STRIVINGS
Strivings - ራኢ is a photography exhibition marking the highlight of a community-based intimate photography project presenting the untold story of motherhood of female asylum seekers living in south Tel Aviv.
The project was born out of the protest against the forced deportation of asylum seekers in Israel and the public outcry that stood alongside the community. Looking at the life of the asylum seekers in South Tel Aviv, we found that there are some invisible perspectives - mainly the asylum seeker's perspective on their own lives. Therefore, the goal of the project was to provide asylum seekers with an opportunity to document their lives - love and hope alongside loss and pain; community and family life alongside feelings of alienation - and present them.
In this exhibition, the photographers - Esther Negosa, Tereshe Haile, Musit Tsepei Adhanum and Sanyat Negosa - brought us into their world, through their eyes, and thus brought us closer to what they most cherish.
As a community-based art project, the entire project was conducted in a collaborative and open manner. The project participants chose the theme of the exhibition, the name of the exhibition and performed its curatorship - with guidance and professional tools provided to them.