Exhibition opening
The Gegenwind (Headwind) counseling center has been operating in Berlin since 1998. It offers advice and support to people who continue to suffer from the effects of traumas stemming from the SED dictatorship.
Image gallery
Ohne Titel, 2024
Services include psychosocial counseling, therapeutic discussion groups, and yoga. An important component is the therapeutic painting group, which has been running since 2007. It focuses on an artistic and creative way of processing past experiences. Even the unspeakable can be expressed in this way. Various techniques and approaches, both figurative and abstract, are used.
The exhibition showcases works by the painting group. Currently, five people are active in the group. They have developed their own unique styles and powerfully convey their engagement with their past, their way of coping with it in the present, and their vision for the future.
Program
Welcome: Dr. Bettina Effner, Berlin Wall Foundation
On the work of Gegenwind: Wiebke Jacobs, Gegenwind Counseling Center
In conversation with eyewitness Anna Haase, moderated by Dr. Sarah Bornhorst, Berlin Wall Foundation
Musical accompaniment with barrel organ and saxophone
In cooperation with the Gegenwind Counseling Center
- Free of charge
- Registration requested
(LECTURES IN GERMAN)
Dates
December 2025
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