Domestic Realms
Between Homeland and Where I Live Now
May 15 – June 27, 2025
Opening: May 15th, 6pm
BBK Brandenburg Produzentengalerie M
Charlottenstraße 122
14467 Potsdam
Germany
Setareh Alipour und Sonja Drolma Herrmann, Katerina Belkina, Katrin von Lehmann, Ilka Raupach, Irina Smirnov, Sonja Prochorow
The house and the apartment are more than mere shells that protect and shelter people—they are reflections of inner life, expressions of identity, cultural influences, and social roles. Living space serves as a stage for social and personal narratives, an experimental field for alternative ways of life, and a place where fundamental questions of belonging, control, and sustainability are negotiated. In the interplay of spatial design, household objects, and invisible forces such as indoor climate, a tightly interwoven network of meanings emerges—one that extends beyond architecture and deeply influences both societal and individual structures.
Setareh Alipour *1995, Artist and curator
Studied at the University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main in the field of experimental spatial concepts.
Autobiographical art, participatory formats.
Lives and works in Potsdam and Frankfurt am Main.
Academy of Arts "Petrov-Vodkin" (Diploma 1993), Photography at the Michael Musorin Photo School (2000–2002).
2007: Kandinsky Prize (Nomination, Moscow).
2015: International Lucas Cranach Prize.
2016: Hasselblad Masters Award.
Lives and works in Werder an der Havel.
belkina.art/de
Sonja Drolma Herrmann *1994, Artist
Studied at the University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main in the field of experimental spatial concepts.
Participatory formats.
Lives and works in Frankfurt am Main.
Katrin von Lehmann *1959, Artist
Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Munich, graduating in 1991 with the First and Second State Examination.
Focus on drawing and installation.
Member of the Young Academy for Sustainability Research (YAS) at the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS).
Lives and works in Potsdam and Berlin.
vonlehmann.com
Ilka Raupach *1976, Artist
Since 2023, Professor of Artistic Design in Interior Architecture, Faculty of Design, Wismar University of Applied Sciences.
Installation, Sculpture.
Studied at the University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main in the field of Painting and Photography, Master's degree expected in 2024.
Lives and works in Eberswalde.
Master's student at the HBK Braunschweig, studied at the University of Art and Design Offenbach am Main in the field of experimental spatial concepts and sculpture, Master's degree completed in 2023.
Lives and works in Braunschweig and Offenbach am Main.
