8. Feb – 15. Feb 2021

ENDLOSER SOMMER

Place: Schlesischer Platz

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  • Šejla Kamerić, ENDLOSERSOMMER, 2021 Copyright: Šejla Kamerić
    Šejla Kamerić, ENDLOSERSOMMER, 2021 Copyright: Šejla Kamerić
  • Šejla Kamerić, ENDLOSERSOMMER, 2021 Copyright: Šejla Kamerić
    Šejla Kamerić, ENDLOSERSOMMER, 2021 Copyright: Šejla Kamerić

Šejla Kamerić

The image shows clouds of black smoke over the refugee camp Lipa (Bihać), located in northwestern Bosnia and Herzegovina, after the major fire broke on December 23, 2020 destroying the camp. Small Bosnian town of Bihać, located just miles of Croatian border, became a dead end on the Balkan route in 2017. Misery of thousands of refugees placed in this camp culminated after the 2020 fire and left them to endure in the forests without any accommodation or any other support from the EU.

Visions of clouds of smoke, indicating the inhuman conditions for people affected by the wars, are a strong message by Sarajevo based artist, Šejla Kamerić, referring to an ongoing loop of events and their circumstances. Often the present events are the result of previous violence.

ENDLOSERSOMMER installation is a part of the commemoration of the destruction of Dresden in February 1945. For strategic reasons, wars and revolutions often begin in spring or summer. A summer that refuses to end for those affected.