We are an international network that combines artistic languages, experimental education and a diversity-inclusive social approach.
Baltrum had a very positive influence on my artistic creating, because i did an interdisciplinary art project with a gorup for the first time , due to which i learned a lot.
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I got to know ROOTS & ROUTES Cologne before I even started calling myself an artist. There is a certain atmosphere and connection between people I have not seen or experienced anywhere else.
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ROOTS & ROUTES helped me to get great memories for a lifetime, more experience abroad and new friends all over Europe.
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My name is KABU, i´m from Tübingen in the south of Germany, near Stuttgart. Since the end of 2020 i live in Cologne, which ROOTS & ROUTES also is a reason for. I´m an independent Rap artist, Rap coach, media designer as well as a cofunder & coach of the Hip-Hop empowerment projects "TALK".
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The pojects taught and showed me a lot. Without them I might not have ever given my artistic passion so much room and meaning. Espeacially coming from a family with restricted financial opportunities it was nice to see how the projects gave me a chance to be someone, to be able to voice my opinions and to love and accept myself.
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I learned most of my craft’s abilities working on ROOTS & ROUTES projects, met some of my best friends and collaborators.
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