Tanja Heuchele: Can you describe yourself in 5 sentences?

Friederike Jokisch: I am quiet, but I can also be loud. I need time, but I am sometimes incredibly fast. I like being outdoors in the countryside, I usually commute between two cities (Berlin–Leipzig). Many doubts lead to the goal.

TH: Your life without art would be…

FJ: … beyond my imagination.

TH: What material inspires you the most? And which materials are you working with the most at the moment?

FJ: Natural materials, living things (the sea), thoughts, and certain people inspire me the most. The process of painting with oil paint is somehow also a very natural one.

TH: Are there also materials that you would never use again?

FJ: No, you can never know that for sure.

TH: What literature did you study for preparing your art piece(s)?

FJ: Rosa Luxemburg: “Letters from Prison” / “Herbarium”

TH: What is your work about? What is your intention with it? What should it evoke in the viewer’s emotion?

FJ: Flying and falling. Viewers should come up with their own picture.

TH: When did the journey with Who’s afraid of_Rosa begin for you, and what keeps you involved?

FJ: Two years ago.

TH: How is the collective Who’s afraid of_Rosa organized? So far, I’ve only met female Rosa’s… can men also be part of it?

FJ: Men could also be part of it. However, as long as inequality between the sexes (visibility of women in art compared to their male colleagues) is so pronounced, these projects are vital.

TH: What does Rosa Luxemburg mean to you?

FJ: A strong woman with good ideas, ideals, and passion.

TH: The sublime of the exhibition is public space – private space – political space. What space do you (not) feel comfortable in? Where would you like to make a difference? What is your perception of space? Is it even the case that the above mentioned spaces do not exist without each other?

FJ: My work mainly relates to private space. However, this cannot be separated from political and public space; they are interwoven.