Migration is a social concept that has
been used to explain changes. Moving, wandering, migrations
for different, often sad reasons, have contributed to positive
and negative changes. In our time – and in this context
– it is art’s comments to society, and it is about
the journey. A journey of memory, a modern travel description,
journeys in culture, mythology, landscape and in the mind.
Migrations as a common and rather close history. By showing
the exhibition in the different countries, holding seminars
and workshops in different places, but as a part of the same
project, I believe that we can contribute towards a deeper
understanding and increased respect between the people across
borders. As regards content of the exhibition, there are other
dimensions and motifs. Here, it is the works and the relationship
of the works to each other that are essential. The exhibition
and the migration are the poetic tale in and for the Barents
Region. Becoming more stories as the project progresses. It
is tales and the passages.
Hilde-Merete Methi
Project Manager
