TRANSFORMATION - CONFLICT / ESCAPE is the working title of an ongoing documentary film project.
Since 2018 I have been shooting interviews on Lesbos on the background of a humanitarian crisis. This is a project in process that takes advantage from my educational work, network and personal research in the same context.
The material of this project, gives good opportunities for screenings, exhibitions and lectures, supplementing discussions around some of the most burning issues of our time: how to relate to and to deal with a migration crisis based on war, climate change, political confusion, a loss of common sense and ethics and a fatal post-colonial disaster.
Where does art has potentials to relate to that in ways that make sense? In which way can artists contribute in practice? However I would like to hand this question on to you, we have found something important we would like to share.
I have been listening to local people, NGOs, refugees and experts on Lesbos, and since 2017 working with an educational project, involving more than 40 artists, scientists and activists discussing those questions, developing and applying artistic strategies. I will continue when the situation allows travelling again. However this activity had quite a substantial impact on the life of those artists and others who have been involved, including my own, this work will never be finished and I would like to welcome new potential partners to join wherever they are on this planet.
Please don´t hesitate to contact me. Join this project or help me curating or organising screenings, lectures, gatherings and discussions in your home country.
