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Document Nederland
The subject of asylum is in the news almost every day. All sorts of people are talking about it: from politicians, media commentators and human rights and aid organisations to members of the public who take one side or another. For Document Nederland, the Rijksmuseum鈥檚 annual photographic commission, the artist Tin Farifteh documents the Dutch asylum system.
The central figure in her exhibition is a man identified only by his initial: B. Following more than four months in immigration detention at Schiphol Airport and a stay in Ter Apel asylum reception centre, B. is now in the midst of an asylum procedure. By positioning him as the narrator, she reverses the gaze on our asylum procedures: Instead of talking about asylum seekers, she literally has us listen to one of them. In doing so, Farifteh holds up a mirror to the visitor. This exhibition is not about 鈥榯hem,鈥� but us.
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The subject of asylum is in the news almost every day. All sorts of people are talking about it: from politicians, media commentators and human rights and aid organisations to members of the public who take one side or another. For Document Nederland, the Rijksmuseum鈥檚 annual photographic commission, the artist Tin Farifteh documents the Dutch asylum system.
The central figure in her exhibition is a man identified only by his initial: B. Following more than four months in immigration detention at Schiphol Airport and a stay in Ter Apel asylum reception centre, B. is now in the midst of an asylum procedure. By positioning him as the narrator, she reverses the gaze on our asylum procedures: Instead of talking about asylum seekers, she literally has us listen to one of them. In doing so, Farifteh holds up a mirror to the visitor. This exhibition is not about 鈥榯hem,鈥� but us.
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