Evaluation Report | Recovered Histories Artist: George Sfougaras
Evaluation Report | Recovered Histories Artist: George Sfougaras; Evaluation Report by ArtReach Above: Large combination print/banner of ROOTS volunteer Minaz Samnai’s parents with layers of Guajarati textiles and symbols. Introduction Recovered Histories , by internationally acclaimed artist, George Sfougaras, was a participatory project and exhibition of works that explored shared contemporary and historical human history, inspired by members of the refugee and asylum-seeking community. To devise the works, Sfougaras led a series of creative workshops and conversations with a group of volunteers from the refugee or asylum seeker community, called the ROOTs Group, in Leicester to explore the topics and themes...