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TONIA PAPAPETROU
Visual Artist
While researching Scottish myths I was drawn to the story of the blue men of the Minch. These men were sea creatures that appeared to be human and spoke the same as men but the different colour of their skin gave them away.
Their arrival meant that a storm would soon follow and men grew to be afraid of them. Casting a modern eye on this ancient myth, the image of people rising from the sea - "others", with different skin, asking us pressing questions - brings the current refugee crisis in Europe to mind and the storm brewing in terms of social, economic and geo-political matters.