Non più, non ancora (Not anymore, not yet) is a project that explores the psychological condition of the refugees and migrants stuck in Bosnia, right in front of the gates of Fortress Europe. Refugees and migrants in Bosnia are hanging in a limbo between a past life that forced them into fleeing and a future life that is refused to them - reminding what the Algerian sociologist Abdelmalek Sayad defined as the double absence.
In the canton of Una Sana in the north of the country, thousands of people fleeing war, persecution and poverty, mainly from sub-Saharan Africa, the Middle East and Asia, live in makeshift settlements, in tents and shacks, in the woods and in abandoned buildings on the outskirts of cities, far from the hostile gaze of citizens and local institutions.
These are women and men, girls and boys, families with children as well as unaccompanied minors who struggle everyday with the psychological consequences of forced migration and border violence. Many of them report feelings of despair, humiliation, fear and hopelessness. For many, this comes as the end of a long path that is often characterised by discrimination, violence, trauma and difficulties to meet basic needs - both in their countries of origin and during the journey.
Through the projection of a dual perspective, the project aims at offering a space for reflection for the receiver. On one side, it is possible to meet the people and get to know their thoughts, their emotions and the stories that led them to flee. On the other side, the project sheds light on the fragments of present life, characterised by discrimination, isolation, vulnerabilities and suspended dreams.
