Introduction
Globalization seen as the widening, deepening and speeding up of worldwide interconnectedness have also brought about an enormous increase in the movements of people. Over 200 million migrants from different countries are scattered across the globe. People travelling for leisure and pleasure are one of the largest industries in the world. Tourist organizations predict that by the year 2020, 1, 6 billion people will make a trip abroad.
in Transit (working title) is an exhibition on human movements, voyages, migrations and travels. It is an exhibition about people on the move, wandering, touring, sight seeing or seeking refugee and labour. The exhibition attempts to visualise the similarities, differences and paradoxes among people travelling the earth for a wide range of reasons.
The UN declaration of Human Rights on the right to movements will set our direction for journeying through the exhibition. Human movement is a human right according to UN declaration nr.13 and 14. Everyone has the right to freedom of movement. However, the conditions of human mobility differ considerably; it is a matter of choice for some, an imperative for others. The urge to be mobile and to travel is often associated with the desire for openness and freedom, and mobility is often portrayed as an indispensable part of a cosmopolitan cultural capital. Other forms of mobility are on the contrary seen as a security problem, as something in need of restriction and control, and often forbidden and hindered. (synopsis 2010-02-24)