EXHIBITIONS
In this spatial point called Idomeni, in this geographical extremity of the world, in this muddy dwelling of souls, people who wandered alone, continuously changing places, looking for salvation in a world that seems to have no place left for anybody else, arrived.In these inhumane conditions the Micro history of the refugees who dwelled in Idomeni was converted into a black page in the main corpus of History.
Parts of the exhibition
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Storytelling
The diachrony of the refugee - the journey from the war zones to Europe.
Tapes & Narratives
Room of Arts
Artists attempted to capture, through of their paintings, memories of their home country, images of their odyssey and aspirations for the future.
Room of Information
The Room of Information aims to inform the public on the critical refugee issue focusing on its multiple dimensions.
Library - stories of refugees
Visual - the refugee in numbers
Discussions
Can information and interaction help to reclaim a narrative of dignity and respect? Do we need stories that are about pride, and not prejudice?
Productions
Side presentations of the small room project
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Refugee Visualization
Describes the three year presence of the refugees originating from the war zones heading from Turkey and Africa to central Europe & around the world.The Refugee Diachrony Visualization aims to inform the public on the critical refugee issue focusing on its multiple dimensions.
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Changing the narrative
"These are children! Not refugees ... just children." As clearly as the 4-year-old in the interview sees it, the story is unfortunately rarely told from this perspective today: people are judged by their origin - and these origins are demonized. A policy of fear on the backs of people in need.
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New activists of European culture
Vasilis Tsartsanis and Ben Frost, walking around Graz and the festival venues and talking about their works regarding the refugee crisis and the way they define themselves as activists.
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Artists attempted to capture, through of their paintings, memories of their home country, images of their odyssey and aspirations for the future.
ARTISTS
PRODUCTIONS
The water of memory
Traditions from Greece and Middle East used to say that when a beloved person is going to leave we should throw water on his back· in order to move fast and to remember, like the water, and came back.
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The children of Solidarity
The children attempted to capture, through their paintings, memories of their home country and aspirations for the future.
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