Exhibition

Blackbox Abschiebung (Black Box Deportation)

Images and tales of people who would have liked to stay

Sat, Mar 19–Sun, May 8, 2011
Sat, Mar 19, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Sun, Mar 20, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Mon, Mar 21, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Tue, Mar 22, 2011
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Wed, Mar 23, 2011
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Thu, Mar 24, 2011
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Fri, Mar 25, 2011
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Sat, Mar 26, 2011
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Sun, Mar 27, 2011
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Mon, Mar 28, 2011
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Tue, Mar 29, 2011
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Wed, Mar 30, 2011
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Thu, Mar 31, 2011
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Fri, Apr 1, 2011
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Sat, Apr 2, 2011
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Sun, Apr 3, 2011
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Mon, Apr 4, 2011
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Tue, Apr 5, 2011
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Wed, Apr 6, 2011
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Thu, Apr 7, 2011
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Fri, Apr 8, 2011
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Sat, Apr 9, 2011
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Sun, Apr 10, 2011
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Mon, Apr 11, 2011
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Tue, Apr 12, 2011
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Wed, Apr 13, 2011
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Thu, Apr 14, 2011
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Fri, Apr 15, 2011
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Sat, Apr 16, 2011
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Sun, Apr 17, 2011
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Mon, Apr 18, 2011
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Tue, Apr 19, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Wed, Apr 20, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Thu, Apr 21, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Fri, Apr 22, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Sat, Apr 23, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Sun, Apr 24, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Mon, Apr 25, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Tue, Apr 26, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Wed, Apr 27, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Thu, Apr 28, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Fri, Apr 29, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Sat, Apr 30, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Sun, May 1, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Mon, May 2, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Tue, May 3, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Wed, May 4, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Thu, May 5, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Fri, May 6, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Sat, May 7, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Sun, May 8, 2011
10 am–7 pm
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Daily 10 - 19 h
Blackbox Abschiebung, © ISVC e.V. / Ralf Jesse

The revolutions across the Arab World have put another issue in the spotlight refugees trying to make it into Europe. Yet theres an aspect to this story that rarely makes the headlines: every year, about ten thousand people are deported from Germany.

These peoples stories rarely reach the public at large, despite the fact that most of them were torn from functioning lives and livelihoods. We rarely find out what happens to them after they are forced to leave Germany, which many of them have long since come to regard as their new home.

They disappear out of sight and out of mind.

The exhibition project "Blackbox Abschiebung" is an attempt to document the life stories of some of these "deportees". People awaiting deportation are asked to tell the story of their life. They take a camera with them and report back on their lives after deportation, sending the chip cards from their cameras back to Germany.


A project by ISVC e.V. and RUHR.2010, supported by Fonds Soziokultur, in cooperation with the Haus der Kulturen der Welt (opening podium)