Fly to Me, My Enemy

In her new work Fly to Me, my Enemy, Caroline Kampfraath researches the impact of major historical events on next generations, if the persons who have experienced that history aren’t there anymore.

The crane birds in Japan symbolise happiness and a long life, for the artist they represent the war traumas of her family, induced by their stay in Japanese internment camps in Indonesia during world war two. Enemies of the past are the friends of the future; crane birds will continue to be folded.