Full Pink Sun

I chose this piece of art, called “Full pink sun half a yellow sun,” to add to because from the moment I looked at it, I could already see the many similarities between the shapes and colors used in the artwork and videos of the Kakuma refugee camp that I watched. I interpreted the small orange rectangle as a representation of their homes, so I added the tiny brick details, as well as the door and windows. I pictured the long green rectangle under the orange rectangle as grass. So, I cut out really small green rectangles out of images of grass from magazines and scattered them all over the green area. The orange-brown area under that had a wave-like pattern on top, so I drew on some waves all throughout that space. I also added clouds, stars, and birds to the sky above. The big pink sun and half of the yellow sun definitely stand out, so I added some color around them and then basically connected the colors to act a metaphorical bridge between them to signify togetherness, family, and the strong community inside the refugee camp. And finally, I wrote “HOME” on a piece of paper, that I placed above the representation of their homes, to show that the Kakuma refugee camp is, and has been the home for most of all the Kakuma refugees’ lives. I tried to highlight and emphasize this image/concept without adding too much to the artwork and to honor the original artist’s intention and purpose of this piece of artwork. Anika Bhat United States

I can see landscape and made one like the one here. The balls are like planets, here in Kakuma it is like being in another world from the rest of the world and the sun is in the middle because it is so so hot here. Lobala Jobin Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya