LONDON - “We can’t tell you to enjoy this exhibition.” That was the message from the curators Federica Mazzara and Maya Ramsay on the opening night of “Sink Without Trace: Exhibition on Migrant Deaths at Sea” at London’s P21 Gallery. A soiled orange life vest hangs on the wall; visitors see the remains of shoes worn by a migrant who drowned at sea and the nails from a shipwrecked migrant boat. Close to the gallery on Regents Canal a rescued North African migrant boat is moored. The concept for the “Sink Without Trace” exhibition was born out of the curator’s long-standing research into the subject of art and migrant deaths at sea. The exhibition and the catalogue are raising money for Alarm Phone, a rescue hotline for migrants in distress at sea.

Source: The North Africa Journal July 20, 2019 17:26 UTC