Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow

Yesterday/Today/Tomorrow (Traceability is Credibility) is an ongoing conceptual art and research project created by Bryan McCormack, encompassing drawings by thousands of individuals, social media, and installation art, as well as educational and community projects, in partnership with several universities in Europe. Its focus is the European refugee crisis.

Development
Yesterday drawing by an 18 year old Syrian boy currently living in Kara Tepe Refugee Camp, Lesbos Island, Greece

Since 2016, McCormack, both individually and with a team of volunteers, has visited centres, squats and refugee camps in 11 countries across Europe and North Africa, specifically Morocco. At each location the team work with refugees, inviting them to produce three drawings: one of their life before (Yesterday), one of their current life (Today) and one of their life imagined in the future (Tomorrow). The drawings have been shared through the project's social media accounts.[1][2]

Exhibitions
Tomorrow drawing by an 18 year old Iraqi girl currently living in Kara Tepe Refugee Camp, Lesbos Island, Greece

Several hundred of these refugee drawings, along with multidisciplinary installation art, inspired by the stories the drawings depict, were shown in Italy at the Fondazione Giorgio Cini during the May 2017 Venice Biennale. This installation was in conjunction with a performance, curated by the artist and Dr. Henry Bell, and 40 students from Sheffield Hallam University.[3][4][5][6][7]

References
  1. "Les Jeudis de la Villa | 3 novembre - Villa Medici".
  2. "Bryan McCormack | Artribune".
  3. "Come può agire l'arte contemporanea nella crisi europea dei rifugiati? Se ne discute giovedì a Villa Medici, con l'artista Bryan McCormack exibart.com". November 1, 2016.
  4. "I giovedì della Villa Medici: 8 settembre - 22 dicembre 2016".
  5. "Giovedì della Villa #9 : arte e crisi dei rifugiati" (in Italian). Archived from the original on 2017-02-18.
  6. "I GIOVEDI DELLA VILLA – QUESTIONS D'ART #9". ignorarte. October 31, 2016.
  7. "Yesterday. Today. Tomorrow". Sheffield Hallam University. 4 April 2017. Archived from the original on 2017-07-21.
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