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State of Belonging

06/26/2026 –
07/26/2026
from06/26/2026
until07/26/2026

opening

06/26/2026
7:00 PM

artists

  • Chiara Wettmann
  • Maidje Meergans
  • Sarah Jade Sullivan

In times of social transformations and new global power dynamics, the relationship between the
individual and the state becomes increasingly complex. Through photographic and video-based
works, the exhibition "State of Belonging" raises questions of belonging, identification, and
exclusion.

Sarah Jade Sullivan explores the enduring structures of colonial legacy on St. Vincent and the
Grenadines in her work “Hairouna”. She examines the experiences and perspectives of young adults
seeking their own identity between indigenous belonging and colonial heritage.

In “Stateless”, Chiara Wettmann addresses the fragile existence of stateless people in Lebanon and
Syria. Statelessness results in exclusion from social participation and denial of basic rights, often
across generations.

In the documentary-fragmentary video work "Liberty in our Lifetime", based on the Free Cities
Foundation’s namesake conference, Maidje Meergans analyzes the anarcho-capitalist concept of the
private city and its promises for the future.

Bringing together these three artistic positions highlights how historical continuities and current
disruptions challenge and redefine the understanding of statehood and belonging.

media partner

PiB – Photography in Berlin
 
 

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Address

AFF Galerie e.V.
Kochhannstraße 14
10249 Berlin

opening hours

During the exhibition
Saturday & Sunday 3 – 6pm
and by appointment

transport

M5, M6, M8, M10
Landsberger Allee / Petersburger Straße

S41, S42, S8, S85, S9
Landsberger Allee

U5
Frankfurter Tor

map of berlin

society

AFF Galerie is a non-profit photography gallery located in Friedrichshain, Berlin. Run by a collective of photographers from varied backgrounds, it is a platform for contemporary photography that showcases the work of emerging, upcoming and established artists.
The gallery provides a space for networking and helps to promote the projects of national and international photographers.
Due to the non-commercial mission of the gallery, AFF Galerie is independent in the selection and curation of its shows. The exhibitions are put together by the collective's members with the support of well-known curators.

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