Within the framework of the “PIROUETTE Phase 2” project, an international Youth Exchange was held in Berlin from 18 to 22 May 2026. This exchange brought together 30 young participants from seven countries—Bosnia and Herzegovina, Ireland, Germany, Kosovo, Montenegro, Serbia, and Ukraine—to engage in a transformative artistic and educational journey.
A core component of the exchange was the “Global Home” workshop, a three-and-a-half-day social art experience facilitated by Masterpiece for Good. During the process at the YAAM venue, participants worked with vintage suitcases filled with objects found on the streets of Berlin. By treating these objects as traces of identity and migration, the youth developed fictional personas and collaborated in new intercultural constellations to create six “social sculptures.” These installations, which translated abstract questions of displacement and belonging into tangible art, were showcased in a performative exhibition at the CABUWAZI circus tent at Tempelhofer Feld—a symbolic location reflecting histories of arrival and departure.
The central event of this exchange was the “Performance Night,” held on 21 May, dedicated to the artistic works developed during a series of “Global Art Fusion” workshops across the partner countries.
The programme comprised six performances addressing diverse global and local social issues. These works were the result of a months-long structured process, during which participants underwent intensive phases of learning, research, and empowerment through the lens of global education and global issues. The entire journey was developed according to a methodology based on the “Performing Change” training manual, which innovatively bridges non-formal education and the performing arts. The performances included:
- Cell (Ćelija) – Local Democracy Agency Mostar, Bosnia and Herzegovina: This work was directly constructed from the performers’ personal experiences. It is a production featuring documentary elements integrated into a dramatic structure to address domestic violence and femicide. The objective is to break the silence surrounding these issues, which remain deeply prevalent in Bosnian-Herzegovinian society.
- In Circle We Gather – MAGNET, Serbia: This performance re-examines the concept of parties and social gatherings. While they may appear as mere leisure on the surface, the authors explore how these settings can be transformed into spaces for collective creativity, expression, and the interconnection of diverse communities.
- Veil – Anibar, Kosovo: An audio-visual exhibition that examines pollution through its link to poverty and inequality. Using suspended, worn-out curtains as a canvas for imagery, the artists create an unstable space that reflects how pollution is often experienced unequally and remains out of sight, despite its constant presence.
- Third Generation – Optimisti, Montenegro: Inspired by motifs of weaving and knitting, this choreo-performance explores imposed roles within a patriarchal society. The performers on stage symbolically carry the burden of their grandmothers, questioning inherited patterns and attempting to break free from these constraints through movement.
- Sentenced To Resistance – NGO NEST Berlin, Germany: This work addresses the complex concept of resistance, which the authors link to the Arabic term qahr—a specific type of suppressed anger resulting from prolonged injustice and oppression. The performance utilizes live painting and music to evoke discomfort in the audience, exposing “voluntary blindness” and privilege in relation to the struggles of others for freedom.
- Children of Lir – Redial Partnership, Ireland: Based on a tragic Irish myth about children transformed into swans by a jealous stepmother, this production employs rich symbolism of nature and transformation. It focuses on their nine-hundred-year journey of loneliness and suffering, which ultimately becomes a path toward redemption and inner peace.
These details demonstrate that each group utilized the “Global Art Fusion” workshops to deeply explore local contexts and community regeneration through the perspective of global citizenship
