On 20 October 2025, the 10th mikopa of ZEOK took place in cooperation with the Bundeszentrale für politische Bildung (bpb) as part of the 12th edition of the ‘Politik im Freien Theater’ festival in the Galerie für Zeitgenössiche Kunst (GfZK). We documented the event and created a video.

The audience was invited to enjoy an extensive theatre and event programme based on the festival motto ‘Borders’. mikopa sees itself as a space for possibilities and alliances: borders are made visible, shifted and opened up for new connections. The title of the event, ‘kein-DA-zwischen: Ein multiperspektivischer Dialog’, refers to the importance of the spaces in between.

The annual conferences aim to raise mikopa's profile as a player in social dialogue in eastern Germany, to make participatory public engagement tangible as a counter-model to exclusive public engagement, to strengthen the voices of (post-)migrants, BIPoC and eastern Germans, and to create new alliances between marginalised voices and institutions.

For the Repair & Care campaign of the Future Fashion movement, we produced a social media reel. The clip shows how old crochet blankets are transformed into a wearable top and presents upcycling in a practical and easy-to-understand way. The aim was a clear visual communication of sustainable fashion practices in a concise, platform-appropriate format.

On 17 and 18 October 2024, the 9th mikopa of the ZEOK took place at the Alte Handelsbörse and the University of Leipzig and was dedicated to the central question of East German and (post)migrant alliances. We documented the event and created a video and a social media reel, as well as documenting the panels.

Under the title ‘Us and the others? On East German & (post)migrant alliances,’ analogies in processes of devaluation and recognition towards East Germans and (post)migrants in Germany were explored and examined, as well as how alliances between the two groups can be built to tackle similar challenges together. The two-day event included workshops, panels, exhibitions, and music.

The annual conferences aim to raise mikopa's profile as a player in social dialogue in East Germany, to make participatory public engagement tangible as a counter-model to exclusive public engagement, to strengthen the voices of (post-)migrants, BIPoC and East Germans, and to create new alliances between marginalised voices and institutions.

On 23 and 24 November 2023, the 8th mikopa of the ZEOK took place at the Bibliotheca Albertina and the University of Leipzig under the title ‘Education in East Germany: fair, diverse, post-migrant.’ We documented the event and created a video.

We have long been living in a post-migrant society in which one in three citizens cites migration as a point of reference in their family history. But how do secondary schools, vocational schools, universities and (technical) colleges specifically address social diversity? To what extent is this development reflected in educational institutions – in their content, their structures and at the personnel level? What resources does civil society offer here and what contribution can post-migrant communities make?

The annual conferences aim to raise mikopa's profile as an actor in social dialogue in eastern Germany, to make participatory public engagement tangible as a counter-model to exclusive public engagement, to strengthen the voices of (post-)migrants, BIPoC and eastern Germans, and to create new alliances between marginalised voices and institutions.

Five artists compete against each other to win not only the title The Noise of Germany, but above all the hearts of the listeners. The combatants have shaken the horn of wonder of new music and are trying to win over the audience with excerpts from their favourite pieces.

For the New Music Casting Show initiated by the CRISPR.kollektiv, we produced five video clips integrated into the performance as well as a trailer and a project documentation.

The GEGENkino Festival is an annual international film festival in Leipzig since 2014. Working collectively and driven by cinephile passion, it aims to challenge entrenched viewing habits with unusual perceptions. The presentation of film and video art goes beyond a classical screening.

In 2022, the festival screened the Japanese silent film classic A page of madness, narrated live and set to music by benshi Ichiro Kataoka and pianist Reiko Emura. In the preceding panel discussion, the profession as a benshi was discussed, but also the Kataoka Record Project. Kataoka had given his collection of 3900 Japanese shellac records to the University of Bonn in 2012. The worldwide unique collection includes records from the years 1915 to 1950, mainly from the film and entertainment culture of Japan of those years.

We filmed the panel discussion as well as impressions from the live scoring and created a documentary of the evening.

paradoks - at the edges of documentary is a festival situated between art and moving image, which is dedicated to showing documentary formats beyond the cinema screens. paradoks is a joint project of GEGENkino and the Filmische Initiative Leipzig (FILZ).

We documented the second edition of the video art festival in Leipzig, and filmed a series of talks with the artists involved in the exhibition.

At the online symposium EmPOWERment of girls and young women in the context of migration and racism on 10 November 2020, speakers and participants exchanged views in lectures and workshops on topics such as Decolonial pedagogy, Recognising discrimination - what rights do girls have?, What can I do as a professional in cases of discrimination?, Violence in the name of honour and forced marriage - how can I as a professional provide adequate and racism-sensitive support?

We recorded the symposium and created a film, which gives an insight into the day: SISTERS* symposium

A utopia - what does it actually look like? How can it be imagined, experienced or tested?

For six days, the grassroots-organised congress worked on drafts for a social-ecological utopia. Due to the Corona pandemic, the congress took place mainly online. Besides panel discussions, there was a broad art and cultural programme that creatively asked questions about a just, ecological and feasible future.

We accompanied the congress in its various facets on all days and produced a short documentary, a video for the fundraising campaign and various social media clips.

For the web edition of the Balance Club / Culture Festival Leipzig 2020 we accompanied the recording of three video DJ sets in front of green screen and realized their post production.

The Festival sees itself as an interface between club culture and social criticism. By interweaving discourse, art and club, it creates the possibility to explore counterculture in its many facets and to enable political debates. Balance is offensive, interdisciplinary, feminist, performative and hybrid.