WHEN ALL FAILS, SATIRE IS THE WAY.
REPUBLIC OF THE CASTAWAY IS FOR REFUGEES. THE PASSPORT IS IN A SATIRIC TONE, EXPRESSING THE PASSIVITY AND INSENSIBILITY OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TOWARDS A HUMAN CRISIS. SATIRE IS USED TO HUMILIATE THE READER OF THE LACK OF CONTRIBUTION IN THE ONGOING SITUATION, AS TO ALSO LET HIM OR HER LEARN INFORMATION IN A NEW INTERESTING FORM. THE PASSPORT DISPLAYS THE STRUGGLES OF AN ARABIC REFUGEE: ON ONE HAND THE STEREOTYPING THROUGH THE EYES OF THE MEDIA AND THE PUBLIC OPINION, AND ON THE OTHER HAND, THE REALITY OF HIS SITUATION THROUGH FACTS.
IT IS CRUCIAL TO BE EMPATHETIC TOWARDS THE REFUGEES, AS MOST OF THEM FLEE FROM SYRIA AND IRAQ NOT OUT OF CHOICE, BUT IN ORDER TO SIMPLY SURVIVE.
The design is inspired by the marine environment
The envelop represents how a refugee would preciously try to keep his documents, but unfortunately, injustice and pain are bound to happen
The passport's general content is as a Middle-Eastern passport, but the wording is modified to be exaggerated and enhance irony
The designs are inspired by sea creatures
Arabic passages are poems from famous Syrian poets, expressing homesickness and the beauty
Every and any number through out the passport are fact from credible sources, such as the UN and Amnesty International
Exhibition display
Tote bags that refer to the website of REPUBLIC OF THE CASTAWAY is an excellent medium to make people aware of the situation, to learn and offer donations.
The website is yet to be designed.
