Shipwreck Crime

Opening on May 30, 2020 the project will be exhibited for the first time in Venice, under the patronage of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), UNICEF Italia, Regione Veneto, Comune di Venezia, Ca’ Foscari University of Venice (Department of Asian and North African Studies) and Ateneo Veneto. Hosted in the ancient Salt Warehouses, made available by the Reale Società Canottieri Bucintoro 1882.

This exhibition strives towards the restoration of dignity to migrants and their belongings, through an iconographic catalogue of anonymous memories. The images portray castaway objects found on the stretch of coast between Babakale and Ayvalık (Turkey), where seaside resorts alternate with empty segments of the coast. The personal objects, belonging to those who have attempted to cross the short stretch of sea separating the Turkish coast from the Greek island of Lesvos, will also be showcased. Throughout the exhibition, visitors will hear the original audio that reproduces the sound of the waves on the shore and the voices of the holidaymakers recorded during the period in which the objects were photographed and collected.