Beyond the ID – Rewriting the Passport

The workshop translates questions of belonging, official documents, citizenship and alternative bureaucracies into a tangible object. Visitors design their own identity documents and explore, in a hands-on way, how participation can be conceived differently. The passport is not viewed as a document issued by the state, but as an expression of identity.

Maria Clara Valencia Carmona is a product designer based in Hamburg and a graduate of the Product Design BA at Bauhaus University Weimar. Her practice is participatory, interdisciplinary and research-driven, combining product design with visual and spatial storytelling. She focuses on inclusion, sustainability and social value, and develops formats that rethink interaction, participation and social access.

Maria Ibrahim is a Person of Color, a second-generation migrant, and lives in Hamburg. As a multimedia artist and earthen architect, she works at the intersection of art, craft and social research. Her practice explores how social power structures are inscribed in architecture, urban landscapes and the body – and how these might be reimagined.

The event is free of charge and open to everyone.

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