Europe the land of generosity, 2016
Thread on canvas, 177 x 123 cm.
The text comprises snippets of dialogue between Gervais and exiled individuals in Calais, France, including people trying to cross the border to reach the UK. The text includes an excerpt of a story originally written in Pashto by a Calais resident.
Ahmed, 2016
Archival inkjet print made from pen-on-paper original; 70 x 50 cm.
These digital prints and letters recount how participants arrived in Europe; and were produced in conversation with Calais residents. These works are exhibited with audio recordings of the texts being translated live into English.
Mansour, 2016
Archival inkjet print made from pen-on-paper original; 70 x 50 cm.
Akram, 2016
Thread on canvas; 150 x 127 cm.
This song now is about the mother, 2016
Thread on canvas; 121 x 68 cm.
The text remembers songs sung around a campfire in Calais in 2015, and describes the significance of motherhood in Islam.
Akram 1 and Akram 2, 2016
Archival inkjet print made from pen-on-paper original; 70 x 50 cm.