Spore hosts: Alternative Monument for Germany

This project seeks forms that connect migration experiences and public memory culture.

As a result of the current toxic discourse on migration in Germany, we feel an urgent need to connect and counteract. The purpose of our efforts is to establish a positive frame for migration discourse and counter current xenophobic movements. We propose an alternative position to right-wing populism like the AfD "Alternative für Deutschland". Instead, we approach migration in its potential to weave spaces and memories into an inclusive, collective space. A safe space created and maintained by diverse, evolving communities. Our focus is on queer feminist voices as these have long been silenced in our context.

The memorial's development is community-based and anchored in meetings at Spore Initiative and other locations in Berlin, where stories and visual ideas are shared and the monument's form is developed together. Cultural workers and researchers will conduct lectures, workshops, and performances during the development of the Augmented Reality monument which will be presented in Berlin in September 2024.  

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Application deadline for the Workshop is April 10th, 2024.

Public attendance is allowed at most of the Guest Presentations. 

In addition to English and German, German sign language (DGS) is available on request. 

Spore is a wheelchair-accessible location.