with Nora Aaron Scherer

We address the highly stigmatised topic of suicide by facilitating an exchange of experiences and discussions, as well as performative elements, to open up spaces for expression, encounters, and joint exploration.

with Noemi Ferrari and Felix Ruckert

A workshop on lamentation, voice and collective sound. We invite you to find your voice: to howl, to whimper, to scream, to hum, to sing – to make sound with your whole body.

mit Patricia Liebeskind

This lecture explores the topic of sexuality during bereavement. It addresses questions such as: When does bereavement actually begin? How do people grieve? What changes can occur in the area of sexuality? What needs may arise? What effect does this have on relationship dynamics?

with Dennis Trendelberend and Matthias Gockel

Have you ever imagined how you might die – from illness or old age? From an accident, violence or suicide? In the workshop, we meditatively explore these images of death. We will confide our fantasies of dying to one or more other people and let them tell us about them. We will explore them together in an intimate and magical space.

with Peter Banki

The Five Rememberances are amongst the foundational teachings of Buddhism. Embracing their truth encourages and supports us to live with greater intimacy: to act, speak, touch, and love one another in ways that deeply reflect an understanding of constant change, freeing us to be more alive and present.

with Charlotte Wiedemann

Would you like to die surrounded by your loved ones, or would you prefer to be alone? What would you do if you only had one year, one month, or one day left to live? What are you without your body? These are all questions addressed in death meditation. We look forward to welcoming anyone who would like to embark on this journey of reflection.

with Noemi Ferrari und Felix Ruckert

A theatrical workshop about the grand finale, the final flourish, the last bow. Here you are invited to stage your own personal ‘grande finale’. Humorous, creative, playful, loud, quiet, touching, dirty, sexy, absurd, whatever you like.

with Dorothée Jansen

Confrontation with death often causes us to freeze. Shock. We dance paralysis, allowing the body to become rigid. In doing so, we use the movement repertoire of Butoh dance.

with Tobias Zwior

In what ways can professional farewell and memorial films enrich our approach to farewells and grief? You will gain an insight into my work on these films, and join me in exploring how we can integrate the concept of 'last words' into our lives during and after the Death Festival.

with Andrea Gipperich

Pregnancy loss and the loss of children around the beginning of life are highly taboo and intimate topics. After an introduction to the subject, we take time to share, listen and revisit the experience – lovingly and attentively.

with Anna Natt
How do we commemorate those who did not play a large role in our lives, yet were part of the tapestry that is life? Together we will share stories, and create small acts of remembrance for those who have passed through our lives lightly, but not without meaning.

with Noemi Ferrari und Felix Ruckert

A workshop about letting go. In this workshop, we explore what letting go sounds and feels like. We experiment with breath, movement, voice and gravity. We experiment with the moment when we no longer hold on but exhale and our bodies become soft and heavy.

with Peter Banki

“One way of posing the question of who “we” are in these times of war is by asking whose lives are considered valuable, whose lives are mourned, and whose lives are considered ungrievable..” Judith Butler

In this workshop we will consider how philosophical inquiry may give us some orientation with regard to what “we” as a collective are today experiencing.

with Ulla Rose

End-of-life care 101!
We provide practical tips and tricks! End-of-life care is not an exact science, it can be provided within the family and neighbourhood.
Our aim is to provide basic knowledge and encourage people to care for the dying. After all, what we all need most at the end of life is care.

with Robert Marx

Inspired by personal experiences with death and loss, I will explore with you the role death plays in our lives and how accepting it helps us to be more present in the moment. A small step for each individual, a slightly bigger one for us as a community.
Are you in?

with Pavel Radchenko

Anger images are a special element of the grief art workshops. This is because the death of a loved one triggers many emotions, including anger and despair. However, the latter two are not very compatible with our social norms. Accordingly, the angry part of grief is rarely expressed. Violently transforming mementos offers a channel for this.

with Michi Maxi Schulz

Together, we address the following questions: What process does a dying person go through – biologically and emotionally? How can relatives and loved ones accompany this process? How can I use my own inner creative power to represent this process? What is death? What do I want to take with me into death? What do I want to leave behind?

with Jessica Zeckert

How do I react when someone close to me loses a loved one? Suddenly, the ease with which we previously interacted is gone. This person is now confronted with death – and so am I.

with Jan Suren Möllers

When a person's life ends, their significance to us does not end. This workshop invites you to create space for these enduring relationships through storytelling and listening – and to give them a place in our continued lives.

with Jan Suren Möllers

How can funeral services be designed as lively, meaningful rites of passage? This workshop invites participants to design personal, touching rituals. For anyone who wants to shape, accompany or rethink mourning.

with Dorothée Jansen

Parole automatique. Allowing the mouth to speak freely. In the meantime, you are bound.
Your body comes to a standstill. Your mouth too. Silence.

with Matthias Gockel

When a loved one is seriously ill or dying, many people suddenly face questions they feel unprepared to answer:
Who can help now? What kind of support is available — at home, in the hospital, or in a hospice? And what does “palliative” actually mean?

with Traugott Roser

In the workshop, we will discuss the need for tenderness, intimacy, and sexuality during times of serious illness and after death.

with Claudia Cardinal

When death becomes a reality, an entire community can be thrown into turmoil. Saying goodbye to life is an uncertain journey for everyone involved.
What is needed for this perilous voyage into the unknown?

with Clothilde Sourdeval

Through textiles, scents and sculptures, we explore the themes of memory, transience and transformation.

with Dorothée Jansen

What dance do you want to dance with your body to give space to the dead, to connect with them?