2022,
video with sound, animation, 7:45 min,
Language: German with English subtitle,
Limited edition: 5 + 2AP.
In this artificial underwater world, countless tiny will-o’-the-wisps buzz around. They symbolize all the people who drowned while fleeing to Europe between 2014 and 2022. At the bottom of this sea, we listen to the stories of five young refugees: Jayjay and Ismail from Afghanistan, Zeeshan from Pakistan, Abdi from Ethiopia, and Sulayman from The Gambia. They tell of their families, their flight from violence, and their hopes and dreams.
Water is a habitat, a border, and a grave. As part of a global ecosystem, it connects continents and people, but it also reveals the consequences of political and ecological crises. The work highlights the close interconnection between displacement, sustainability, and climate change: Droughts, floods, dwindling resources, and destroyed livelihoods are exacerbating existing conflicts worldwide and forcing more and more people to migrate. The sea thus becomes a symbol of an ecologically and socially interconnected world in which human actions have far-reaching consequences for the environment and life itself.
