Des corps perdus aux corpsbateaux. L’Art et la manière : migrants, péris en mer et objets mémoriels
The sunken ship motif is frequently found in films and artistic installations on migrants, as it symbolizes their perilous crossing. As Michel Foucault asserts, the ship is the heterotopia par excellence, and the contemporary fate of migrant barges is quite comparable to that of the ship of fools described by the philosopher in the classical …
