I like language, so I don’t like worn out phrases and slogans and did my own copywriting for my signs. The texts are a reaction to the revelations of the Correktiv journalists about the meeting of right-wing extremists in Potsdam in the fall of 2023. The signs read »No, AfD, no«, »really not« and »forget it«.

»really not«—wall paint on cardboard, very simple, just a bit more designed than most other protest signs.

»forget it!«—and the language on my signs a bit more casual.

»Are you crazy?«—what else can you say about the AfD’s deportation fantasies?

Many words rhyme with »D«, »nee« for »no« is just one of them.

»AfD—shitty idea!«

»AfD—Dude, no way!«

»AfD is so passé«

»Cut the crap, AfD«

Even more complex messages fit on a demonstration sign: »Alice Weidel may not be queer, but trans women are women.«

»Fascism doesn’t solve any of your problems« It really doesn’t.

»Alice, just forget about it.« Alice Weidel is the head of the AfD-party, the sign was to protest her appearance at an event in Hamburg’s town hall in January 2025.

»Tinö« was a protest sign I painted for the demonstration against Tino Chrupalla’s appearance at an event in Hamburg-Harburg in January 2025. Let me explain the joke to you: Tino Chrupalla is one of the leaders of the AfD party and »nö« is a casual way of saying no in German.

»Merz, give it a rest«—protest sign from January 2025, reacting to the CDU voting alongside the AfD in the Bundestag. It worries me that I’m worried about getting in trouble with the governing party because of this sign.

»We are the rainbow against the far right« in the last few years there was much talk about the metaphoric »firewall« other parties built against collaborating with the AfD. The firewall seems to crumble more and more, so I thought maybe a rainbow would work better.

»Feminism. Well what else instead?« Only after one year someone pointed out to me that the word feminism is missing an s on my sign.

»Patriarchy. Really sick of it«

»Together for a Germany without Fascists« On April 26, a far-right group called »Gemeinsam für Deutschland« (Together for Germany) organized protests »for Germany« all over the country. We pushed back.

»I mean, imagine!« A Germany without fascists—what a dream come true!

I painted the first sign in this style for the Pride Parade in August 2023. My words »Yes, it’s necessary« were an answer to the question »Does you have to be like this?«—this loud, this colorful, this public.

Lotus flower shirt? Yes, that’s necessary, too.