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Closer - The quest for Syrian sand

Graduation project - Man and Communication
Design Academy Eindhoven 2016


We have all seen the images of refugees fleeing war-torn Syria. With borders shutting down to stem the stream, Marin Jansen wondered just how inaccessible the country is becoming. She found people willing to try and reach Syria and bring back sand for her to use in a series of ceramics. In this way, she explores which routes are still open and which are closed. The resulting ceramics visualise this quest, with each disc indicating how far from the Syrian border the sand was sourced. Not only does every sample have a different colour and structure, each has its own story. And so the physical sand map also becomes a metaphor for the intricate social network that grew to make the project possible.
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CLOSER - The quest for Syrian sand - MarinJansen from malyann on Vimeo.

CLOSER The quest for Syrian sand - 2016 - MarinJansen from malyann on Vimeo.

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