VATER/ VÄTER

 

  1. Where do I perceive my father / fathers in my being / life / body / future?
  2. How did I / did I not learn masculinity from my father / fathers? (What does masculinity even mean?)
  3. What/who are father/father idols or role models for me?
  4. How would I define being a father for myself?

Let the questions sink in, take time to answer them for yourself or to associate with them. Find a way to archive this process.

Then, alone or together with another person from the group, find an artistic translation of these questions.

 

 

SIBLINGS/ CHOSEN FAMILY

 

Find any form of artistic expression for (essential questions from Elisabeth Keating):

  • What did their windows look out onto?
  • What did they hear when they woke up in the morning?
  • What were family dinners like?
  • How did you express emotions?
  • Where did you buy food and/ or clothes?
  • How was your childhood home and your neighborhood?

Adaption for LAFA – present tense:

  • What are their windows looking out onto?
  • What are they hearing when they are waking up in the morning?
  • How do you meet as a family, with your siblings?
  • How are you and your siblings expressing emotions?
  • How often do you hear from each other?
  • How do you primarily communicate?
  • What is the difference between friends and siblings?
  • What is a generational boarder?
  • What different roles do you and your siblings have to each other?
  • Inheritance – is that a topic between you and your siblings?
  • How are you and how did you celebrate each other’s including your own birthday?
  • How does family meals look like? How did they look like?
  • What is rich people food?
  • What are archives that are not from the elite?
  • Confronting Realities – Intertwining Realities
  • What of you and your siblings is still in your parents’ home?