The work addresses the big issue of loss of home and identity with a minimalistic approach: the photographic representation focuses on objects that remain.
The series gathers together objects that migrants have brought with them to their new home - either because they did not want to leave these things behind or because the objects acquired existential significance somewhere along the way.
The images are like still lifes, but supplemented by short texts that recount the name of the refugee, their country of birth, the age on arrival in Germany [last number in brackets] and the object's route. Gaps indicate that the person in question either flew across national borders with the object or was hidden and therefore does not know the route. The text is in German, as Germany is the language of their new home.
The owners of the objects are thus indirectly brought back into the picture and the individual work acts like a portrait.
Dagmar Gester
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