Welcome to

Hajusom e.V. is a center for transnational arts in Hamburg. Many people with and without refugee experience have formed it since 1999. Everyone is welcome to try out different artistic fields, e.g. theater & performance, dance and movement, music and sound. Our programs are primarily aimed at teenagers and young adults. We focus on  topics such as flight and arrival, experiences of racism and  diverse coexistence in all its facets. You can find more information about our work and how you can get involved on our website.

The website was sponsored by:
Deutsche Stiftung für Ehrenamt und Engagement.

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Hajusom e.V. Is institutionally funded by the
Hamburg Department of Culture and Media

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Artworkshop HH

Art workshop

Artworkshop HH has been in Hamburg since 2022. The project supports children and young people who are refugees or have a history of migration. There are free art workshops in German, Ukrainian, Russian and English. Children and young people aged 5 to 18 work creatively with art, music and movement. They draw, dance and design large abstract works. The course is open and multilingual - in German, English, Ukrainian and Russian. The classes take place once or twice a weekend. Each session is new and is led by different artists, dancers and actresses. Director: Bardia Esmaeilloo. Artist from Iran and in Hamburg. He studies at the HFBK.
Alisa Sizykh. Ukrainian artist and film director in Hamburg.

Registration
artworkshops.hamburg@gmail.com

Duration

22.02 11:00 – 13:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Hallo: Hajusom Radio

Radio LAB

Gemeinsam mit dem HALLO: Radio erforschen wir die Möglichkeiten des Sendens: Was möchte ich hören und was möchte ich erzählen? Was sagen die Menschen aus meinem Umfeld oder aus meinem Viertel? Welche Klänge können wir auf der Straße aufnehmen und welche Musik passt dazu? Wir führen Interviews, produzieren kleine Podcasts, gehen raus auf die Straße und machen Tonaufnahmen und lernen dabei über Audiotechnik und wie das Produzieren und Moderieren einer Radiosendung funktioniert. Abschließend gehen wir gemeinsam auf Sendung, die dann auf halloradio.net ausgestrahlt wird. 

Anmeldungen jederzeit: info@hajusom.de

Duration

01.01. – 31.12.

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Weitere Informationen zum Workshop findet Ihr hier: Workshops & Kurse

Hip Hop with Can & Jenny

G.CONNECTION with Can Gülec & Jenny Love Meyer

The offer is aimed at young people with migration or refugee experience between the ages of 16 and 25. Participation is free of charge. In this LAB you will learn the basics of hip hop dance. According to the motto Each One Teach One, you can exchange and expand your skills, knowledge and attitude. Participants will also be prepared for occasional performances on various stages.

Time: Tuesday from 17:00 - 19:00.

Registration and further information: info@canguelec.de / info@hajusom.de

Duration

01.01. – 31.12.

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Artist Talk

Artist Talk Katja Pilipenko

Artist Talk Katja Pilipenko

19:00 Hajusom

The threat of nuclear war has once again entered everyday reality. This prompted Katja Pilipenko's research into bunkers in Hamburg: the city with the largest number of bunkers in Europe, around 1,200 of which were built, and about half still exist today.
After Germany officially abandoned its nationwide civil defense shelter program in 2007, these structures entered a transitional state, today re-emerging in public debate amid renewed discussions about civil protection. Her works Bunkerstadt (2022) and Not Everyone Will Be Taken to a Bunker (2024) investigate the promises of safety embedded in bunker architecture and their collapse under contemporary conditions. Working with photography, video and sound installations, Pilipenko examines how architectures of protection shape memory and present-day reality.

Duration

12.02 19:00 – 22:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Body practice: Scar tissues

Facilitator: Vera Shchelkina

Body practice: Scar tissues (Seminar No.2)

12:00 - 16:00 Hajusom

Workshops on the body, the body-mind connection, movement, and performativity in relation to public space (and the history of bodily approaches to injury).

Vera Shchelkina is a choreographer, dance artist, and somatic movement educator working between performance, pedagogy, and research. A graduate of the Somatic Academy Berlin and HZT Berlin, she develops projects with diverse communities, exploring the body as a site of perception, resistance, and transformation.

Duration

14.02 12:00 – 16:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Songs of Repair and Apocalypses

Facilitator: Maria Markina

Songs of Repair and Apocalypses (Seminar No.1) Facilitator: Maria Markina

13:00 - 16:00 Hajusom

Through collective singing, listening, and experimental songwriting, participants transform memories, languages, and lived experiences into shared music. The workshop creates an inclusive space to reclaim voice, build connection, and strengthen a sense of belonging through communal sound.

Maria Markina is an opera and chamber singer and recipient of the Dr. Wilhelm Oberdörffer Prize, specializing in contemporary music and voice performance. Her work connects voice, the social body, and mourning as a political practice. Alongside her artistic activity, she is founder and chair of Nordherz Hamburg e.V., supporting refugee women and their social participation.

Duration

15.02 13:00 – 16:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Collective visit to Fabcity

Talk Niels Boeing

Collective visit to Fabcity and presentation of its founder Niels Boeing

18:30 Hajusom

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Produced locally, connected globally: the vision of the Fab City imagines a city capable of making (almost) everything it consumes through circular economies, open production tools, and shared digital infrastructure. Hamburg joined this international network in 2019 alongside cities such as Barcelona, Boston, and Paris. Today, this vision expands beyond fabrication to include repair, reuse, and care as essential practices for sustaining urban life and reducing waste. www.fabcity.hamburg/de/

Duration

26.02 18:30 – 21:30

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Mending and reweaving of clothes

Facilitator: Evegenia Loginova

28.02.202 - Mending and reweaving of clothes (Seminar Nr.1), Facilitator: Evegenia Loginova

13:00 - 18:00 Hajusom

This workshop explores how discarded clothing and wearable objects can be redesigned into costumes for creative urban interventions. Through repair and reuse, participants extend the life of materials while expressing care for things, people, and shared environments. The resulting wearable statements become tools for storytelling, political expression, and transforming the city into an interactive, living space.

Evgenia Loginova-Hünemörder is a Hamburg-based artist working across performance, costume and set design, film, and collective projects. Educated in Kemerovo, St. Petersburg, Kiel, and Cologne, her practice connects art with social reflection on memory, migration, and transformation. Recent works include Songs of Hope and Despair (2025), Here + Now + Everyone (2025), and Klageritual (2021).

Duration

28.02 13:00 – 18:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Urban narratives

Facilitator: Olga Egorova and Dmitry Vilensky

Urban narratives (Seminar Nr.2), Facilitator: Olga Egorova and Dmitry Vilensky

19:00 - 21:00 Hajusom

This combined workshop links attentive listening with critical reading of the city to explore how Hamburg's public spaces can become sites for performative interventions. Through sound walks, field recordings, mapping, and discussion, participants examine the acoustic, symbolic, and ecological layers of streets, monuments, and architecture. A central focus is inviting each participant to share their personal relationship to specific places in Hamburg, bringing individual memories, experiences, and viewpoints into a collective reflection. These shared perspectives help identify public spaces that can be reimagined as stages for artistic and civic action, reshaping how the city is experienced and narrated.

Duration

28.02 19:00 – 21:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Artworkshop HH

Art workshop

Artworkshop HH has been in Hamburg since 2022. The project supports children and young people who are refugees or have a history of migration. There are free art workshops in German, Ukrainian, Russian and English. Children and young people aged 5 to 18 work creatively with art, music and movement. They draw, dance and design large abstract works. The course is open and multilingual - in German, English, Ukrainian and Russian. The classes take place once or twice a weekend. Each session is new and is led by different artists, dancers and actresses. Director: Bardia Esmaeilloo. Artist from Iran and in Hamburg. He studies at the HFBK.
Alisa Sizykh. Ukrainian artist and film director in Hamburg.

Registration
artworkshops.hamburg@gmail.com

Duration

29.03 11:00 – 13:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Artworkshop HH

Kunstworkshop

Artworkshop HH ist seit 2022 in Hamburg. Das Projekt unterstützt Kinder und Jugendliche mit Flucht oder Migrationsgeschichte. Es gibt kostenlose Kunstworkshops auf Deutsch und Ukrainisch und Russisch und Englisch. Kinder und Jugendliche von 5 bis 18 Jahren arbeiten kreativ mit Kunst, Musik und Bewegung. Sie zeichnen, tanzen und gestalten große abstrakte Werke. Der Kurs ist offen und mehrsprachig – auf Deutsch, Englisch, Ukrainisch und Russisch. Die Klassen finden ein- bis zweimal pro Wochenende statt. Jede Einheit ist neu und wird von wechselnden Künstlerinnen, Tänzerinnen und Schauspielerinnen geleitet. Leitung: Bardia Esmaeilloo. Künstler aus dem Iran und in Hamburg. Er studiert an der HFBK.
Alisa Sizykh. Ukrainische Künstlerin und Filmregisseurin in Hamburg.

Anmeldung
artworkshops.hamburg@gmail.com

Duration

25.04 11:00 – 13:00

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Weitere Informationen zum Workshop findet Ihr hier: Workshops & Kurse

Artworkshop HH

Art workshop

Artworkshop HH has been in Hamburg since 2022. The project supports children and young people who are refugees or have a history of migration. There are free art workshops in German, Ukrainian, Russian and English. Children and young people aged 5 to 18 work creatively with art, music and movement. They draw, dance and design large abstract works. The course is open and multilingual - in German, English, Ukrainian and Russian. The classes take place once or twice a weekend. Each session is new and is led by different artists, dancers and actresses. Director: Bardia Esmaeilloo. Artist from Iran and in Hamburg. He studies at the HFBK.
Alisa Sizykh. Ukrainian artist and film director in Hamburg.

Registration
artworkshops.hamburg@gmail.com

Duration

26.04 11:00 – 13:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

Artworkshop HH

Art workshop

Artworkshop HH has been in Hamburg since 2022. The project supports children and young people who are refugees or have a history of migration. There are free art workshops in German, Ukrainian, Russian and English. Children and young people aged 5 to 18 work creatively with art, music and movement. They draw, dance and design large abstract works. The course is open and multilingual - in German, English, Ukrainian and Russian. The classes take place once or twice a weekend. Each session is new and is led by different artists, dancers and actresses. Director: Bardia Esmaeilloo. Artist from Iran and in Hamburg. He studies at the HFBK.
Alisa Sizykh. Ukrainian artist and film director in Hamburg.

Registration
artworkshops.hamburg@gmail.com

Duration

17.05 11:00 – 13:00

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Further information about the workshop can be found here: Workshops & Courses

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