For Nitegeka, it’s not what’s in the refugee’s bag, but the vessel itself
The artist shuns the fascination with ‘cherished items’ to focus on how migrants identify with what carries them
08 March 2021 - 21:03
To migrate is to carry. Some migrants, the unforced ones, have the good fortune of being able to pay shipping companies to do the carrying for them: furniture, kitchenware, décor, books and houseplants, all packed into containers and dispatched safely across the ocean. Others are not so lucky: fleeing with nothing more than the clothes on their backs, they carry memories and vestiges of belonging from the place they once called home...
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