Asylum Archive: Inside Direct Provision
Asylum Archive is an online resource created by artist Vukasin Nedeljkovic to document the experience of asylum seekers in Direct Provision through photography.
Vukašin Nedeljkovic created Asylum Archive as a coping mechanism while in the process of seeking asylum in Ireland. It has now developed into a website and resource that is directly concerned with the reality and trauma of life for asylum seekers.
"Asylum Archive’s objective is to collaborate with asylum seekers, artists, academics, civil society activists, among others, with a view to create an interactive documentary cross-platform online resource, which critically foregrounding accounts of exile, displacement, trauma and memory.
Asylum Archive is not a singular art project that stands "outside of society" engaged in an internal conversation; it is a platform open for dialogue and discussion inclusive to individuals that have experienced a sense of sociological/geographical displacement, memory loss, trauma and violence.
Asylum Archive has an essential visual, informative and educational perspective and is accessible, through its online presence, to any future researchers and scholars who may wish to undertake a study about the conditions of asylum seekers in Ireland.”
— Vukašin Nedeljkovic
Take a look at the gallery below of a selection of the haunting and evocative images from AsylumArchive.com. If you wish to make use of the resources for research or other projects, Vukašin asks that you please make a donation to the project.
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