In the UK, we’re familiar with news headlines and photographic images of the refugee crisis, but what happens after displacement to those who are resettled and trying to rebuild their lives? What about personal stories, and the relationships that form between new friends and new neighbours? And how do people hold on to loved ones and a past life that they had to leave behind?
In Which Language Do We Dream? offers fresh insights into these issues, through the photographic perspectives of the al-Hindawi family, a Syrian family with first-hand experience.
The multi-stranded exhibition presents an intimate perspective on the lives of displaced people. Archival family photos rescued from Syria will be presented alongside contemporary photographs by Rich Wiles and the al-Hindawi family, as well as an interactive display about home life.
An Impressions Gallery touring exhibition. In Which Language Do We Dream? is a co-created project, bringing together a five-year photographic collaboration between Rich Wiles and the al-Hindawi family through discussions with curator Anne McNeill at Impressions Gallery.