Art in the border

art in the border

Art in the border

Arts practice based research

2023-2026

Austria-Greece-the Canary Islands

As a Marie Curie fellow, based at the University of Graz, Austria, I am examining the role of art in border zones, specifically exploring how participatory arts practices with key actors can intervene in current dehumanised migration landscape.

Contextualised by global border art practices, the project compares artistic activity in Samos, Greece and Tenerife, Spain- two islands currently impacted by the EU’s migration and border policies.

Through creative engagement with those impacting and impacted by migration policies in both of these locations, the project explores how artistic methods can offer nuanced information about the relationships between these actors and how co-created artworks might provide scope for imagining future migration experiences that centre dignity and compassion.

image taken at 'Islands of memory' conference, Hvar, Croatia, 2024

Creative research methods

playing cards

a deck of cards co-created with The Elastic Borders Team used in informal interviews and workshops

design workshops

design workshops with key border actors to explore future migration practices

micro-artworks

an ongoing series of participatory art works made by key border actors exploring how relationships between the past and present can inform and inspire the future of borders and migration.