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Article
Abstract
Now You See Me Moria (est. August 2020) is an international socially engaged art collective that brings visibility to the inhumane conditions of the Moria refugee camp, aiming to influence European Union migration policies. This paper examines the collective’s work across digital and physical gallery spaces, analyzing the role of utilitarian aesthetics in both image and process, and situating the project alongside the migratory journey of a specific member. The resonance of this initiative, and the actions it has catalyzed, reveals a societal push to disrupt the contemporary art mainstream in favor of an emergent movement that privileges lived experience over hyperreality, the personal as a site of shared encounter, and the use of accessible, ultramodern media. While Now You See Me Moria demonstrates how socially engaged art can reach broader publics with greater immediacy, this paper also addresses the ethical tensions and complications that arise from that very visibility.
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rye, nik
(2025)
"The Very Fine Line: Utilitarian Aesthetics and Threshold Politics in NOW YOU SEE ME MORIA,"
Pedagogy and Theatre of the Oppressed Journal: Vol. 8, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/ptoj/vol8/iss1/10
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