Die Perspektive der Migration aufzeichnen/ einnehmen/ausstellen/aktivieren

Spaces of identity in the context of media images and artistic representations of refugees and migration in Austria

“…Nanna Heidenreich (2015) pleads for the production of images from the perspective of migration. In doing so, she engages with the concept of ‘autonomy of migration’ (Mezzadra, 2005), which understands migration and flight, with its historical and transformative power, as a social movement that fundamentally reconfigures the political sphere.…”

“…In doing so, she engages with the concept of ‘autonomy of migration’ (Mezzadra, 2005), which understands migration and flight, with its historical and transformative power, as a social movement that fundamentally reconfigures the political sphere. From this perspective, migration is not something to be imaged (artistically), but is always in the picture (Heidenreich, 2015: 140). It is a matter of reflecting on the connection between art and activism as well as the politicization of images.…”

“…The field of art represents a space of thought in which images produced in activist contexts could be reflected upon, considered further and archived. Such an ‘art of migration’ makes the ‘resourcefulness of immigrant strategies recognizable as art (as artful) and in art’ (Heidenreich, 2015: 136).…”