Exhibition booklet UNDERTOW

The title of the exhibition UNDERTOW / Undertow refers to the water current at the bottom, which moves in the opposite direction to the current observed at the surface. The exhibition thus explores the Mediterranean Sea, its surface currents and those of the depths: the stories that intertwine there, the human experiences that it binds and rests upon. For it is both a place of travel and exile, of hope and disillusionment, of life and death. The works presented - by artists from different regions of the Mediterranean basin - reflect a diversity of viewpoints that challenge the often well-established prejudices about the region's migratory phenomena. By giving them space, voice and form, the works reveal the power of the stories and their protagonists.