Mini Docs

On View Unpacked: Refugee Baggage

UNPACKED: Refugee Baggage seeks to humanize the word “refugee.” This multi-media installation is the work of Syrian-born, New Haven CT artist and architect Mohamad Hafez and Iraqi-born writer and speaker Ahmed Badr. Hafez sculpturally re-creates rooms, homes, buildings, and landscapes that have suffered the ravages of war. Each is embedded with the voices and stories of real people — from Afghanistan, Congo, Syria, Iraq and Sudan — who have escaped those same rooms and buildings to build a new life in America. By giving these voices a tangible platform they invite the spectator to reexamine the word “refugee” and view it through a multidimensional lens. These are not merely stories of violence and war. These are stories of triumph and resilience.