JUN 20, 2020 – JUN 26, 2020
More information and links below:
London Refugee Week 2020
https://refugeeweek.org.uk/events/together-voices-across-borders/?fbclid=IwAR3VZMf7jP9FoewYlRMKhNJQCA9L_ozYCV6gaBc7RxgEyj0qu8Ssz6MiNCY
（For English description, please see below.)
「不確定去哪裡，卡在沒有出口的地方。許多道路被封鎖，
在後照鏡中，望見一條漫長的隊伍，失去了回家的希望。
我們只想在天黑之前回家。」
- 羅興亞難民詩人 Ro Yassin Abdumonab 〈我只是被困住了〉
你／妳記得上一次被迫移動、或被迫停留，是什麼時候嗎？
疫情又是從什麼時候開始，影響了你我的互動狀態，與生活位置？
為了尋找另一種可能，人們踏上遷徙的路途，尋覓一個讓自己不再只是過客的地方。
然而，在飄移與流動的顛簸中，並非總能找到自由。
當疫情築起新牆，人類被迫各自孤立。但疫情也不分邊界，滲入每一段被迫飄移者的路上。
適逢 6 月 20 日世界難民日，此次展覽，由台灣和英國兩地的故事紀錄者聯手，透過 #跨國界第一線與難民視訊的訪談與紀錄，呈現在2020全球疫情肆虐之下，來自 #敘利亞、＃委內瑞拉、#加薩、#羅興亞人以及世界各地難民的多元日常，透過聲音、影像、文字與故事，傳遞每位難民個體在 #COVID-19 危機之下，渴望穿透邊界的話語。
展覽也邀請民眾共同參與、互動，與數千公里外的難民們一同找路，讓來自不同地方、又將前往不同方向的生命經驗交叉疊覆，讓我們用更多的想像，將彼此牽引在一起。
備註：本次展覽內容，不限於聯合國難民署（UNHCR）依照國際法對「難民」的定義，而是採用廣泛的難民概念，包括任何因非自願因素而被迫穿越國境至他國尋求庇護的人。
—— 展覽資訊 ——
▎線上參與平台: 與難民找路
▎展覽時間
開幕：2020.06.20 18:00 - 21:30 (週六）
展期：2020.06.21 - 06.26 13:30 - 20:30 （週日到週五）
▎展覽場地
Minim Photography Gallery 攝影藝廊｜
台灣台北市大同區迪化街一段280巷6號 （近捷運大橋頭站）
—— 策展參與者 ——
▎共同策展人
陳映妤 Yingyu Alicia Chen｜獨立記者暨文字工作者，關注難民、強迫遷徙與人權等議題。
朱筱琪 Hsiao-Chi Chu｜獨立藝術工作者，關注藝術、博物館、遺產、強迫遷徙等議題。
廖芸婕 Yunjie Liao｜獨立記者、文字與影像工作者，關注自由、邊緣、衝突、話語權等議題。
▎故事紀錄者
Yingyu Alicia Chen
Ewa Lelontko
▎攝影師
Joss Duncan
▎獨立創作者 （依字母排序）
#委內瑞拉難民音樂家 Laura Pérez
#敘利亞藝術家 Omar Alassoura
#羅興亞難民詩人 Ro Yassin Abdumonab
▎視覺設計師
tsai_tsai_experiment
▎共同展覽執行
張以慈 Chang Yi-Tzu ｜服務設計師，喜愛發掘故事及關注設計藝術教育與公共政策
BASED DESIGN｜網站設計公司，致力於打造有效的數位傳遞方式，以科技深化人的溝通與情感理解
▎發起單位
無國界之聲 ｜Voices Without Borders
無國界之聲是在COVID-19疫情下，由獨立記者 Yingyu Alicia Chen (陳映妤)、自由紀實攝影師 Joss Duncan 以及NGO工作者 Ewa Lelontko 共同成立。透過紀錄世界各地難民人性的故事，呈現在全球不平等的結構之下，被迫遷徙者的日常。讓時常被遺忘的聲音能被好好的聽見，讓彼此激勵不覺孤單，並在大時代的不確定性中，創造出屬於世界的共同體。
▎合作夥伴
地中海移民 ｜Migrants of the Mediterranean
「地中海移民」是由Pamela Kerpius創立，起點於義大利蘭佩杜薩島，使命是將人們在遷移的過程中遭受的創傷經歷，也視為自己所面臨的，並透過人道主義敘事方法記錄移民的故事，包含移民到歐洲的遷移過程以及穿越地中海尋求安全、自由和機會的含義。
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"Not sure where to go
Stuck in a place where there is no exit
Many roads are blocked
Down car mirror and see it is a long queue
And lost hope to reach home soon
All we want is to get home before it gets dark"
“I Am Just Stuck“ by Rohingya Refugee Poet Ro Yassin Abdumonab
Do you remember the last time you were forced to migrate or stay?
When did COVID-19 start to affect our relations and interactions?
In order to find another possibility, people have embarked on the routes of migration to seek a place where they are no longer just passing by. However, within the turbulence of drift, freedom is not always guaranteed.
When the pandemic has established new walls, human beings are forced into isolation. The epidemic ignores borders and permeates every section of the drifting routes of displaced people.
Coinciding with World Refugee Day on June 20, this exhibition in collaboration with the reporters from Taiwan and the UK, displays the diverse daily life of refugees from #Syria, #Venezuela, #Gaza and #Rohingya people across the world. Through their voices, videos, images and stories, the exhibition disseminates the words of each refugee individual who is eager to voice out across borders under the COVID-19 crisis.
The exhibition also invites audiences to engage in and interact with the refugees who are thousands of kilometres away and seek the route together. The life experiences of us, from different backgrounds, and towards different destinations, may be overlapped, intersected, and connected through more imaginations.
Note: In this exhibition, the definition of “refugee” is not constrained to The UN Refugee Agency’s definition, but rather a general concept. It includes those who are forced to cross a national border to seek asylum owing to unwilling reasons.
—— Exhibition Information ——
▎Interactive Teaser Online: Find A Way with Refugees
▎Exhibition Time
Opening Day 2020.06.20 (Sat.) 18:00- 21:30
Exhibition Days 2020.06.21 (Sun.) - 06.26 (Fri.) 13:30 - 20:30
Reminder：The exhibition will not be open to the public in these two periods: 06.21 18:00-20:30 (Mon.) and 06.25 (Thurs.) 13:30-16:00 due to holding two workshops. Please come at another time! Thanks for your understanding.
▎Exhibition Location
Minim Photography Gallery ｜
No. 6, Lane 280, Section 1, Dihua St, Datong District, Taipei City, 103 (Near MRT Daqiaotou Station)
Minim Photographic Gallery is a space for storytelling, its setting makes an intimate environment to connect each viewer to the artwork. The gallery features imagery that informs through artistic expression and creative dialogues.
—— Exhibition Participants ——
▎Co-curators
Yingyu Alicia Chen｜Independent journalist and writer, focusing on refugees, forced migration and human rights issues.
Hsiao-Chi Chu｜Independent art project manager and writer, focusing on art, museum, heritages, forced migration and human rights issues.
Yunjie Liao ｜Independent journalist, writer and photographer. Her works often encompass stories involving freedom, borders, conflicts and narratives.
▎Storytellers
Yingyu Alicia Chen
Ewa Lelontko
▎Photographer
Joss Duncan
▎Artists (A to Z)
#Venezuelan Refugee Musician Laura Pérez
#Syrian artist Omar Alassoura
#Rohingya Refugee Poet Ro Yassin Abdumonab
▎Visual designer
Tsai Cheng Che｜tsai_tsai_experiment
▎Co-exhibition Coordinator
Chang Yi-Tzu ｜Service designer, Loves exploring stories and care about art/design education and public policy
BASED DESIGN｜We are committed to deliver the most effective method of digital communication, using technology to deepen human communication and emotional understanding.
▎Organizer
Voices Without Borders
Voices Without Borders (VWB) is established by independent journalist Yingyu Alicia Chen, freelance documentary photographer Joss Duncan, and NGO worker Ewa Lelontko. During COVID-19 pandemic, VWB aims to showcase the human side of stories that refugees and forced migrants live under the structure of global inequalities. To voice those who are often left behind. To show that we are not alone and to empower each other. To create a community in a world of uncertainty.
▎Partner
Migrants of the Mediterranean
Migrants of the Mediterranean (MotM) is founded by Pamela Kerpius. MotM records the migrants' stories by Humanitarian Storytelling approach to present the experience of the individual migrant’s journey, from country of origin to Europe, to see who they are and what it entails to cross the Mediterranean Sea in search of safety, freedom and opportunity. The mission of MotM is to see the trauma people have suffered on their journey as a reality we see as our own, and document it for the historical record. Only by understanding the crisis of humanity before us are we equipped to address it.
▎特別感謝 Special Thanks (A to Z)
Abdullah Alkhonaini
Adri Ochoa
Ana Ce
Brighton Migrants Solidarity (Jacob)
Chang Wei
Chao Yaling
Corona Post. Doom & Bloom (Lisa Söderlindh)
C.W. Lee
Diego Vidal-Cruzprieto
Eva Huang
Eynel Pilatowsky
Lin Tahan
Liu Yi-Zhi
INTARE
Mina Chiang
Minim Photographic Gallery (Naomi & Min)
Pamela Kerpiu
Sean Xie
Sofia Castro
Robbie Porter
Will Yang
Zuya Zheng
and all interviewees and participants
