https://www.anjasaleh.com/contact daily 0.75 2026-02-08 https://www.anjasaleh.com/about daily 0.75 2026-02-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8867d9b0546637683ea9ef/52c845a4-081b-4b70-b266-230b384d0969/2020-10-12-054125862.jpg About - about Anja Saleh is an independent curator, writer, art and cultural consultant working across memory and futures studies, design, and socially engaged practice. Her work includes the development and curation of exhibitions, artist residencies, discursive programs, and public-facing formats within both institutional and independent settings. She applies a collaborative and process-oriented approach to curatorial work, often engaging with artists, researchers, and communities through projects that prioritize situated knowledge, critical reflection, and accessible cultural mediation. Her past projects include the co-curation of multidisciplinary residency programs, institutionally hosted exhibitions, and the long-term coordination of fellowships for emerging artists. Saleh regularly contributes to public discourse through lectures, panels, and institutional collaborations. Her writing has been published in cultural contexts, including a poetry collection released by Edition Assemblage (2021). 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Soon, The Future Of Memory (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8867d9b0546637683ea9ef/af76ac7d-342f-4e31-b013-ef850a6bb9b5/Anja_Saleh_STFOM_Front_Detail.jpg Projects - Soon, The Future Of Memory (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8867d9b0546637683ea9ef/903acb68-fbd0-4d32-ac3e-ede1b55976af/Anja_Saleh_STFOM_front.jpg Projects - Soon, The Future Of Memory (2021) Soon, The Future Of Memory Collected Poems Edited: Sharon Dodua Otoo Epilogue: Akinbode Akinbiyi Layout: Hannah Rosenblatt & Anja Saleh Cover Design & Images: Nursema Yilmaz Details Soft Cover / Taschenbuch | 140*205mm 96 pages/ Seiten | 12€ 978-3-96042-101-6 | 2-973 Published: 16th of June 2021 Please consider supporting your local bookshop by ordering your book there. If this is not an option, you will find it online on rootsofcompassion.org (worldwide shipping) or amazon.de. About the book Soon, The Future Of Memory, the first full-length poetry collection by Anja Saleh, is a hopeful and vulnerable portrayal of the life of a German woman of African descent. An odyssey from mere acceptance to reimagining and rethinking definitions of Africanness, Arabness and Blackness and the perceived self in a modern context. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8867d9b0546637683ea9ef/1613583214432-FF6FSNE8E7YHWX1BNOD6/Screenshot+2021-02-17+at+18.32.24.png Projects - Soon, The Future Of Memory (2021) https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f8867d9b0546637683ea9ef/1613583428643-KARVPDIP6ZRKY8NSF97B/Screenshot%2B2021-02-17%2Bat%2B18.23.05.jpg Projects - Soon, The Future Of Memory (2021) - "Entstanden ist das Gedicht beim Gedanken an die fast täglich wiederkehrende Frage "Wo kommst du her?". Eine Frage die mir am häufigsten in dem Land, in dem ich geboren wurde und aufgewachsen bin, gestellt wird. Eine Frage die mir jedes Mal aufs Neue signalisieren soll " Du kannst nicht von hier sein", eine Frage die mich und viele wie mich ausschließt aus dem "Wir" und aus dem "Hier". "Wo kommst du her" wird negativ konnotiert, ganz gleich wie die Frage von der fragestellenden Person gemeint ist, sie impliziert ein nicht Dazugehören, ein vermeintliches Anderssein. Es ist jedoch eine Frage, die mir so auch in Kontexten von diasporischen Communities gestellt wird und im Heimatland meiner Eltern aber eine ganz andere Bedeutung annimmt. In besagten Kontexten wird die Frage nicht gestellt, um dein Außenseitersein zu begründen, sondern um nach gemeinsamer Biografie zu suchen. Man tauscht sich gemeinsam über eigene Wurzeln und kollektive Verteilung aus, darüber, dass man dennoch eins bleibt und ist, darüber, dass man ähnliche Erinnerungen und Schmerzen teilt. Oftmals auch wenn man nicht aus derselben Ecke kommt, jedoch ähnliche Wärme ausstrahlt. Ein Lächeln, ein Kleidungsstück, das Schimmern der Haut, die Haare - man sucht nach Vertrautem und wenn man dieses faktisch nicht findet, hat die Frage "Wo kommst du her?" diese dennoch geschaffen und verbindet mehr als sie ausgrenzt. Ich will die Schönheit der Frage nicht überschatten lassen von der Hässlichkeit selbiger Frage aus anderen Mündern." — Anja Saleh for heartxwork