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Bora Baboci - Fwd: Reminder
Fwd: Reminder is a newly created installation by Bora Baboçi, reflecting on the areas by the ports and trade routes, where exchanges and negotiations shift the fragile boundaries along the Mediterranean coast.
This one container has been misplaced. Whirling winds are stuck inside of it, they sound like flutes, like a field of reeds, a body of exiles wandering in the desert. In the waters of the Mediterranean, was it not where believers endured the long await? They are still waiting.
Delays delays. Historic delays.
Restrained bodies. Bodies under a restraining order; a certain distance away, lets say a hundred kilometres of concrete pillars. They don't want to stay for this is not their promised land. It is ours, though it almost wasn’t - it almost wasn’t a railroad to the port, a hasty trading route, a buffer zone against expansion, an offshore resort, a whole region left out, a revision of the sea border, an island traded for the peace of mind, a village of containers in the northern coast. What makes a country fragile?
Fwd: Reminder is a newly created installation by Bora Baboçi, reflecting on the areas by the ports and trade routes, where exchanges and negotiations shift the fragile boundaries along the Mediterranean coast.
Today with another vocabulary, extra-territorial migration centers, offshore service providers, unclear status of property and legislation – these areas have rarely seen other than the loss of the integrity of the places they are located as well as that of the individuals that are displaced between them, leaving behind allienation and uprootedness.
The people – as individuals as well as representatives of their circumstances - are cought in continuous cycles of waiting and movement. They are left in a state of suspansion, rerouted, and forced to circulate through these precarious zones that are all the more located in the poorest shores of the Mediterranean, never truly arriving at their intended destination.
Fwd: Reminder suggests the experience between exile, exhaustion and repetition in an almost ritualistic state, evoking a journey through barren lands or a call, lament or prayer that remains unanswered.
Practical information
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Port of Durrës
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Dates and times
April 10 to 21, all day
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Visit itinerary
EXPERIENCES On board
Immersive exhibition "Présentes
Created with the exceptional collaboration of the Musée du Louvre, this exhibition highlights female figures in Mediterranean civilization, thanks to the digitization and modeling of part of the Louvre's collections. A two-stage experience: an introductory film to provide context, followed by an immersive experience in a 16-meter-long tunnel covered by 120 m2 of LED screens.
A sound journey through the Mediterranean
An immersive sound experience designed by Ircam, inviting the public to explore the richness and diversity of the Mediterranean through headphones equipped with spatialized sound.
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The artists
Bora Baboçi
Bora Baboçi (b. 1988, Tirana, Albania) is an artist whose practice combines spatial research, visual art and reflections on embodiment. A graduate in architecture from the University of Toronto, she also holds a master's degree from the Polytechnic University of Catalonia. She spent several years exploring the built environment before channeling her practice through drawing, painting and spatial intervention, sometimes resorting to simple gestures of activation.
Baboçi's work is based on the search for spatial traces and intimate dimensions of human expression, evoking reflections on a personal, social and existential scale. His contributions to publications such as The Untold World and Home as a Showroom testify to his ongoing exploration of themes of home, land, displacement and association, seeking to create loose links between physical and immaterial dimensions.
Frequently asked questions
Yes, the boat is freely accessible on site. However, you can pre-book your time online on our website.
For reasons of safety and preservation of the boat, high heels and stilettos may not be worn on the boat.
The museum boat is open to all free of charge. To find out on which quay it will be moored, or to pre-book your slot, consult the page dedicated to your town.
Appropriate facilities have been set up on the Festival site for the reception and access of people with reduced mobility. The boat is equipped with a 1m-wide ramp, accessible to people with reduced mobility, but may require the accompaniment of a third party due to its gradient of over 6%. Access to the aft deck and immersive exhibition is possible. However, the upper deck is not accessible. Please inform us in advance of any special accessibility requirements, so that we can make the necessary arrangements.