Birds crossing borders

In 2014-15, it was my pleasure to work for the first time with deep:black
www.deepblack.org.uk/content/what-we-do on a video project commissioned by the NHS in Harringey, Taking the lead, which gave a
voice to young people who had negative experiences at the hands of the mental health services. This was their chance to express through
drama & photography what they felt and how the services could improve.

Further to our collaboration, I was asked to contribute to Birds Crossing Borders, a deep:black project developed in response to the current public discourse about refugees, the rhetoric of fear and the narratives of chaos and crisis. “With Birds Crossing Borders we want to open up dialogue; a dialogue that is rooted in compassion and trust.” birdscrossingborders.wordpress.com

6 artists were commissioned to design a postcard of a bird and respond humanely and creatively to a disturbing humanitarian crisis. Messages of hope & solidarity were collected from the UK and brought to the refugees in the Jungle, Calais. Deep:black collaborated with Good Chance Theatre on Birds fly to Calais and in 2016 with the Museum of Migration on Call me by my name: stories from Calais & beyond. migrationmuseum.org 

I created a bird for the post card series and will be making a short film in 2016 that will capture what the whole project is about..