Are we listening?
The DazugeHören! (a fusion of the german words for ‘belong’ and ‘listen’) project drew attention to the many unheard or ignored voices in society with choral songs in public spaces. Collected concerns, life situations, hopes and demands of marginalised people were transformed into creative song lyrics and a performance and presented to politicians, administrators and the general public in front of the Hamburg North District Office. An illustrated booklet of poems is intended to ensure that the concerns are remembered by decision-makers.

When other things become more important than our fear
The KE!NEANGST ("no fear") Festival at the KulturMarktHalle Berlin was dedicated to the topics of fear and freedom in an artistically critical but also playful way in order to move from the feeling of powerlessness in times of crisis back into action. The aim was to reconnect people in Berlin's Mühlenkiez neighbourhood, stabilise networks and encourage residents to become active themselves. The low-threshold participation opportunities helped to strengthen self-efficacy in the neighbourhood and to reduce and productively transform the fear of fear to a certain extent.

Empowerment through solidary design stations 
Kiezveränder*innen ("Neighbourhood changer") a project by criticalform, set up design studios in refugee homes and youth centres in the centre of Berlin. The aim was to empower young migrants, especially Roma. Participants put their local knowledge and ideas for social spaces into practice through design. The results: An exhibition, a project catalogue and a unifying story that gives shape to the collective action of children and young people in Berlin.

Collective works of art instead of motorways
What could urban spaces look like if art and encounters instead of traffic and concrete characterised the cityscape? Straße. Oase ("Street. Oasis") worked with children and young people to temporarily transform 30 streets in Munich into collective works of art. Utopian places were created from domes, caves and fantasy structures - places in which children and young people create a world where they can be anything they dream of.