They Cannot Take the Sky: Stories From Detention is an exhibition made up of dozens of short video and audio stories, based on the book of the same name. Two-dozen people tell about their journey, their experiences in immigration detention and their life after release—or, for those who remain in offshore detention, their hopes for the future, despite their ongoing incarceration.
The exhibition is now presented online at: storiesfromdetention.org.au
It won a prestigious 2018 Museums and Galleries National Award (MAGNA) for best Temporary or Travelling Exhibition.
The exhibition was developed with Melbourne’s Immigration Museum, where it showed from March to July 2017. It also showed at the Gee Lee Wik Doleen Gallery in Craigieburn, from May to August 2018, and then toured regional Victoria with the support of Creative Victoria.
The exhibition was directed by a committee of narrators and other people with lived experience of immigration detention. The exhibition was awarded the Contribution to Multiculturalism by a Community Organisation award at the 2017 Melbourne Awards.
