“Me and my friend are fishing at the lake of Lieksa.”
A panel from the comics “As refugees in Finland” (man, 26, Iraq)
Negative Decision
Ahmed (man, 37, Iraq)
A lonely traveller
A woman is drunken in the park. I help her, I give her my shirt / I sit on the seaside in Ruoholahti. The sun is shining though it is already evening / I swing in the park. I think why I’m alone in the world / At the end of the day I cycle back home
Ahad (man, 27, Afganistan)
Comics workshop held in Right to live demonstration
Illustrating Me exhibition at the World Village festival, Helsinki Railway square
In the Illustrating me exhibition asylum seekers from different parts of Finland share their stories in the comic form. Comics were created in workshops held during 2016-2017 in reception centers. During the year 2017 Illustrating Me touring exhibition tours around Finland in two copies.
The project was implemented by associations World Comics Finland and Hei Helsinki with the support of Arts Promotion Centre Finland.
Suvi Ermilä 