Resilience

Citaat van Roelofs' website
The research for this project is an artistic visual and textual exploration of the situation of the Roma in Romania. There are about 3 million Roma living in Romania. Our focus is on the personal stories of the so-called ‘forgotten’ Roma who do not display their cultural background within the Romanian society through folkloric costume, music or a nomadic existence. These people are often the poorest Roma who live in slums on the outskirts of the Romanian villages and cities. The goal of our project is to give a human face to a group of people that are all too often being marked with prejudices, either romanticized or in a negative way stigmatized.

http://www.mikeroelofs.eu/projects/resilience/text/