Windows on Elsewhere: 60 Refugees, 60 Views is a book, exhibition, and limited-edition print project in collaboration with Art for Amnesty with a collection of 60 window view drawings by artist, architect, and author Matteo Pericoli, depicting the present window views of sixty persons who were forced to flee their countries. The drawings are accompanied by short texts written by the refugees describing their journey from ”elsewhere” taking inspiration from their drawn window view.
On the surface, the drawings simply reveal the view of each refugee framed by their window. But as we read their accompanying words our attention turns inward and we get a glimpse of their past, their experiences, their emotions, and of the people, places, and stories left behind—inevitably blended with a seemingly everlasting, fleeting present.
The refugee participants in the book, who come from over thirty countries, describe what it feels like to be forced to abandon one’s home, one’s country, and, in many cases, one’s loved ones. Their stories are deeply personal and emotional and draw out the complexity, intensity and pain that are ingrained in a refugee’s journey.
