A
project focussing on poverty and refugees
In co-operation with
the NGO Living Sea Jens Galschiot has rebuilt the fishing cutter M/S
Anton to function as a refugees’ ship. On its tour the ship is touching harbours in Denmark and abroad.
Suddenly a cutter filled to the brim with boat people appears in the middle of
the harbour idyllic. In fact, the 70 passengers are not living humans, but
sculptures cast in cupper.
The
aim of the project is to highlight the looming disaster that we’ll face when
millions of people will be compelled to leave their homes heading for the West,
as a consequence of the climate changes.
But,
for sure, the ship will not just convey distressing messages. In each harbour
local NGOs will have an opportunity to present their contribution to achieve
the UN’s
2015 goals of curbing poverty and hunger. In contrast to a widespread
belief, there are plenty of successful stories
in the field of development.
If you have any suggestions for harbours that could be suitable for a
visit by the refugee ship,
contact skipper Knud Andersen,
Go to the main page of the
project.
HERE
you find plenty of photos of the sculpture.
Click HERE for short presentations of Jens
Galschiot’s manifold projects.
Click
HERE for an overview of Jens
Galschiot’s sculptures.
Jens Galschiot’s homepage