Mória (in journey)

"In my work, I have extensively explored themes of migration; it is a topic that moves me deeply. The field recording, I must admit, is challenging and intense, given its source: a riot at a refugee detention centre in Greece. I wanted to construct a piece that transmitted the build-up and reasons for the riot and gave way to other viable possibilities as well. 

"My approach to each piece is unique; this time, I spent significant time listening to the raw field recording, seeking to immerse myself in its emotional depth. I also conducted research on the Mória Reception and Identification Centre. From this basis, I crafted a narrative that unfolds from the refugees' being elsewhere and their subsequent transfer to the centre to their feelings of imprisonment and arrest, culminating in the eruption of the riot. 

"I employed the field recording in fragments and samples, deconstructing it to produce an alternative narrative. For the piece 'Mória (in journey)', I aimed to create a narrative that spanned from a time before the riot, even before the refugees' arrival at the detention centre, to the moment the riot broke out."

Detention centre riot recording reimagined by Natalia Ludmila.

Part of the Migration Sounds project, the world’s first collection of the sounds of human migration. 

For more information and to explore the project, see https://www.citiesandmemory.com/migration