WINDOW TO MORIA
While Corona continues to dominate the headlines, more than 7500 people live under precarious conditions in Camp Kara Tepe, an overcrowded tent camp on Lesbos. In collaboration with Yousif Al Shewaili and the group The Humans of Moria, the video installation Window to Moria shows insights into refugees’ lives in the camp.
When: 29. 1. – 13. 2. 2021
Mo – Fr: 9 – 21.00 / Sa: 12 – 22.00
Where: Herdernstrasse 56, 8004 Zurich
THE HUMANS OF MORIA
The Humans of Moria is a team of young refugees, publishing photographs and videos capturing everyday life stories of refugees on Lesvos island. To be able to do their work, they have to stay anonymous. Starting this project in 2020 to raise awareness through visual works, they currently live in the Camp Kara Tepe. In this video installation, they presentl two video works and 16 photographs.
All works are taken with consent from the Instagram account of @The humans of Moria.
(www.instagram.com/the_humans_of_moria)
YOUSIF AL SHEWAILI
Yousif Al Shewaili is a 21 year old Iragi refugee, arriving in Moria/Greece in 2017. Soon after he started working as a photojournalist reporting from inside of the camp, documenting the living conditions, the daily life and the struggles. At the beginning of 2020 he started publishing his work on Instagram, reaching people beyond the borders. His work can be situated at the intersection between documentary photography and filmmaking and artistic expression. His current whereabouts are unknown, because he no longer feels safe working as a photojournalist in Lesvos. In this video installation, Yousif presents two video works and three portraits of inhabitants of the camp on lesvos.