Dream House
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- Dream House
- 2002
- video, color, sound, endless loop projected on a white curtain
- 11min, 37sec
Šejla Kamerić’s video installation “Dream House” deals with the interminable situation of migration and with the camps in which refugees are placed before their asylum applications come up for review. The video is projected onto a white curtain and shows a refugee camp building embedded in a changing landscape, evoking a dream-like scenario imbued with hopes for a better future. The barrack shown was photographed at a refugee camp outside Sarajevo and denotes the transition period that many have to undergo, with no knowledge of what their actual futures will bring. Kamerić’s poetic approach depicts the campsite at various times of day, from sunset to sunrise, and raises questions as to the evolution of time and space. W.S.