Together, the knots will form an indictment against the treatment of asylum seekers. Joyce used a photo of the tent camp in Ter Apel. “It’s people sitting under tarpaulins, in the rain, in the cold and nothing is being done about it. I want to make the image with buttons, because from a distance you see the picture, but up close you see all the individual buttons that come from have been someone who tell a story, about fashion or about the person who may have worn or owned them and I think it’s a stark contrast to how asylum seekers are put away they are dehumanized because otherwise you can’t treat them so badly treat them, while they are just like you and me. Everyone has their own story and can be there.”
Power and inequality: Joyce Overheul from Utrecht makes art with political statements
