Conversations From Calais
Conversations From Calais
Conversations From Calais is a project that documents conversations between volunteers and migrants in Calais and pastes them on the walls of our cities. It is a way of re-humanising the refugee crisis. We have now shared more than 260 conversations volunteers have submitted. These have been typed out in 12 different languages, printed as posters and pasted up on walls in 60 cities and 5 different continents. This ever-growing collection of conversations focuses on capturing the diversity of experiences and moving away from the categorisation of refugees as villains, heroic figures or hopeless victims.
Artist Biography
Mathilda Della Torre is a French and Italian graphic designer and illustrator. She uses her practice to look closer for longer, to bring people together through creative exchanges and to place marginalised voices at the centre of our stories. She is currently based in London and working for the charity Choose Love.
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