Exodus Déja-Vu Ankara

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Director, Curator: Co-curator: Project Coordinators:

Mr. Patrice Vallette Mrs. Müge Aral Ms. Camille Caillet Ms. Solange Daufes Mrs. Lorena Aguilera Haas

All our team at Visioncy is pleased to announce the arrival of our exhibition Exodus Déjà-Vu in Ankara, Turkey.

The exhibition focusing on the refugee crisis throughout the world will open in Ankara from the 21st of June to the 24th of June at the CerModern museum. An event supported by The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Turkey Office and the Institut Français.

© Sergey Ponomarev

After six years of war, we take stock of the sad situation in Syria. The facts are horrendous yet edifying: more than 260 000 civilians killed, 6.3 million internally displaced, 5.1 million of refugees scattered around the world. The tragedy now touching Syria is reminiscent of refugee crisis that have marked the past as it did in Cambodia in the 1970’s or more recently in Myanmar. This alarming observation makes us question the reasons that caused this outburst of violence and strikingly makes us realise how history tragically repeats itself. o we have the right to ignore, even cause, civilian suffering for the sake of government interests With proven experience in art expertise and management Visioncy would like to introduce Exodus-Déjà Vu, a non-profit touring photography exhibition, articulated around guided visits, talks, debates and workshops. Our desire is to create an interactive event by using powerful images as bear witnesses of the grim reality. Refugee crisis has now become a global issue, this is why Exodus-Déjà Vu intends to create a better understanding of the refugees and displaced people.

Showcasing five photojournalists and photographers who have closely followed and captured the perilous journey of refugees throughout time, the exhibition documents the war and the people fleeing, and builds a consensus by interconnecting people speaking different languages, living different lives but sharing the same “human rights.”

Each photographers bringing their own masterpieces and their own knowledge of the events, Visioncy introduces the work of two generations of reporters, united under the theme of refugees: Coskun Aral (TUR), Issa Touma (SY), Roland Neveu (FR), Sergey Ponomarev (RU) and Rahman Roslan (MY).

Together with our team of photographers , we unveil and put forward the reality of millions of refugees by telling their poignant stories in Exodus - Déjà Vu.

© Rahman Roslan, Idomeni Camps

© Roland Neveu, Cambodian refugees

© Issa Tourma, Aleppo at war

© Coskun Aral, Northern Iraq refugees

EXHIBITION PROGRAM IN ANKARA

20TH JUNE TO 24TH JUNE 2017

20TH JUNE 2017

Exhibition Opening Ceremony (invitation only) 14:00 - 15:30 OPENING SPEECHES BY:

Ms. Pascale Moreau (UNHCR Turkey Representative) Turkish Ministry of Foreign Affairs Representative Mr. Patrice Vallette (Visioncy Director) Mr. Coskun Aral (Photojournalist)

Panel Discussion 16:00 - 18:00

Mr. Coskun Aral (Photojournalist) Mr. Rahman Roslan (Photographer) Mr. Roland Neveu (Photographer) Mr. Paolo Artini (UNHCR) Mr. Mustafa Koray Polat (Short Film Director) Mr. Ramazan Kılıç (Short Film Director)

Moderator: Ms. Selin Unal (UNHCR) Q&A and Facilitated discussion

21ST JUNE 2017

Public Opening Hours 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM 10:00 AM - 12:00PM Talk and Debate with COSKUN ARAL (photographer) 2:00 PM - 4:00 PM Talk and Debate RAHMAN ROSLAN (photographer)

22ND JUNE 2017

Public Opening Hours 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM 10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Talk and Debate with ROLAND NEVEU (photographer)

23RD JUNE 2017

Public Opening Hours 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM

24TH JUNE 2017

Public Opening Hours 10:00 AM - 6:00 PM EXHIBITION CLOSING

Address: CerModern Anafartalar Mahallesi Altınsoy Cad. No: 3 06101 Sıhhıye Ankara

Our agency is currently based in Malaysia and aims to support the cultural development of the country by forming collaborations with both international and local entities. Through our projects, we aspire to create a global network based on cultural and artistic developments.

We believe that art is the result of all creativity. Adequately, our aim is to promote and encourage creativity in all its forms by operating as consultants on all aspects of arts and cultural management.

We equally offer our expertise in the Art world – in its broadest sense – to discover, create and develop the visions of corporates, governmental organizations, public and private institutions, and particulars.

So come forward and meet our international team of curators, arts and cultural coordinators, media managers, writers, entrepreneurs and visionaries; all enthused to make your visions become reality!

Patrice Vallette, Founder and CEO of Visioncy

Special thanks to our partners

For more information, please contact us at: project@visioncy.org call us at +90 542 249 57 85 (Turkey) or +60 19-301 2569 (Malaysia) 52 Jalan Doraisamy, 54-01-01, 50300 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia