PHOTOGRAPHING THE MISSING IN MIGRATION
Dialogue between Anna Surinyach and Abdoulaye Fall, moderated by Edu Ponces
>>Tuesday 21 October, 7 pm
Migration is one of the most important phenomena of our time, and also one of its greatest tragedies. Documenting it ethically represents a major challenge for journalism and documentary photography, especially when focussing on the thousands of people who disappear along the way.
INCOMING
Richard Mosse
>>Wednesday 22 October, 7 pm
*Xerrada en anglès
Richard Mosse has spent much of his career documenting migratory movements around the world, calling into question the way we depict pain and dispossession. His work subverts the codes of the prevailing visual narrative as he probes the boundaries between art, documentary and politics. He invites us to reflect on the suffering of others, the nature of our responsibility and the way images can kindle critical thinking and empathy.
SHIFTIN BORDERS, DWELLING IN TRANSIT
Myriam Meloni
>>Thursday 23 October, 7 pm
To migrate is not just to move: it is a political and existential act that challenges borders, sovereignties and privileges. Words and images invite us to rethink movement and the inequalities that run through it. The talk is organized in relation to the exhibition En los días claros se ve Europa, presented at the IEFC.
MEMORIES AND TERRITORIES OPEN TO LISTENING
Al’Akhawat
>>Thursday 23 October, 7 pm
The accounts told among the members of Al’Akhawat nostalgically evoke the migrant memory: bureaucratic archives, stories, theoretical and poetic writings that interconnect, blurring boundaries and bringing the personal and communal together..
