Inflatable Refugee
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The Inflatable Refugee: “His size represents how we perceive him.”
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Coinciding with the current migration crisis from East to West, Schellekens & Peleman have started to work on ‘#The_Inflatable_Refugee’. A large inflatable adult male figure that represents a seated refugee.
The ‘ gazes blankly into the distance. Has he arrived at a safe haven or will he be refused and be sent from whence he came? His sheer size allows him to look over and beyond us and keep watch on the horizon, not limited by borders or documents. It makes him inescapable, undeniably present.
Do we see him as a human or as a problem? Is his presence an opportunity or a threat, devoid of human characteristics? Schellekens & Peleman proportionally enlarged the ‘Inflatable Refugee’ to match the extreme reactions his arrival in the Western world evoked. His size represents how we perceive him.
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Le revoilà en Belgique... le bonhomme !
Where Refugees Can Come HomeMECHELEN, Belgium — The 20-foot-high effigy of a refugee perched on a rooftop here does not have a name. To his creators, the anonymity of the figure crouched in an orange life vest, his arms wrapped tightly around his knees, reflects the universality of his plight. But it also reflects the way many Europeans view the refugees and migrants arriving in their towns and cities: a nameless mass threatening their way of life.
▻http://www.nytimes.com/2016/12/03/opinion/sunday/where-refugees-can-come-home.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-sha
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