Art has always been a mystery to me. And before our cycling journey, I was unable to fully grasp the importance of visually expressing oneself. But during the Refugee Roads journey, this changed. After our hasty arrival in La Liniere Camp in France, which was the first refugee camp I have ever been to, I …
Day 12, On the road The German word Willkommenskultur was elected in Austria in December 2015 as “Word of the Year”. The term was all over the news back then and is still used today to describe a certain mindset in European society. But what does it stand for? And which cultural dimensions are surrounding …
Day 10, In an airport We as humans are a migratory species. We leave our sleeping spots to go to work and we usually do not eat where we wash our bodies. We all travel daily: to school, to work, or to meet our friends. Even when we do not transcend national borders, we move …
Day 09, Austria I am back in Vienna! I can’t believe it has been almost three years since Refugee Roads explored the issue of Integration here. Just as our project changed and developed since then, so have the project we visited back in 2016. Habibi & Hawara, the social enterprise that runs a restaurant in …
Day 06, In a bus Hossein. Our encounter with him in 2016 really put the issue of unaccompanied minors in our view. Back then we met him in a camp in Northern France, right between two nightly cycles of trying to stop a truck on the local highway and hiding in it for up to …
Day 02, Germany Last weekend we had the pleasure to spend a whole afternoon with Shergo and his family. Do you remember them? We met in 2016 in a refugee camp in Gevgelija near the Macedonian/Serbian border. When getting to know each other in the camp, Shergo showed us his drawings tucked away in the …
Day 01, On a Train Hello. Welcome back. Timo and I are on the road again. We just started traveling again last Saturday. No bikes this time around and more weekend trips. Still, same route all the way until Lesvos. Same equipment, just two small cameras. Different issues, same story. And it has been almost …
Dear all, we just finished to update our 2018 project presentations in order to give you an idea on recent developments and our future plans. Feel free to check them out in English or in German. We also met up with our co-producers Tal and Su-Jin last week in Cologne for our first conceptualization meeting. …
1. Funding of New Episodes Two years ago we had just arrived in Thessaloniki, Greece after cycling over 2000km. It was a bittersweet feeling to arrive in this next destination of ours, knowing that the trip from now on will look different as a long ferry ride was ahead of us. We …
Hey there! Together with our team, we were able to announce Picture Lock for the first episode yesterday! Meaning that all the visual scenes are in place and not to be messed with anymore. The next three weeks will be devoted to color correction, audio design and finalizing the animations. And then, if everything goes …