Hope in Crossing Seas

Join artist Tamara Al-Mashouk and Babylon Migrants Project founder Ali Ghaderi as they speak through what seas and oceans mean to them amidst waves of avoidable tragedies in the seas, and the hostile environment around us.

Hosted by Dalia Al-Dujaili, the panel will explore how we can begin to reimagine seas as sites of healing rather than tragedy. We will also explore how oceans have historically acted as both facilitators and inhibitors of movement, and what this means for the people that cross them, and we will look at privilege and seafaring spaces accessibility.

About the speakers

Tamara Al-Mashouk (pictured) is a visual artist and organiser who incorporates strategies of hosting, art making and live performance across a range of multi-disciplinary projects. Through multi-channel video, performance and architectural installation, her work explores the movement of people, considering the relationship between belonging, memory and collective histories.

@tamaralmashouk 

Ali Ghaderi (pictured) is an actor, activist and founder of Babylon Migrants Project. He has worked with charities and organisations, such as Our Second Home, Counterpoints Arts, and the British Red Cross. Ali is an advocate for refugees and human rights in Europe and the UK, and has been a key voice in media coverage on the so-called ‘migrant crisis’. He’s appeared on Sky News, in the i Paper, the Mirror, The Guardian, the Independent and more.

@alighaderiuk 

* Doors open at 6pm. You will be asked to take your seats 10 minutes before the start of the event.