CREATIVE-WORKSHOPS with Nazanin Zandi
In a series of creative workshops, participants learned how to tell stories using images and text – from panel layout to character design. They developed their first scenes and image ideas, discovered their style and worked on their own narrative about memory, persecution, Jewish life or questions about the future.
‘Visual storytelling’
Friday | 15.08.2025 | 18:30 – 20:00 | KulturCentrale
In the creative workshop ‘Visual Storytelling’ with Nazanin Zandi, participants creatively processed their impressions of the city. Through initial drawing experiments in the style of graphic novels, historical content was made emotionally and visually accessible. The connection between place and image served as an introduction to the connection between history and artistic expression.
‘Characters & Perspectives’
Saturday | 16.08.2025 | 13:30 – 15:00 | KulturCentrale
In the creative workshop ‘Characters & Perspectives’ with Nazanin Zandi, the focus was on developing a character who can represent an individual fate. The change of perspective – telling the story ‘from the character’s point of view’ – promoted empathy and the creative interpretation of historical complexity.
‘Places & Atmosphere’
Friday | 22.08.2025 | 18:30 – 20:00 | KulturCentrale
In the creative workshop ‘Places & Atmosphere’ with Nazanin Zandi, the impressions from the tour on the destruction and reconstruction of Dresden were translated into atmospheric scenes: places were made tangible as carriers of memories, using visual language, symbolism and emotional expression.
‘Narration & Dramaturgy’
Saturday | 23.08.2025 | 13:30 – 15:00 | KulturCentrale
In the creative workshop ‘Narration & Dramaturgy’ with Nazanin Zandi, participants used dramaturgical techniques to structure their graphic novels and turned what they had worked on so far into a coherent narrative.
‘Your Voice of Memory’
Friday | 29.08.2025 | 18:30 – 20:00 | KulturCentrale
In the final workshop, ‘Your Voice of Remembrance’ with Nazanin Zandi, historical reflection was creatively processed and the graphic novels were completed. The result was a collection of personal artistic contributions to the culture of remembrance – a bridge between history and the present.
