A fundraiser organised by the Cinema for Peace Foundation set teeth on edge with images of smiling stars. But there’s no such thing as bad publicity, right?
Emma Graham-Harrison, Observer international affairs correspondent The lifejackets strung on classical pillars at Berlin’s Konzerthaus [by the artist Ai Weiwei] are a stark comment on the scale of the refugee crisis, and the desperation of those risking their lives at sea to reach Europe. Organisers of the fundraising dinner inside no doubt wanted to send another stark message about the scale of the crisis with pictures of a hall of people in emergency blankets.
Seeing a glamorous elite enjoying a night out wrapped in flimsy sheets usually used by the most desperate people on the planet to stave off death was certainly jarring, but probably not in the way they intended.
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