{"id":75822,"date":"2026-03-16T16:21:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-16T14:21:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/?post_type=magazin&p=75822"},"modified":"2026-10-18T17:38:03","modified_gmt":"2026-10-18T15:38:03","slug":"a-cup-of-closeness","status":"publish","type":"magazin","link":"https:\/\/visualjournalism.de\/en\/magazine\/comment-and-debate\/a-cup-of-closeness\/","title":{"rendered":"A cup of closeness"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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A table, two chairs and an attempt to start talking to each other again. Five encounters between strangers explore the art of talking \u2013 and listening.<\/p>\n <\/div>\r\n \r\n \r\n <\/div>\r\n\r\n

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What happens when two strangers sit down at a table together?<\/p>\n <\/blockquote>\r\n\r\n

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Nobody listens any more anyway.<\/strong> How could they, with everyone wearing noise-cancelling headphones? We take in more information every day than ever before \u2013 scrolling, posting, sharing. But real conversations are becoming rarer. Often there is no one opposite us who really listens. Instead of engaging with each other, we judge \u2013 opinions, people, groups. Perhaps because drawing boundaries gives us orientation in an ever more complex world. Perhaps because so much communication now happens online. How do real encounters succeed, and what happens when we sit face to face again?<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We tried it out. With a table, two chairs and two cups of tea, we \u2013 the editorial team \u2013 set up on the market square in Wunstorf and outside the Lutherkirche in Hannover. There we invited people to talk to each other without having met before. Question cards on various topics were meant to help them get closer. The conversations in the videos are in German.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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