What We Carry With Us: A Refugee Storylab

Young refugee storytellers curate their own prized possessions. Then, they collaborate with a team of digital artists and documentarians on a series of “show and tell” multimedia events. For example, a shipping container is outfitted with luminous LED screens showcasing “video ads” for refugees’ “memory objects.” Inside the shipping containers, short documentaries are shown, followed by immersive video chats.

See more from What We Carry With Us: A Refugee Storylab at The Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life in downtown Berkeley:

Memory Objects

Aug 27 – Dec 13, 2019

Project Team

Lead Artist: Sam Ball

Editor: Mike Shen

Cinematographer: Sophie Constantinou

Assistant: Aurora Jiminez

An ongoing collaboration between Citizen Film, Shared Studios and the University of California Berkeley Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life, and Jewish Family and Community Services -East Bay which operates the only Refugee Resettlement Program specifically designed for LGBT refugees.

Curator (The Magnes): Francesco Spagnolo

Portals Director (Shared_Studios): Amar Bakshi