The Border Crossed Us - World Refugee Day

Radical Imagination & Future-Building

Jun 20, 2025

15:00

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16:00

Felix Meritis

Sliding scale starting at €5 and education events are free, if you do not have means to purchase a ticket please email us.
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A powerful one-day experience of collective imagination, embodied storytelling, and radical futurism led by displaced communities.

Price includes workshop and community dinner
As part of Refugee Welcome Week, The Border Crossed Us brings together immersive installations, movement workshops, performances, film, poetry and shared meals to ask: What kinds of futures can we build when we center care, community and resistance
16:00 – 21:00 Visual Storytelling Installation, feat. Humanity On the Move
Explore speculative visions of climate displacement, war, and societal change through projected imagery, sound, and curated artworks.
16:00–18:00 Future‑Dreaming from the Global South: A Workshop
Extraction Economies & Climate Refuge: Future‑Dreaming from the Global South with Chautuileo Tranamil. A participatory session of movement, sound, and collective storytelling to dream just, caring future.
18:00–19:00 Community Dinner
Gather around a shared meal of authentic vegetarian Syrian dishes, lovingly prepared by Zina’s Kitchen. This shared meal offers a moment to connect, reflect, and nourish both body and spirit.
19:00–19:20 Performance: The Price of Bricks
A body‑based performance by Ahmad Mallah & Rebecca Lillich // Krüger.
This program is part of the Radical Imagination & Future-Building pathway to practice Radical Hope. Explore the full Refugee Welcome Week 2025 program and discover events happening across the Netherlands centering Radical Hope here.
Humanity on the Move Project
Climate change is becoming an increasingly urgent driver of displacement and migration. Humanity on the Move explores the impact of climate change on the liveability of our world and the possibilities of space and movement by presenting three scenarios that investigate different narratives of climate mobility. Lena Knappers and Bram van Ooijen lead this research into the future of climate-induced migration, offering speculative insights and visual storytelling rooted in urgency and imagination. This research will be featured as part of the immersive visual installation, inviting visitors to engage with speculative futures shaped by climate-induced migration.