MOTHER LOVE

MOTHER LOVE is the third Art & Rights event of our series VOICE OF ART. In this Art & Children's Rights event we dedicate ourselves to the challenge of the theme transcendentally.

An international group of prestigious Artists have faced the task of channeling a universal force through current works, whose facet richness ranges from the smile of a child, the love of a mother, a father to their children, to a power that unites people across boundaries and cultural differences to one - MOTHER LOVE.

The exhibition presents itself in various forms and will tour through different environments. The works of the Artists unfold their force comprehensive and uniting. During the opening of the event, their works, lovingly and protectively, provide a framework for the paintings of children from the Arbat refugee camp near Sulaymaniyah in northern Iraq. Furthermore the exhibition acts as an ambassador for the power of Art as a valuable element for a peaceful dialogue within public and political discourses. For the opening of the event and exhibition a catalogue will be released.

Educational youth programme

Time frame: 21 to 28 November, 2016

We invite Berlin schools to discuss the topics refugee, war, displacement and article 37 & 38 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child in an additional educational programme with their students. We are providing a first introduction to these subjects, in the frame of our exhibition, and furthermore a support by teaching materials. Our aim is to promote an open discussion with young people to these important topics in order to prevent cut and dried opinions and racism.

MOTHER LOVE | Berlinale 2017

10 to 17 February 2017 | 11 am to 7 pm

Winter garden of the "Refugee Film Cafe"
Potsdamer Platz, Stresemannstraße 95, 16. Stock
10963 Berlin

On occasion of the Berlinale 2017 from the 10th to 17th of February, the exhibition MOTHER LOVE resides in the winter garden of the "Refugee Film Cafe" on the 16th floor with a view over the rooftops of Berlin and amidst of the pulsating activities of the famous film festival BERLINALE at the Potsdamer Platz.

The "Refugee Film Café" welcomes the international visitors of the Berlinale and the Berliners and invites you to a dialogue - about actors, films, cinema in general, international film and media culture as well as the situation of the new arrivals in our city, in Germany and in Europe. Film screenings of selected short and long films from refugee countries will provide an additional perspective on the current filming of migrants.

Programme

Art and political participation | "Liberal Alphabet"

The office of the Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom | FNF Lebanon and Syria solemnly opens the new series "Liberal Alphabet", starting with the letter A = Art and political participation.

In this context the exhibition MOTHER LOVE is invited to represent the subject of art and political participation. In doing so, she stands comprehensive for the goals of our entire series VOICE OF ART, in which MOTHER LOVE is the third event.

VOICE OF ART is committed to establishing a sustainable awareness of the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights as well as strengthening the power and importance of art for elementary social, political processes and to enrich the public discourse on the basis of a peaceful dialogue.

Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom | FNF Lebanon and Syria

According to the UNHCR Midyear Report 2016, around 64 million people were on the run worldwide. They fled war, political and religious persecution, Human Rights violations and humanitarian disasters. According to the Human Rights organisation Pro Asyl, 2016 at least 5,096 people died during the passage in the Mediterranean sea or are missing. And it must be feared that this terrible situation will continue in 2017.

The exhibition MOTHER LOVE will be presented at the end of the event as part of a church service for the dead at the EU borders.

Art & Children's Rights Event

November, 2016 to June, 2017

Children on the run

Convention on the Rights of the Child

Art - a message of love

The Artists

Exhibition | Opening

International Day of the Convention on the Rights of the Child

Photo © Lars Wiedemann

GALLERY-SHOWROOM

Programme

Press reception and Kick off

Exhibition

21 to 28 November, 2016

MOTHER LOVE | Education

Educational youth programme

Exhibition Tour

MOTHER LOVE | Berlinale 2017

MOTHER LOVE | Beirut, Lebanon

© Artist Sibylle Prange, MOTHER EARTH I

Friedrich-Naumann-Foundation for Freedom

Opening

Programme

MOTHER LOVE | FINAL

WORLD REFUGEE DAY

20 June, 2017

© Artist Shorsh Saleh, O.T.

MOTHER LOVE | #MuseumWeek 2017

© Artist Alois Thomas, MOTHER LOVE I

Church service for the dead at the EU borders

Friday | 23 June, 2017 | 7 pm

© Kirche St. Canisius, Photo Stefan Mueller

Kirchengemeinde St. Canisius

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