The project is financially supported by the Cultural and Social Foundation of Provinzial Rheinland and the InfRaWest Fund.

Monday, 14 July and Thursday, 31 July 2025
Meeting point: Berliner Platz
5:00 – 6:30 p.m.
Walks through Ratingen-West
with Tanja Kodlin, Oliver Gather, Daria Nazarenko, Tachi, Jörg Althen, Anne Schülke

The walks introduce participants to the artists, their practices, the workshop topics, and the neighbourhood. For more information and to register, please visit the VHS Ratingen website. Or send an email to parrotsandswans.com

Thursday, 7 August to Thursday, 28 August 2025
Workshops at various locations in Ratingen-West:

Speaking Images
with Tachi and Anne Schülke

Surviving the Cold
with Tanja Kodlin

At the Pulse
with Daria Nazarenko

Plant Consultation
with Oliver Gather

For more information and to register, please visit the VHS Ratingen website.
Or send an email to parrotsandswans.com

Thursday, 28 August 2025
Jugendclub West
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Film screening and discussion:
Liebe, D-Mark und Tod by Cem Kaya
with Tachi, Stefan Kauertz, Sebastian Barteleit, Anne Schülke

Thursday, 4 September 2025
Berliner Platz and Schwanen Teich
7:00 – 10:00 p.m.
Performances:

At the Pulse
by Daria Nazarenko

At the Core
with Tanja Kodlin

Final Meeting with Houseplant
by Oliver Gather

We are the vulnerable
by Anne Schülke

If you’d like to stay informed, email us at mail@parrotsandswans.com or follow us on Instagram: @parrots_and_swans

The events take place in cooperation with VHS Ratingen and the Ratingen City Archive, the municipal senior centre and youth centre in Ratingen-West, and are financially supported by the Cultural and Social Foundation of Provinzial Rheinland and the InfRaWest Fund.

On connection is the title of an essay by Kae Tempest. #readit