by Tomine Eieland Dalene | Aug 12, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations
I have a memory of Life Jackets from my time in “videregående” (high school). I had a course called “Art, Design and Architecture” (translated) where we talked about art happening right now and taking inspiration or giving it thoughts so we would reflect...
by Vafeiadou Gesthimani-Artemis | Jul 23, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations
I came to Lesvos in 2016, one year after the beginning of the so-called “refugee crisis”. Until then, I could not even point Lesvos on a map. Until I was 17-18 years old, I actually thought that this island was Chios. I knew its shape and location, but thought it was...
by Eleni Gkrilla | Jul 19, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations
My relationship with Lesvos began almost simultaneously with the “refugee crisis”. In 2016, I was already living in Syros, working as a teacher, but I was going very often to Athens to meet my then boyfriend. There we met at the port of Piraeus at E1 and...
by Maggi Asbjørnsen | Jul 19, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations
When I walk out my door, I don’t see signs of crisis. Nature seems to be thriving and my neighbors seem to be happy. I am dependent on others to gain more insight and information about the world. My neighbors share amazingly delicious food and heartbreaking stories....
by Annagrazia Graduato | Jul 11, 2022 | 5: Summer Course 2022, 5a Course Preparations
During my master’s thesis, on artistic creation related to migration, I dealt with migration-related themes and especially the imaginary conveyed by migration-related narratives. My focus shifted in particular from a construction of the self within institutional...
