Reframing Migrant Narratives through Arts Practice
In this article, we reflect on our collaborative practice-as-research piece <i>Project Finding Home</i>, that arose from our experiences of working and living in the UK as ‘non-British’ citizens. Engaging with other refugee and migrant artists over three years, we worked deliberately as...
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| description | In this article, we reflect on our collaborative practice-as-research piece <i>Project Finding Home</i>, that arose from our experiences of working and living in the UK as ‘non-British’ citizens. Engaging with other refugee and migrant artists over three years, we worked deliberately as co-researchers and co-creators in a non-hierarchical dynamic to produce a series of four films reflecting on how we find home when it is so impacted by government policy, social and cultural integration, and intergenerational relationships. This article focuses on two of these films, one made with the participatory theatre company of Sanctuary, PSYCHEdelight, and one made with conceptual artist, Khaled Barakeh. Through observations of their work, we discuss how their respective uses of comedy (in PSYCHEdelight’s show <i>Mohand and Peter</i>) and visual representation (in Barakeh’s installation <i>On the Ropes</i>) resist singular views of migrant narratives. Additionally, we analyse our creative and ethical processes for making films with them about their work. Discussing how their aesthetics informed our processes for showcasing who they are and what they do as artists to a wider audience, we examine how artistic practice, its documentation, and its dissemination can question dominant aesthetic norms and existing migration and cultural policies in the UK and Europe. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-0f0e01c8daaa4b9b857c0a953ad36f3c2023-11-17T18:15:37ZengMDPI AGArts2076-07522023-03-011225810.3390/arts12020058Reframing Migrant Narratives through Arts PracticeElena Marchevska0Carolyn Defrin1School of Arts and Creative Industries, London South Bank University, London SE1 0AA, UKIndependent Researcher, London SE1 0AA, UKIn this article, we reflect on our collaborative practice-as-research piece <i>Project Finding Home</i>, that arose from our experiences of working and living in the UK as ‘non-British’ citizens. Engaging with other refugee and migrant artists over three years, we worked deliberately as co-researchers and co-creators in a non-hierarchical dynamic to produce a series of four films reflecting on how we find home when it is so impacted by government policy, social and cultural integration, and intergenerational relationships. This article focuses on two of these films, one made with the participatory theatre company of Sanctuary, PSYCHEdelight, and one made with conceptual artist, Khaled Barakeh. Through observations of their work, we discuss how their respective uses of comedy (in PSYCHEdelight’s show <i>Mohand and Peter</i>) and visual representation (in Barakeh’s installation <i>On the Ropes</i>) resist singular views of migrant narratives. Additionally, we analyse our creative and ethical processes for making films with them about their work. Discussing how their aesthetics informed our processes for showcasing who they are and what they do as artists to a wider audience, we examine how artistic practice, its documentation, and its dissemination can question dominant aesthetic norms and existing migration and cultural policies in the UK and Europe.https://www.mdpi.com/2076-0752/12/2/58co-creationmigrationart and performancecultural policy |
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