Connecting artists around the world.
Become / Belong:
Empowering Wellbeing Through Innovative, Inclusive, and Psychologically-Informed Arts Interventions.
About Us
Become/Belong uses knowledge of psychology and other disciplines critically to support the wellbeing of individuals and communities in a systemic approach with innovative (arts) interventions, that honours dignity, human rights, democratic participation and diversity.
Creativity as a tool to imagine, to dream and to make a bearable meaning out of suffering are cornerstones of healing. Deleuze(*) views new connections and becomings being possible through the creation, arrangement and re-arrangement of perspectives and this enabled a deconstruction of the life-story as a combination of both, the real and the socially constructed as two part of the self. An endlessly transmutable social construction which agrees with Deleuze premise that a surface self serves as a plane of ‘becoming’, as opposed to a notion of self which has an internalised core of being.
Our international projects use the transformative power of the arts for community development and social cohesion, they use counselling as a tool for individual and collective growth.
(*) Deleuze, G. (1989). Cinema: The Time Image. (H. Tomlinson & R. Galeta, Transl.). University of Minnesota Press.
Cartographies of Becoming – A group exhibition at kunst:raum sylt quelle in Sylt-Rantum
Cartographies of Becoming – A group exhibition at kunst:raum sylt quelle in Sylt-Rantum
What We Do
01.
— Focus on Connection and Development
Emphasize the importance of connection and personal growth as foundational to wellbeing.
02.
— Cultivating Awareness and Understanding
Highlight the role of awareness and conscious understanding in healing and growth.
03.
— Exploring Identity and Change
Support individuals in examining their conceptions, narratives, and identity patterns to foster intentional change.
04.
— Guidance on Life’s Journey
Assist in navigating life’s fundamental questions and personal challenges.
05.
— Sharing Knowledge and Experience
Share expertise to cultivate empathy, self-worth, and fulfillment of dreams and aspirations.
06.
— Empowering Personal and Social Change
Help individuals cope with life’s challenges, become their true selves, and contribute positively to their communities and the world.
Projects
Diverse People Remember
is an international long-term community project that aims to share approaches to trauma & reconciliation through storytelling and the arts. Diverse People Remember wishes to plant the seed of reconciliation on an international scale by starting a dialogue about the effects of trauma and enabling historical re-visitation for a more prosperous and democratic future.
Roundabout
Roundabout connects changemakers, innovators and seekers from different backgrounds for informal conversations about a specific topic.
Toonda
The Cultural Commuity Centre Toonda (from Swahili “to create”) offers local people the
opportunity to meet, to experiment, to exchange art and culture in the rural environment of Western Uganda. It is a place for an open exchange of ideas, creative processes and cooperation between
people of different cultures.