Betül Aksu









This is not a chance encounter12-30 August 2022
Leicester city centre and online



Artists
Bahzad Sulaiman
Betül Aksu
Didem Toy
Giulia Dongilli
Léna Lewis-King
Rosella Galindo
Sivan Rubinstein
Tafadzwa Muchenje
Tisa Neža Herlec

Curator
Betül Aksu

As part of Journeys Festival International
Visual identity and graphic design by Belkıs Aksu


This is not a chance encounter is an outdoor and online exhibition that brings together 9 artists to question what it means to work with immigration stories for art projects. The exhibition looks at encounters that don't happen by chance, and follows the traces of immigration policies that result in displacement globally.

The works in the exhibition blur definitions between a response and an artwork, and invite people to explore the artists’ lived immigration experiences put side by side with the stories of young refugees and asylum seekers in the UK.

The exhibition offers more than one path to come across with the works. People might directly look at the works online or visit the outdoor exhibition in Leicester city centre. Once the exhibition is over and the website is down, people might come back to this booklet to read about how the exhibition came together.