Cross-border practices
Anlat Aşko v.02 brings together Turkish-speaking participants from Turkey and Germany to explore personal narratives through storytelling and visual arts. Building on its first phase, this transnational exchange combines workshops, staged readings, and visual media to create a safe, inclusive space for queer and migrant voices. Over the course of two months, participants will develop performances, photographs, drawings, and visual narratives under the guidance of guest artists. The outcomes will be showcased in Ankara, Bursa, and Berlin, published in a fanzine, and featured across Kaos GL’s print and online platforms. The exchange strengthens participants’ storytelling skills, enhances visibility for underrepresented communities, and fosters intercultural dialogue, offering a sustainable model for future artistic collaborations.
Shared Frequencies connects cultural hubs in Milan, Istanbul, and Bursa to explore how citizens reclaim their right to the city through radio, sound, and collective storytelling. The project unfolds in four phases—community research, shared training, collaborative audio production, and public presentations—to foster dialogue across borders. Beginning with local engagement on urban issues such as housing, participation, and public space, the partners will co-create two audio documentaries reflecting both the similarities and differences between Italy and Turkey. The results will be shared through public events and live broadcasts in Istanbul and Bursa, amplifying community voices with the support of Açık Radio and Radio Popolare. By merging art, activism, and sound, Shared Frequencies strengthens cross-cultural collaboration and reimagines how people connect to their cities.
Amed Roots centres on the co-creation of an innovative “treasure hunt” for children, celebrating Kurdish culture and heritage in Diyarbakır. Through a carefully structured process spanning from October 2025 to March 2026, partners will collaborate on every stage—from content development and design to testing and dissemination. Drawing on local traditions of dance, music, poetry, and crafts, the exchange involves local cultural institutions in shaping an engaging educational experience. A short documentary will capture the process and its community impact, later presented at House!’s Festival of Walks in Maribor. With the final launch at Huner Hub in February 2026, the exchange combines creativity, collaboration, and cultural preservation to inspire younger generations and strengthen local participation.
Shifting Shores explores memory, displacement, and public space through a series of workshops, artistic productions, and public events. Five exchange workshops—led by each partner in their area of expertise—will cover oral history, sound mapping, art publishing, and participatory practices, strengthening both the partnership and the participating artists. The collaboration will result in updated interactive walks, a new sound map launched in Maribor, and the publication Shifting Shores, created during a residency in Alanya with artists from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus. Combining field research, writing, and collective art-making, the publication will serve as a transnational archive of migration and belonging. The exchange will culminate in a closing event in Famagusta in March 2026, showcasing all outcomes and fostering dialogue on displacement, memory, and shared cultural narratives across the Mediterranean.
Inclusion Encounters is a collaboration between Şanowan (Van, Turkey) and Interkultura Hub Skopje (NGO Esperanza, Institute for Media and Analytics, and Centre Jadro, North Macedonia), promoting intercultural dialogue, inclusion, and visibility of Kurdish culture in North Macedonia. The project features exchange workshops in both cities: in Van, sessions on art activism, advocacy, and public visibility will culminate in a debate on cultural access; in Skopje, Şanowan will lead an Art Workshop on Deq Culture and Pop-Art, blending traditional Kurdish tattoo motifs with modern art, ending with an exhibition and a discussion on art’s power to bridge languages, cultures, and communities.
Jineika—from Jin (woman, life) in Kurdish and the Greek suffix -(e)ika denoting plurality and collectivity—brings together two groups of women artists from Amed and Athens for a research exchange grounded in feminist historiography. Through two field visits, participants will explore how women’s stories and struggles intersect across geographies, creating counter-archives that challenge patriarchal silences. In Athens, KASED will host a multilingual feminist storytelling workshop inspired by Kurdish oral traditions and the dengbêj practice, reinterpreting these narratives through a feminist lens. The Kilim hub will lead a durational workshop on counter-cartographies, engaging participants in embodied research—walking, dining, and listening—to reflect on the city as body and the body in the city. Together, these activities foster transnational solidarity and collective feminist memory.
Stories of Migration brings together the hub’s storytellers, migrant women+ and queer artists from Turkey. Through a one-week residency in Istanbul, they will co-create new artistic and creative forms of storytelling that connect their lived experiences of migration and displacement into powerful expressions of solidarity and resistance. The resulting creations will be showcased in exhibitions at BAK in Utrecht, Netherlands and in Turkey, sparking dialogue on visibility, representation, and collective memory.
New Transnational Exchanges formed
31.10.2025
Following the Transnational Networking Meeting, VAHA hubs are expanding their activities together with the new exchange partnerships.
The Transnational Exchanges grow from local experiences while reaching beyond borders, linking cities and practices through shared curiosity, care, and creativity. These exchanges show how working collectively—across languages, distances, and differences—can open new ways of understanding, storytelling, and solidarity.
Anlat Aşko v.02 brings together Turkish-speaking participants from Turkey and Germany to explore personal narratives through storytelling and visual arts. Building on its first phase, this transnational exchange combines workshops, staged readings, and visual media to create a safe, inclusive space for queer and migrant voices. Over the course of two months, participants will develop performances, photographs, drawings, and visual narratives under the guidance of guest artists. The outcomes will be showcased in Ankara, Bursa, and Berlin, published in a fanzine, and featured across Kaos GL’s print and online platforms. The exchange strengthens participants’ storytelling skills, enhances visibility for underrepresented communities, and fosters intercultural dialogue, offering a sustainable model for future artistic collaborations.
Shared Frequencies connects cultural hubs in Milan, Istanbul, and Bursa to explore how citizens reclaim their right to the city through radio, sound, and collective storytelling. The project unfolds in four phases—community research, shared training, collaborative audio production, and public presentations—to foster dialogue across borders. Beginning with local engagement on urban issues such as housing, participation, and public space, the partners will co-create two audio documentaries reflecting both the similarities and differences between Italy and Turkey. The results will be shared through public events and live broadcasts in Istanbul and Bursa, amplifying community voices with the support of Açık Radio and Radio Popolare. By merging art, activism, and sound, Shared Frequencies strengthens cross-cultural collaboration and reimagines how people connect to their cities.
Amed Roots centres on the co-creation of an innovative “treasure hunt” for children, celebrating Kurdish culture and heritage in Diyarbakır. Through a carefully structured process spanning from October 2025 to March 2026, partners will collaborate on every stage—from content development and design to testing and dissemination. Drawing on local traditions of dance, music, poetry, and crafts, the exchange involves local cultural institutions in shaping an engaging educational experience. A short documentary will capture the process and its community impact, later presented at House!’s Festival of Walks in Maribor. With the final launch at Huner Hub in February 2026, the exchange combines creativity, collaboration, and cultural preservation to inspire younger generations and strengthen local participation.
Shifting Shores explores memory, displacement, and public space through a series of workshops, artistic productions, and public events. Five exchange workshops—led by each partner in their area of expertise—will cover oral history, sound mapping, art publishing, and participatory practices, strengthening both the partnership and the participating artists. The collaboration will result in updated interactive walks, a new sound map launched in Maribor, and the publication Shifting Shores, created during a residency in Alanya with artists from Turkey, Greece, and Cyprus. Combining field research, writing, and collective art-making, the publication will serve as a transnational archive of migration and belonging. The exchange will culminate in a closing event in Famagusta in March 2026, showcasing all outcomes and fostering dialogue on displacement, memory, and shared cultural narratives across the Mediterranean.
Inclusion Encounters is a collaboration between Şanowan (Van, Turkey) and Interkultura Hub Skopje (NGO Esperanza, Institute for Media and Analytics, and Centre Jadro, North Macedonia), promoting intercultural dialogue, inclusion, and visibility of Kurdish culture in North Macedonia. The project features exchange workshops in both cities: in Van, sessions on art activism, advocacy, and public visibility will culminate in a debate on cultural access; in Skopje, Şanowan will lead an Art Workshop on Deq Culture and Pop-Art, blending traditional Kurdish tattoo motifs with modern art, ending with an exhibition and a discussion on art’s power to bridge languages, cultures, and communities.
Jineika—from Jin (woman, life) in Kurdish and the Greek suffix -(e)ika denoting plurality and collectivity—brings together two groups of women artists from Amed and Athens for a research exchange grounded in feminist historiography. Through two field visits, participants will explore how women’s stories and struggles intersect across geographies, creating counter-archives that challenge patriarchal silences. In Athens, KASED will host a multilingual feminist storytelling workshop inspired by Kurdish oral traditions and the dengbêj practice, reinterpreting these narratives through a feminist lens. The Kilim hub will lead a durational workshop on counter-cartographies, engaging participants in embodied research—walking, dining, and listening—to reflect on the city as body and the body in the city. Together, these activities foster transnational solidarity and collective feminist memory.
Stories of Migration brings together the hub’s storytellers, migrant women+ and queer artists from Turkey. Through a one-week residency in Istanbul, they will co-create new artistic and creative forms of storytelling that connect their lived experiences of migration and displacement into powerful expressions of solidarity and resistance. The resulting creations will be showcased in exhibitions at BAK in Utrecht, Netherlands and in Turkey, sparking dialogue on visibility, representation, and collective memory.
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