Open Mic: How To Love Our Mothers

Community Event!
OPEN MIC: how to love our mothers + exhibition + food
Come join on Friday, June 5 - from 6PM at Ida Nowhere.
an evening of voices across histories, migrations, and in-betweens, for the many ways we hold our mothers: with love, distance, care, contradiction
come gather for poetry, stories, comedy, or whatever is on your heart, alongside an interactive exhibition featuring outputs from past workshops
want to share something?
performances are 5 minutes max
limited open mic slots! sign up by 22 May
DM @howtoloveourmothers ♡
Don't wanna perform? That's also fine!
Come as an audience member if you're interested in the overall topic or collective strategies on conflict and love as a political act. The event will be part open mic, part exhibition where I share some creative outputs from my work on "how to love our mothers". Learn more at @howtoloveourmothers on Instagram.
Agenda
6:00PM — Doors open
Arrive, mingle, ease in, explore the exhibition, grab some Singaporean food (no stress if you’re on Berlin time — we know you’re coming at 7)
~8:00PM — Open mic begins
An hour of sharing: poetry, stories, comedy, feelings
(5 mins per person)
~8:30PM — Short break
Stretch, snack, chat
~8:40PM — Open mic continues
9:00PM onwards — Hang out
More food, conversations, exhibition, soft lingering
Your Host
Maya Ibrahim is from Singapore and currently based in Berlin. She is a writer and researcher on intersectional feminism, decoloniality and reimagining education. Currently, Maya is writing a book, “How to love our mothers” which is part of a larger project and community she is building that spotlights daughters perspectives-especially those living abroad and away from their family. Her work aims to address systemic inequalities linked to migration, gender equality, and education. You can read her recently published thesis article on "How do daughters bargain with the patriarchy in conflict and care contexts?" here [online].
Register on luma for free.
Suggested donation €5–15
(no one turned away for lack of funds)