Stargarder Str. 13
10437 Berlin
Germany
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- Gender
- International/Cultural relations
Active in the fields of community building, public art, intercultural exchange, capacity building and advocacy, SocialVisions works with individuals and partner organizations in Germany, Middle East and North Africa to create collaborative participatory programmes in which socially or traditionally marginalized or disadvantaged participants are encouraged to generate their own visual art work in order to share their life experiences and the issues that affect them.
SocialVisions promotes a culture of non-violence, peace and tolerance by enabling an environment for dialogue and the ability to accept different points of view as well as the importance of diversity.
In recent years, SocialVisions has run several participatory photography projects in the Middle East and North Africa. The project Beyond Orientalism – Realities of young women in the Arab world was focused on Syrian and refugee women and took place in 2010 in Damascus (Syria). In 2013, SocialVisions successfully implemented the public art and collective mobilization project Blasti - C’est ma place in Tunis (Tunisia). Blasti was focused on enhancing dialogue between women from different backgrounds by inviting them to share photos of their places in Tunisia. The concept of “Lawein al Azim - Syria on the Move” is based on the experiences of Blasti.
Currently, SocialVisions implements the participatory photography and collective mobilization project Lawein Al Azim – Syria on the Move, a cross-border and regional participatory photography project for Syrian refugees and migrants in Lebanon, Jordan, Turkey, Bulgaria and Germany. Lawein Al Azim – Syria on the Move seeks to provide Syrian refugees and migrants a visual representation for advocacy and awareness. It seeks to build trust among Syrians of different backgrounds and to raise awareness and support for Syrian refugees and migrants.
SocialVisions creates and delivers collaborative participatory visual art projects, supports the process of seeing, self-discovery and self-advocacy for socially or traditionally marginalized or disadvantaged participants.
SocialVisons designs and delivers:
- photography projects
- educational workshops and trainings
- developing public exhibitions
- participatory websites
- image-based materials
We consider creative expression as a very potential tool of participatory culture and civic engagement, therefore we would like to cooperate with organizations active in the field of civic engagement, human rights education, transitional justice.
SocialVisions projects are network-based. We are committed to work in partnership with other organizations as the success of these partnerships is essential to the overall success. Our projects have always been embedded within already existing networks. As a small NGO, networking as a factor is a very important means of developing ideas and assuring sustainability. By meeting new people, ideas, and environments, it not only might provide new opportunities for future collaboration and helps to identify potential project partners and local organizations. Furthermore, it provides the opportunities to see problems from a new perspective and offers other views on very concrete issues.