Final exhibition

What images and narratives do young people from Germany and Tanzania associate with sustainability?

Sixteen young creatives from Germany & Tanzania spent several months intensively exploring this question.

To celebrate the photographs created during the project and our participating young artists, we organized a final exhibition at Alte Feuerwache in Cologne and at the Goethe-Institute in Dar es Salaam. The hybrid opening event of the exhibition took place on January 17th, 2026.

The exhibition provided insight into the photographic perspectives of these young people; what (un)sustainability can mean to them and which images shape their ideas.

Based on reflections, discussions and shared observations the young creatives developed their own photographic translations. They reveal personal, critical and creative perspectives on narratives of sustainability.  In addition to individually shaped perspectives, experiences and ideas were shared in a transcultural exchange.

The exhibition invited visitors to discover these visual narratives about responsibility, the future and cohesion, and to broaden their view of possible shared sustainable futures.

The exhibition booklet provides insight into the exhibited photographs and gives further information about the project: https://heyzine.com/flip-book/617933ef01.html#page/1