Between Love, Work, and Migration

How do we remain connected in a world shaped by love, work, and migration? In this guided tour through the exhibition with participating artists, we will explore how these themes intertwine. 

About the Project: Against the backdrop of Hamburg as a port city – shaped by the contradictions of labour movements, economic migration, and international, historically colonial trade – the exhibition interweaves human relationships, economic structures, and social realities. The result is a fabric of narratives held taut between its two recurring themes: work and love. It’s Never Love, It’s Always Work asks: can work and love be disentangled? How does the answer to this question affect our personal and collective realities – how does it affect intimacy, relationships, migration, care work, and artistic production itself? 

Collectively developed by the participating students, supervised by Özlem Altın.