The project confronts the spectacle of migration shaped by media and politics, where human stories are silenced and reframed into fear-driven headlines. Borders become performative stages of tension, transforming struggles into spectacles. Pressing silhouettes against distorted surfaces using latex reveal the weight of borders as physical and psychological constructs. Through fleeting glimpses of resistance, its suppressed emotions, and concealed violence, the work aims to amplify migrant voices, demanding they be heard. This project involves a multi-faceted exploration of African migration journeys, focusing on their experiences and the visible and invisible borders they encounter. The project focuses on how the media shifts migration stories from empathy to fear, casting them as threats. Inspired by Shahram Khosravi’s Stolen Time and ‘What Do We See if We Look at the Border from the Other Side?’ the project examines borders as performative spaces of control and contestation, shaped by media, politics and history.