Digital Exhibition
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They are fleeing, they have already come a long way, they want to get to Europe, to a safe place, to a place where human rights apply or where life is possible – but then suddenly they can't go any further.
The digital exhibition VOICES FROM THE BORDER consists of 15 short portraits, each lasting between two and five minutes, of people stranded at Europe's external borders – and of residents of these regions. Portraits from Serbia, Mauritania, Tunisia, Morocco, Bosnia and Turkey. Filmed by filmmakers from these countries.
The portraits are stumbling blocks in a time of heated and turbulent debates and developments on the subject of migration and asylum policy in Europe. They take a step back: from ‘masses’ and ‘flows’, individuals emerge again, with stories we can listen to. There is no judgement. We take a few minutes to simply listen to what people on the other side of the border security installations have to say.
They are stories of hopes and dreams, but also of bitter experiences and the situation in their home countries. Listening can trigger reflection and discussion; in any case, it causes certainties and opinions to crumble and brings about a change of perspective: instead of looking at the borders from within Europe, we look at them from outside Europe.
