Art

The Floating Laboratory of Action and Theory at Sea (FLOATS) in cooperation with the Summer School "Cultures, Migrations, Borders"& the Department of Social Anthropology and History at the University of the Aegean (Lesvos) are hosting a summer meeting in Lesvos, Greece [13-15 July 2018] that will explore the practices and theories of utopia at sea. 

*The working language is English. Participation is open and free to all.

More information: https://floatsea.org/1st-summer-meeting-lesvos-greece

Films about Europe’s migrant crisis run the risk of being artful and exploitative. Now directors are seeking to redress the balance.

ZINE is a platform for expression in the midst of uncertainty, an attempt to control one’s own narrative when circumstances and bureaucracy are wearing away at that right where the refugees of Leros’ hotspot are concerned. Instead of an identity based in police paperwork, asylum applications, or case numbers, ZINE is composed of poetry, art, and personal narratives. It is that age-old rebel yell for humanity, this time coming from the hotspots of Greece. It is produced by Echo100Plus at The Hub – a community center on the island of Leros – where refugees who reside in RIC facilities