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\u00bbDear R, I\u2019ve just hurt someone as deeply as you hurt me. Little by little, you appear a bit more human.\u00ab \u2013 Anonymous \u2013<\/p>\n
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From 11 to 14 September 2025, an unusual space at Cologne\u2019s Gro\u00dfmarkt will become a stage for what has so far remained unsaid. BOTIN<\/strong> \u2013 a mixed-abled production by Un-Label, directed by Philine Velhagen \u2013 invites people to anonymously submit their never-sent messages.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/un-label.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audioflyer-BOTIN-Un-Label.mp3″ button_text=”Audioflyer (German)” admin_label=”Button Audioflyer” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text admin_label=”\u00dcber BOTIN” module_id=”raum” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_blurb admin_label=”Text \u00fcber BOTIN” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n Whether it\u2019s a furious rant to an ex, an apology to a friend (three years too late), a message to a deceased father, or a desperate plea in the housing crisis \u2013 messages that were too angry, too vulnerable, too late, or simply never finished find their first and final appearance in BOTIN<\/strong><\/a>. Not at the ex-husband\u2019s front door, but on Cologne\u2019s Gro\u00dfmarkt site, amidst market stalls, lorries and heaps of rubbish. Here, a temporary archive of unsent messages takes shape.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n An experienced team of archivists and artistic researchers receives each message, sorts, interprets and transforms it \u2013 giving a voice to what has so far remained unheard. Visitors become the stand-in recipients of countless different messages \u2013 perhaps even one closer to them than they might expect.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n For before visitors are allowed into the heart of the archive \u2013 the sorting office \u2013 their own part of the work begins. Everyday baggage must be set aside: everything that prevents us from truly listening. In a performative act, hastily typed messages, voice notes, personal stories or the last social media post are collectively dismantled. Only this personal archiving process opens the way to the sorting office \u2013 and creates space for what really matters: the unheard.<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_blurb][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/un-label.eu\/botin\/” button_text=”To the BOTIN Website” admin_label=”LInk” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_button button_url=”https:\/\/un-label.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/Audioflyer-BOTIN-Un-Label.mp3″ button_text=”Audioflyer (German)” admin_label=”Button Audioflyer” _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”][\/et_pb_button][et_pb_text _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”]<\/p>\n [\/et_pb_text][et_pb_code _builder_version=”4.27.4″ _module_preset=”default” global_colors_info=”{}”] You are currently viewing a placeholder content from Default<\/strong>. To access the actual content, click the button below. Please note that doing so will share data with third-party providers.<\/p>\nAbout BOTIN<\/h2>\n
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