The exhibition Wandering, a Rohingya Story was presented at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec from January 30, 2020, to February 20, 2022. Created in parallel with the documentary of the same name and set in the former prison cells of the MNBAQ, this multidisciplinary exhibition combines video projections, photographs, children’s drawings, dioramas and sculptures, poems, testimonies, and soundscapes to immerse us in the world of the largest refugee camp in the world, Kutupalong in Bangladesh. This exhibition won the 2020 Coup de coeur du jury award from the Société des musées du Québec.
Team Designed and produced by MÖ FILMS (Mélanie Carrier and Olivier Higgins), this moving exhibition brings together the work of several talented artists and collaborators, including documentary photographer Renaud Philippe, designer Marie-Renée Bourget Harvey, Rohingya poet Kala Miya, Rohingya refugee Mohammed Shofi, visual artist Karine Giboulo, portrait artist Rosalie Gamache, multimedia artist Louis-Robert Bouchard and Keven Dubois, along with the entire museum team.
Presented with the support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec, the Conseil de la culture de la région de Québec, and the Cultural Development Agreement between the Government of Québec and the City of Québec, in collaboration with the Festival de cinéma de la ville de Québec, Antitube, UNHCR Canada, CRIV, the Canadian Commission for UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), the Manicouagan–Uapishka World Biosphere Reserve, MU Conseils, Mallette, and with the invaluable collaboration of Rohingya refugees living in the Kutupalong refugee camp and the Rohingya community of Québec City.
Photo credits Idra Labrie and Olivier Higgins
