Creative Remembrance: Open Call
We are looking for young storytellers, artists, or people interested in art who would like to join our international discussion group on “Creative Remembrance”. If you are engaged in remembrance culture and cross-cultural dialogue, we invite you to join our program, which connects creative youth from Ukraine and Germany (Düsseldorf Region). By engaging in this project, you will develop a microproject, receive mentorship, and a €600 grant for the project
The project by Erinnerungsort Alter Schlachthof, TolerSpace, and Insha Osvita offers young professionals a unique opportunity to collaborate with international peers, receive expert guidance, and implement their own funded microproject focused on remembrance work. Participants from Germany and Ukraine will meet at a Barcamp in Düsseldorf at the end of September.
Details
We are looking for creative minds between 18 and 28 years old who would like to join our international discussion group on “Creative Remembrance” and want to get involved in their community or region through their own artistic, hands-on projects. The hybrid discussion group will meet online from July to September and in Düsseldorf at the end of September.
Eight Ukrainian and eight German participants between the ages of 18 and 28 will discuss key questions in four online meetings:
- How does collective memory shape our identity?
- How have discourses on memory in Germany and Ukraine changed recently?
- What role does art play in remembrance work?
At each meeting, an expert provides input and poses questions. These experts may be scholars, but they may also be people involved in cultural work. Through these inputs and discussions, we want to help the participating young artists develop their own artistic projects. They will receive support throughout the project. This includes a grant of €600 each and guidance from our mentors, Dariia Molokoiedova and Cornelius Schaper.
It is obligatory to participate in 4 online meetings and join a barcamp.
Online meetings:
July 7, 17:00 CET/18.00 Kyiv Time Kick-Off-Meeting with Anna Lenchovska, Kateryna Osypchuk and Eva Piňosová
July, date to be announced, with Dr. Diána Vonnák
August 26th, 16 CET/ 17 Kyiv Time with Dr. Iryna Eihelson
September 7th, 17 CET/18.00 Kyiv Time with Eva Piňosová
Offline meeting:
From September 27 to October 1, a Barcamp will be held in Düsseldorf, bringing participants from both countries together. The event will provide opportunities for discussion and hands-on exercises, as well as mentor support to help participants continue working on their own projects.
Program and meal costs are covered by the project. Travel costs and accommodation in Düsseldorf are arranged for Ukrainian participants
Please apply before June 21. Link to the form: https://inshaosvita.typeform.com/to/WYqwpuzH
On June 29th, you will receive the answer to your email address, which you provided in the registration form.
Eligibility Requirements
The primary language of communication for this project is English. There will be no simultaneous interpretation during presentations or discussions; however, participants are not expected to speak English at an advanced level.
From Ukraine: People between the ages of 18 and 28. Travel to the Barcamp from Kyiv will be fully reimbursed. You need a biometric passport valid until December 2026.
From Germany: The Barcamp will take place in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia. The project is aimed at young people aged 18 to 28 who live in Düsseldorf and the surrounding area.
About the Development of your own Project
The micro-projects can take many forms, including film works, written works, photographs, social media projects, performative interventions in the city, and poster campaigns. We provide €600 in funding per project. The mentors are available to offer guidance, and you also have access to the networks and resources of Tolerspace, Insha Osvita, and the Alter Schlachthof Memorial.
Our Mentors
Dariia Molokoiedova was born in 2001 in Kramatorsk, Donetsk region, Ukraine. Multimedia artist. Studied at the Kharkiv State Academy of Design and Arts, specializing in Photography and Visual Practices. Since 2021, she has been actively participating in exhibitions and residencies in Ukraine and abroad. After the beginning of Russia’s full-scale invasion of Ukraine, Dariia lives and works in Kyiv.
Cornelius Schaper works as a video/ performance artist and dramaturg. In 2024, he presented the solo piece “Polaroids and Stardust” in Mainz. That same year, he participated in a German-Ukrainian artist lab in Berlin, a cultural exchange, and a residency in Ukraine. In 2025, he received the Berlin Work and Research Stipend. In 2026, he is a fellow at the Künstlerhaus Lukas Ahrenshoop. His work focuses on social structures, public space, and the cultural practice of remembrance.
Dariia and Cornelius will conduct art workshops and mentor microprojects.
I am a social worker specializing in education and upbringing in an international context as well as in cultural work. I hold a M.A. in Culture, Aesthetics and Media. Since 2021, I’ve been working in the field of historical, political, and cultural education, most recently as project lead for “What does liberation mean (here)?” at the Alter Schlachthof memorial site in Düsseldorf. I enjoy working with aesthetic and artistic approaches with a focus on processuality. In my own creative work, I specialize in both photography and collage. I am interested in the continuities from the Nazi era and how we can address them today – from multiple perspectives.
Eva will coordinate the project on the German side and host the Barcamp at the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf.
Anna Lenchovska
I am a psychologist, trainer, and director of the NGO Kyiv Educational Center “Tolerspace.” Hold a M.A. in Psychology. Director of the NGO Kyiv educational center “Tolerspace”. Group psychologist for teacher support groups and a group of researchers from the War Childhood Museum (2022 – 2025). Mental health trainer for teachers for “Teach for Ukraine”, “ZNOVU”, UNICEF Spilno project. Trainer of the course on adolescent psychology and trauma-sensitive approach for the Arctic University, VUM, Ukrainian Center for Holocaust studies, and the ETwinning network. In 2014, Anna initiated a rehabilitation training course for teenagers affected by war, “Building bridges, not walls”. Anna acted as a Regional Consultant in Ukraine at the USC Shoah Foundation from 2005 to 2018, conducting educational projects for multipliers on the use of videotestimonies of Holocaust survivors in Ukrainian schools.
Anna will coordinate the project from the Ukrainian side and will conduct workshops at the Barcamp.
Kateryna Osypchuk
I am an independent researcher and educator. I hold an MA in History in the Public Sphere from Central European University, Tokyo University of Foreign Studies, and NOVA University Lisbon, and have been working on developing and coordinating academic and nonformal educational programs, including the Invisible University for Ukraine (IUFU), and the IWalk program, as well as managing and coordinating cultural and artistic projects at Insha Osvita. My research interests cover post-socialist memory politics, urban memory, and testimony-based approaches to memory education
About the Organizers
Erinnerungsort Alter Schlachthof
A place of remembrance, research, and education: We commemorate the people from the region who were persecuted for being Jewish and who were deported via the Düsseldorf abattoir to ghettos and death camps during the Nazi era. In our educational programs, we use biographical approaches to explore the history and significance of this historic place in a participatory manner, drawing on historical source material; discuss issues of remembrance culture; and examine the continuities of anti-Semitism, racism, and right-wing violence.
The special constellation: The memorial site is located on the campus of the University of Applied Sciences Düsseldorf and is integrated into its structures, enabling students to participate in its design and ongoing development.
Tolerspace
The NGO Kyiv Educational Center “Tolerspace” is a female-led Ukrainian non-profit organization. We conduct training and develop educational materials about trauma-sensitive education, human rights, non-discrimination, diversity, tolerance, and historical memory. We also provide psychosocial support for teenagers, educators, and journalists.
Our mission is to overcome prejudice and promote human dignity by creating a safe space to teach teenagers and young people resilience. NGO “Tolerspace” strengthens teenagers affected by war and provides civic education through resource camps, mentorship programs, and peer-led exhibitions. We train teachers to use trauma-sensitive approaches in human rights education and to create safe spaces to include youth from vulnerable groups. We organise workshops on Memorial places of the Holocaust and WW2 for youth in Ukraine, Poland, and Germany, and train teachers to work with topics of historical memory and teaching sensitive issues.
Insha Osvita
Insha Osvita is a non-governmental organization and a professional community that works at the intersection of political education and arts toward horizontal, self-sustaining communities that harness the potential of diversity for development. Since its founding in 2008, Insha Osvita has focused on non-formal and cultural education, as well as community development, fostering local resilience through education and the arts. We have expertise in designing and delivering long-term non-formal educational programs for different age groups. In cultural projects, we specialize in cultural management education and prototype models to support the financial sustainability of cultural and artistic initiatives. Our offices are in Kyiv and Ivano-Frankivsk, and our activities span various geographies. Insha Osvita has strong ties to local and national professional communities in Ukraine, as well as international connections. Since 2022, Insha Osvita has focused more of its efforts on supporting the civilian population in Ukraine and Ukrainians who have moved abroad.
Funding by EVZ
With its new funding program, Young Civil Societies for Democracy in the cluster “Education drives the future”, the EVZ Foundation supports international youth education projects run by organizations in Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, and Ukraine, as well as by Belarusian exile communities. The program aims to inspire young people to take an active role in civil society and advocate for their interests.
