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Franziska Klose (* 1977) is an artist and photographer. She has been working on post-industrial landscapes and contemporary nature since 2010. 

Dr. Matthias Oloew, *1968, is a cultural historian and author. He wrote for the Berlin newspaper “Tagesspiegel” for 15 years and was subsequently Head of Corporate Communications at “Berliner Bäder-Betriebe” for 15 years. 

Rebecca Racine Ramershoven (1987) lives and works in Cologne and Thessaloniki. She completed both her Bachelor's and Master's degree at the Folkwang University of the Arts and graduated in 2024. 

Alexandra Stanić is a journalist, photographer and content creator from Vienna. 

Juan Moreno (*1972 in Huércal-Overa) is a Spanish journalist and writer who grew up in Germany. 

Prof Dr Masala studied political science, German and Romance philology from 1988 to 1992. He received his doctorate in 1996 and his habilitation in 2002. 

Aladin El-Mafaalani is a sociologist and professor of migration and educational sociology at TU Dortmund University and a member of the SFB 1604 ‘Production of Migration’ at IMIS at the University of Osnabrück. 

Ferda Ataman (she/her) is the Independent Federal Commissioner for Anti-Discrimination and Head of the Federal Anti-Discrimination Agency, a political scientist. 

Özlem Avcı is a teacher, artist and DJ. In her sets, she combines traditional folk music, diaspora pop, Anatolian rock and belly dance music.

Tutku brings her energetic and eclectic sounds to Dortmund! Her influences range from hip-hop and RnB to Arabesk, Jersey Club and Baile Funk.

Cem A. is an artist with a background in anthropology. He is known for running the art meme page @freeze_magazine and for his site-specific installations. 

Iden Sungyoung Kim is an artistic researcher who observes, investigates, documents and reconstructs the political ironies of deeply entrenched, invisible regimes. 

Minh Đức Phạm is an artist and performer. He studied exhibition design at the HfG Karlsruhe and performance studies and design theory at the UdK Berlin. 

Yon Natalie Mik is a multidisciplinary artist and performance artist who works at the intersection of dance, poetry, sound and installation. 

Kemal Dinç, originally from Turkey, moved to Germany with his family in 1980. He began playing the bağlama at the age of twelve and later learnt the classical guitar. 

Nail Doğan, born in Augsburg in 1988 as the son of a guest taxi driver and a guest cleaner. Lives in Hamburg. Chews fingernails. Keeps his head above water. Writes.

Jordi Colomer's (*Barcelona 1962) practice spans film, photography, sculpture and installation, often involving collective participation.

The Kiosk of Solidarity is a mobile meeting point in public space. It goes where exchange, participation, and lived solidarity are needed – in squares, neighbourhoods, or places of social tension.

Havîn Al-Sîndy works in Kurdistan and Germany. Her artistic practice moves between performance, sculpture, painting, and moving images.  

Cihan Çakmak was born in Lower Saxony in 1993 and grew up in Worpswede and Bremen. After studying photography at the Dortmund University of Applied Sciences and Arts, with an interim study visit to Lisbon, she enrolled at the Leipzig Academy of Visual Arts in 2017.