"A large-scale installation celebrating migrants' aspirations and inspired by the work of French street artist JR has been unveiled on the facade of the Procuratie Vecchie, the iconic 16th-century building that extends across the entire length of Venice's St. Mark's Square. Once home to the officials who ran the basilica, the building now houses The Human Safety Net, a foundation funded by the insurance company Generali, which aids vulnerable families and helps refugees into work."
"The project, Dreams in Transit, was launched on Wednesday in collaboration with Art for Action, a Geneva-headquartered organisation that leads social change through art. The facade of the Procuratie Vecchie has been covered with 100 black-and-white portraits of migrants hung in two rows. The installation takes inspiration from JR's Inside Out project-a platform allowing communities around the world to display frontal black-and-white portraits of its members in public spaces."
A large-scale installation covers the facade of the Procuratie Vecchie in St. Mark's Square with 100 black-and-white portraits of migrants displayed in two rows. The installation, titled Dreams in Transit, takes inspiration from JR's Inside Out project while photographing subjects from behind to convey sadness and the weight on their shoulders. The Procuratie Vecchie houses The Human Safety Net foundation, which aids vulnerable families and helps refugees into work. The broader Dreams in Transit exhibition inside the building includes six colour portraits by Leila Alaoui, a pile of bedsheets evoking hotel work, and Ange Leccia's glowing sea of inflatable globes symbolising interconnected homelands. A further sound installation by French artist Sarah Makharine features recordings of personal aspirations.
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