In a video installation conceived specially for the gallery, George Barber examines prevailing debates around international borders.

There are now more than 50 million refugees and displaced people in the world, more than the number at the end of World War II. In search of a better life, thousands risks lives daily at the hands of smugglers, human traffickers or unseaworthy boats.

Barber's new exhibition at Waterside Contemporary examines the anxieties, absurdity and injustices of the situation. Conceived prior to the recent escalation of the refugee crisis in Europe, the work combines found and made footage to produce a montage anchored on migrant experience.