On the Move: Mobile Phones and the Tapestry of Home
1–16 March 2024
Wednesday–Saturday, 12-5pm.
Preview: Thursday 29 February, 6-8pm
Workshop and roundtable: Wednesday 13 March
Home is not just a place; it’s a sensation: 2-4pm (book on Eventbrite) and The Intersections of Participatory Art, Collaboration, and Communities: 4-6pm.
See what happened here …
EXHIBITION AND EVENTS FREE TO ALL
‘On the Move: Mobile Phones and the Tapestry of Home’ emphasises the role of mobile phones as symbolic links connecting individuals to their origins.
A combination of docu-fiction film, photography, written and spoken word draws viewers into the intricate world of migration, memory, and the quest for belonging; underscoring the nuanced relationship between modern technology and deeply personal memories and perceptions of home.
This active exhibition is a dialogue: both story of, and testament to, a shared human experience of the journey of migration, homemaking, and integration.
Beaconsfield is delighted to contribute to the research of Dr Azadeh Fatehrad by collaborating on the UK iteration of ‘On the Move: Mobile Phones and the Tapestry of Home’, produced as part of the MaHoMe research project (2020-2024), generously funded by Nordforsk.
Participate in the MaHoMe project by joining us on Wednesday 13 March for a workshop and/or roundtable.
Home is not just a place; it’s a sensation: 2-4pm followed by The Intersections of Participatory Art, Collaboration, and Communities: 4-6pm.
The exhibition results from a series of participatory aesthetic workshops undertaken in Sweden, the UK, and Denmark, 2020-2024, in partnership with NGOs and facilitators. ‘On the Move: Mobile Phones and the Tapestry of Home’ exhibition is the outcome of a joint effort between the Baltic Art Center Visby, Compass Collective, ActionAid Denmark and Kingston University in collaboration with Lund University, Sweden and Roskilde University, Denmark. The exhibition will tour to Gotland Museum in mid March.
Azadeh Fatehrad is a Senior Lecturer and International Research Lead at Kingston University …
Compass Collective is a charity dedicated to supporting the integration of young refugees and asylum seekers into the UK through the arts …
The MaHoMe project, titled “Making it Home: An Aesthetic Methodological Contribution to the Study of Migrant Home-Making and Politics of Integration,” generously funded by NordForsk …
