With their community platform KARAKAYA TALKS, Esra Karakaya and Djenna Wehenpohl have for years been addressing perspectives underrepresented in the media, as well as offering a power-critical analysis and opening up traditionally constructed spaces of discourse. In Ask Me About, they place a thematic focus on media narratives: the questions of how social reality is spoken about, who shapes these narratives, and which perspectives become visible—or remain invisible—within them.

Through a spatial-social intervention, interstitial spaces in HKW become decentralized forums for conversation: foyers and passageways throughout the building are transformed into cozy settings. In several small groups, participants engage in conversation with people who possess situated, experience-based knowledge and take on temporary speaking roles—including journalists, artists, community organizers, and actors with institutional responsibility. This creates spaces for informal exchange where participants can speak openly and authentically and share personal experiences.