Message in a bottle and news from nowhere

To mark the 70th Anniversary of the Refugee Convention and to raise awareness of the continuous deaths of ten of thousands of migrants and refugees in the Mediterranean Sea on their way to sanctuary in Europe , 2 exhibitions were created. One at Ledward Centre windows, “News from nowhere” with some provocative imagines of PM Boris Johnson and one at BMECP ,“Message in a Bottle” form 200 contributors writing messages of love and solidarity on recycled plastic bottles used as the central components of an immersive room installation. William Ranieri met with the artists involved to find out more. William Ranieri reports