About the event
As part of the Week of Discovering European Cemeteries 2026, the Women In Remembrance Culture e.V. (WIRC) organised a special event, taking place on 28 May 2026 at 19.00 at the Inner Neustadt Cemetery in Dresden (Friedensstraße 2, 01097 Dresden).
The multimedia exhibition d wie dora (“D as in Dora”), featuring visual artist Natalia Bougai, promises a unique exploration of memory, family history, and geopolitical shifts through the lens of art.
In this project, Natalia Bougai engages deeply with her father’s photographic archive. As an amateur photographer, he meticulously documented their family’s daily life, creating a shared ritual of developing photographs together that became a cornerstone of collective family memory. Years later, Bougai invited her relatives to revisit and describe those moments, transforming personal recollections into the foundation of her performative sound-space installation Der rote Abend (“The Red Evening”)." Combining sound, video, and immersive spatial elements, the installation explores themes of memory, family, and identity, while also moving beyond the private sphere to reflect the broader experiences of a Russian-Ukrainian family across generations and into the present day.
The opening evening will include a discussion with the artist, offering audiences insight into the creative process behind the work and its connection to remembrance culture and contemporary European history.
For additional information or questions, please contact naito@wirc.network.