An Empty Table and an Empty Boat: Empathic Encounters with Refugee Experiences in Intermedial Installation Art

This essay is an inquiry into two intermedial installations that address the experiences of people on the run from war or poverty, yet overtly hinder and problematize the viewer’s identification with the depicted refugees. By doing so, Friday Table (2013) by art collective Foundland, and Isaac Julie...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Houwen Janna
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sciendo 2016-12-01
Series:American, British and Canadian Studies Journal
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1515/abcsj-2016-0018