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Living Realities – Changing Perceptions is a socio-political, transdisciplinary art project bringing the contemporary living realities of people who had to leave their countries in search for a new home into focus. The touring exhibition Stages of a Flight forms the common thread throughout the transnational venture and is expanded by participative art projects in each respective country, spanning from the creation of theatre performances, music and singing classes, dance, photography workshops to discourse formats. The project creates encounters through art and encourages dialogue about current questions of arriving and living together, aiming to change perceptions and perspectives for the participants as well as audiences. Dedicated to the generations of people, that do not have access to education, to the job market, to social participation.
Exhibition
Stages of a Flight is a touring exhibition that portrays the living realities of individuals who had to flee. The project aims to counter the populist, often negative images shown in the media with the perspectives of those affected. Since 2015, photographer Simon van Hal and journalist and voluntary translator Nermin Ismail have – in seven different countries – encountered and accompanied people who were forced to leave their homes. In a hub for human smugglers in Izmir; along the Greek coastline; at railway stations in Hungary; on the Slovenian and Moroccan borders; in the Spanish enclave of Ceuta; in the shelters in Austria and Italy. The project gives these individuals the opportunity to tell their story and to be seen. Furthermore, it shows the political developments until 2017.
Data
More than 65.6 million people around the world are currently fleeing. Every day, people are forced to leave their homes. There are various reasons for this: Many are persecuted for expressing opinions that dissent from those of the authorities. Numerous countries continue to threaten minorities with execution. Some girls and women flee to escape forced marriage. Natural disasters and profit-driven encroachments into the living environment force people to leave their homes.
To flee is not a crime. Half of all those currently fleeing are young people under the age of 18 and children. 84% of them find refuge in so-called developing countries. Very few make it to Europe. Currently, there is no legal route into the EU. The European Union is partly responsible for many of the reasons, which cause people to flee. However, not even 3 % of all those who are fleeing reach Europe. A result of the continent’s increasing isolation and the fact that more and more people die trying to reach it. It is more important than ever that worldwide efforts are made to promote social cohesion and that a platform is given to initiatives that encourage encounters and fight populism with solidarity.
Organisers
With a key focus on the photography exhibition, Living Realities – Changing Perceptions has so far been presented in the Czech Republic along with a series of parallel events. Athens is the second stop of the project, which will then travel to Austria in June. The whole project is a joint collaboration and coproduction of Brunnenpassage (Austria), Studio ALTA (Czech Republic),Dschungel Wien (Austria) and Impact Hub Athens (Greece), co-funded by Creative Europe.
Accessibility
The exhibition is accompanied by audio description and the venue is accessible for wheelchair users. The recently renovated building of the Municipal Market of Kypseli is equipped with an accessible bathroom. Accessibility services have been designed and curated by Liminal.
Audio description
Script: Kerassia Michalopoulou, Idyli Tsaliki
Narration: Kerassia Michalopoulou
Braille Print: KEAT
Living Realities – Changing Perceptions
Duration: March 31 – April 29, 2018
Opening: Saturday March 31, 2018, time 18:00
Location: Municipal Market of Kypseli (Fokionos Negri 42, Kypseli, Athens 113 61)
Visiting Hours: Monday – Friday 16:00 – 20:00 / Saturday – Sunday 11:00 – 20:00
School visits during morning hours by appointment at agora@impacthub.net
Accessibility services designed & provided by: Liminal
Free entrance
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