Suspended: 700 items of refugees' clothing hung up in London church to draw attention to crisis
Artist Arabella Dorman says she wanted to draw attention to how many have forgotten the ongoing struggles of refugees
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Your support makes all the difference.An artist has created a powerful installation to highlight the ongoing refugee crisis.
British war artist Arabella Dorman, who first visited Lesbos in 2015 after spending time on the frontline in Iraq and Afghanistan, said "nothing compared" to what she witnessed on those beaches.
"It was so shocking to see the level of trauma, especially among children, the innocents caught up in war," she told the Guardian.
"There were thousands of items of clothing discarded by refugees. I was struck by the concept of the empty garment, evoking the hidden presence of the person who had worn that item. These clothes reveal what is now being forgotten."
There are among 700 items of refugees' clothing, found on beaches and fields around the Greek island, in the artwork which Dorman calls "Suspended".
The piece is currently hanging in the nave of St James's Church in Piccadilly, London, and aims to bring the refugee crisis back into mainstream consciousness, and to raise money for the Starfish Foundation, which helps refugees.
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