THE REST IS NOISE | Karla Lesley Jaeger

This project was awarded a distinction from the assessors for outstanding quality.

Nygårdsgaten is a street that goes to sleep a little bit later than many other streets in the city of Bergen. The subject and my entrance to this diploma project has from the very beginning been xenophobia and the fear of the unknown. This is all connected with the rather dreadful situation the world is facing today. Racism and extreme right-wing politics, never-ending wars, famine, increased differences between rich and poor and climate-related disasters are all factors that force people to flee from their home and seek refuge and a life elsewhere.

Since mid 2017 violence has forced approximately 60 million people from their homes, causing the largest displacement crisis since The Second World War. Today, out of an estimated 7.2 billion world population, less than 500 million people live in the most peaceful countries, compared to 2.3 billion people living in the least peaceful countries that are being torn apart by war.

We have to face the fact that we inhabit a world in constant flux and change. We need to acknowledge that people move, settle and make homes in new countries and cities, and that this is the situation of the world today.

Bergen 2018