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Making Migration Visible | A Shared Space

October 13, 2018 | 1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT

Saturday, October 13, 1-4pm
Free and open to the public

A Shared Space | Lewiston by Daniel Quintanilla, Shuab Ahmed Mahat, and Hilowle Aden is a pop-up immersive 360° virtual reality experience inviting all of us to ask questions about the physical and social spaces we inhabit and what we lose when we are out of contact with one another. A Shared Space tells the story of friends Hilowle and Shuab, who grew up in Dadaab, Kenya– the largest refugee camp in the world. Today, both have started families and call Lewiston, Maine home. Raising children in the country’s least diverse state in the wake of Trump’s Muslim Ban and rising nationalist sentiments has created challenges neither expected. A Shared Space is presented in conjunction with the exhibition and state-wide collaboration Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways. 

Support for A Shared Space is provided by SPACE Gallery through the Kindling Fund
VR powered by Yarn Corporation  |  360° camera kindly provided by Compass Light

Making Migration Visible: Traces, Tracks & Pathways brings together a dynamic group of contemporary artists whose work engages the theme of migration. Organized by the Institute for Contemporary Art at Maine College of Art, this exhibition will be accompanied by a wide range of events about migration, immigration, and border crossing hosted by collaborating partner organizations throughout the state. Events include companion exhibitions, lectures, films, performances, poetry readings, and community conversations.. MECA will host a one-day public symposium for artist and collaborating partners on Friday, November 2, 2018. A detailed schedule and more information on each of the affiliated events will be available in September at www.meca.edu/traces.

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Date:
October 13, 2018
Time:
1:00 pm - 4:00 pm EDT
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Venue

CMCA
21 Winter Street
Rockland, ME 04841 United States
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Phone:
207-701-5005