The Refugee Week Malta 2023
For the second time, I conducted creative workshop for Refugee Week Malta. This year, we had focus on photography as a powerful tool to share and build memories and look deeper on a new country where we are living. And later, we took portraits of each other playing with our image and culture.
Participant on the ferry from Sliema to Valletta, new perspective on the two cities.
Participant took the opportunity to stand up on abandoned chair
Photography studio
Photos exhibited on the main windows of the real estate agency instated of the usual advertising.
Creating a narrative thanks to the photos of various participants
Offering space to write also our felling.
Direction: on the move vs blocked / stoped
Building memories through photographs
The Refugee Week Malta 2022
I conducted various of creative workshops according to the discussions I had with the six participants and their desires, needs and skills. We created a pop-up exhibition in a real estate agency displaying paints, poteries, videos, objects and we have created our own "advertising" in the main window.
"The workshops weren’t structured like an art academy, where everyone would be asked to copy or focus on the same subject. Instead, I decided to go for creative-participative activities, which help us all learn about each other. Thematically, we focused on ‘culture shock’ and the notion of home. I also wanted to help participants to continue developing their own practice, while also making sure that those with no background in the arts can feel comfortable to create and form part of the project."
Extract from the article written by Teodor Reljic for UNCHR
Extract from the article written by Teodor Reljic for UNCHR
Support and partners: Dance Beyond Borders, Migrants Commission, Arts Council Malta, Quicklets and Zanzi Homes
open the discussion through images and photographs
Exploring new ways of creating something in common
General view of the exhibition
Kirar with QR code, invitation to know more about the value of this music for the participant
Misuse of advertising to tell personal stories
Those Sudanese popular ingredients that are missing
Ecriture de soi. Regards croisés | 2021
Classes de 3PM et 3UPE2A du lycée Jean Jaurès, Rennes
Classes de 3PM et 3UPE2A du lycée Jean Jaurès, Rennes
Un carnet réunit travaux d’écriture et illustrations d’une trentaine d’élèves sur le thème de l’autobiographie avec pour point de départ le choix d’un objet qui leur est cher.
À travers des ateliers d’expression orale, d’écriture poétique et d’arts appliqués, les élèves sont entrés en dialogue. De l’objet choisi à leur récit de vie, leurs souvenirs, leurs aspirations et leur parcours singulier, les échanges – entre pairs mais aussi avec les intervenant·e·s et les professeur·e·s – se sont enrichis d’une dimension interculturelle qui a fait toute la singularité de ce projet.
À travers des ateliers d’expression orale, d’écriture poétique et d’arts appliqués, les élèves sont entrés en dialogue. De l’objet choisi à leur récit de vie, leurs souvenirs, leurs aspirations et leur parcours singulier, les échanges – entre pairs mais aussi avec les intervenant·e·s et les professeur·e·s – se sont enrichis d’une dimension interculturelle qui a fait toute la singularité de ce projet.
