Migration is the movement of people from one place to another. The reasons for migration can be economic, social, political, or environmental. There are usually push factors and pull factors at work. Migration impacts on both the place left behind, and on the place where migrants settle.
The global compact on migration aims to change a source of abuse and conflict into a driver prosperity.
Managing migration is one of the most challenges for international cooperation.
Managing migration is one of the most challenges for international cooperation.
Migration powers economic growth, reduces inequality and connects diversity in society.
Migration is a source of political tension and human tragedies.
Majority of Migrants live and work legally. But a desperate minority are putting their lives at risk to enter countries where they face suspicion and abuse.
Majority of Migrants live and work legally. But a desperate minority are putting their lives at risk to enter countries where they face suspicion and abuse.
Global community
Do we want migration to be a source of prosperity and international solidarity, intrumanity and social friction?
Videos of Migrants being sold as slaves. Example: West African migrants are being bought and sold openly in modern day slavery markets in Libya.
*Nearly 6 million migrants trapped in forced labour today, often in developed economies.
How can we end these injustices and prevent them from recurring in the future?
Nearly half of all migrants are women, looking for better lives and work opportunities. Sub issues include issues with abuses and prejudices.
Problem is illegisation with migration, makes migrants more vulnerable, which undermines government authority.
To reduce this issue the government needs to put more legal pathways for migration.
Greater international cooperation to protect vulnerable migrants as well as refugees.
Facts
*Thousands die through doomed efforts of crossing the sea and desert.
*Migration should not mean suffering
*Sixty-four dead after dinghy sinks in Mediterranean
*The deaths represents the first large-scale migrants died on the central Mediterranean route between Libya and Italy in 2017, down from 4581 in 2016. The number of migrants who reached Italy in 2017 was 199,310 down from 181,436 in 2016.
*More than 3000 drowned in Mediterranean last year.
*They included refugees fleeing wars/ persection who hoped to be given asylum, and economic migrants mainly from sub-saharan Africa.
Possible Audience
* people who have migrated
*Culture identity
Controversial Topic in Media
Rihanna is facing backlash on social media for her latest Vogue Arabia cover.
The singer is being criticised for her latest appropriation of Egyptian culture by channelling Queen Nefertiti on November issue.
Many felt the publication should've used a model of Egyptian/ Arab descent instead.
The cover features Rihanna Channeling Queen Nefertiti, an Egyptian royal ruler from the 1300s.
Vogue Arabia has created covers which feature Bella and Gigi Hadid.
Gigi Hadid wore a hijab in the issue and was accused of cultural appropriation. Part of the criticism of Gigi's cover was her silence about being muslim, except for in times where it was appropriate.
Bella Hadid Controversy
Bella Hadid is scene wearing modest clothing on both the English and Arabic versions of the magazine.
*The model is 'honoured' and 'proud' to represent and cherish half-palistian blood.
Bella Hadid has been more vocal about being a muslim, where she has quoted her pride for being a muslim and participation with Gigi at a protest against Donald Trump travel ban in January.
'Brown Book' Magazine
A bimonthly magazine exploring the Middle East, an observation of the religion's evolving urban, identity and character. Published six times a year, Brownbook is a bimonthly magazine dedicated to art, design, culture and travel from the Middle East and North Africa. The publication's focused coverage reports and uncovers the most inspiring stories from the region.
Through a decade of observing, reporting and understanding. Brown book has successfully remained independent and is one of the most widely read magazine Dubai and the Middle East.
Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015-2016
John Radcliffe Studios: documents the regular lives of refugees.
"Foreigner: Migration into Europe 2015-2016" is a photography series that hopes to portray a less sensationalist account of the Refugee crisis.
London based John Radcliffe Studios have designed a phonebook about the pressing issues affecting refugees. Countries in Europe have seen a massive influx of refugees as many of them have fled civil war in their home countries.
The studio hoped to portray as account of the events that were infolding with a humanist approach.
"We felt at the time, that the imagery used in the media to tell the story, was sensationalist, alarmist and wasn't giving people the time and consideration they deserve." the studio wrote in its kickstarter campaign.
"We wanted to approach the subject from a calmer perspective, using medium format portrait photography as a means of meeting the people at the centre the crisis facet face and leaving something about their lives."
John Radcliffe Studios
Foreigner: Confrontation and the light
Confrontation and the light is a collection of street photography that looks at the ideas of renewal and rebirth. The photographs were taken in London, Japan, Spain, Lisbon, and Amsterdam.
The photographs were presented in hardback books collected from charity shops. The meaning of this was to create a new meaning of life, their own history and details would give every copy a unique character. Many of the books are over one hundred years old and have developed a natural beauty in terms of quality, texture and smell that could not be matched by modern production methods.
In total 30 books were made, each one having its original contents partially stamped out by hand and cover painted in black.
Daniel Castro Garcia's first solo exhibition "foreigner"
"It's time to leave! If you must die in the open sea! You must not return. If any of you come back and report me, you're dead. If you have to die, you will die together now go!" - Aly Gadiaga, one of the migrants portrayed in Daniel Castro Gracia's Foreigner project, describes his journey from the Libyan coast to Italy.
The work on show is delicate and sensitive, a far cry from the sensationalised accounts often offered up in the press. "We are all foreigners." says Castro Garcia, adding he hopes to aspire respect rather than pity.
'It's not just about respecting those in the photographs- the audience also deserves respect.
The artist wanted to create a dignified response to this humanitarian crisis, that was not about sensationalism.
The photographer and audience should make the effort to try to put themselves in the shoes of the person in the image.
If you were going through a traumatic situation, we would not want a photographer and the audience coming up to us and taking pictures without our permission.
The creators wanted to create a balance to the story that was not there, in the press. The work aims to create more balance. This is to make the audience realise that this is not a black and white story, but in fact a very complicated one that needs to be thought and patience.
Explore people ignorance towards the perception of migration.
They are perhaps perceived as uneducated and not intelligent, the idea they are strain on society. This generalisation fails to make most of people's unknown talents and skills people have. Aly for example, Aly speaks 5 languages fluently, extremely intelligent and aware of society. These people deserve more recognition an opportunities, that they can bring towards society.
The underline notion is to convey a celebration of life. To offer a chance for people to spare a thought for all of the people that passed away trying to make it here. These people deserved to be celebrated. A politician has no idea what the life/ journey of a refugee / migrant is like is listened to.
Metaphor:
"The room is locked, but if you forgot to close the window and after two days the cat realises it's open, what does the cat do? He escapes, he does through the window is the only chance to escape. What would you do?"
Ideas
*Explore Arabic type with Western patterns, through collage- subjectivity which will identify personal identities.
*A publication based on people of colour- how they fit into society- social friction aspect to migration.
*Explore the idea of permission of what is right and wrong. This will be in a more serious aspect to initiate respect.
*Interview People who have experienced migration, imagery of culture which relates to them applied in a collage format.
*Publication which explores art, photography of destroyed places; damaging concept.
*Create a charity for a migration centre (way finding)
*explore graffiti and spray paint to convey the concept of peace, freedom.
*Explore broken medium such as broken mirrors
*Photography could include crowds of people to convey society.
*Concept of Escape, direction (way finding), adventure.
*travel- passport stamps.
*Documentation
*Destroyed, vintage photography
*Exploration of Arabic typefaces.
*Convey to concept of positivity: grateful, peace, and harmony.
*The idea of celebration, to celebrate the unity of different cultures uniting. Show the complexity to the story rather than politics conveying the issue to be black and white.
*The concept of respect: "We are all foreigners" the idea of everyone being strangers before we meet them.
*Maps
*Urban Art: urbanism the development and planning of cities and towns.
*Abstraction the idea of being lost.
A visual language of migration
The designers, migrantas, used urban places as a platform to show visual pictograms to provide visibility to express thoughts and feelings people who have immigrated.
The purpose is to create disability towards the issue of migration in society. To create awareness. The issues explored are migration, identity and intercultural dialogue.
Migrantas explore tools from visual arts, graphic design and social sciences. The organisation has worked with migrants in workshops.
Migrant Journal
Migrant Journal is a six-issue publication exploring the circulation of people, goods, information around the world and the transformation impact they have on space. Infinite spaces explored are seamless oceans and boundless skies. There are considerations such as the law of nature, international laws and social and political dynamics. The publication explores mobile spaces of death, pleasure, traffic, and infrastructure, including most tragic issues which occur.
In 2016 many people flew in planes than ever recorded in history. Technology has also enabled new developments to take place through air from drones to satellite communication. The sky hosts migrants: water particles, seeds and birds. Meanwhile seas and oceans have become a mobid stage to which no-one takes attention of as thousands die in the sea for a better future. The sea is also home to the nomadic populations of humans and animals.
Migrant Journal is a six- issue magazine project that considers migration in all forms.
Examines the movement of people, ideas and goods around the world. Journal takes an informative look at the phenomenon of migration and its impact on contemporary life.
Designers: Justinien Tribillon and Catarina De Almeida Brito
Work with visual and textual element to aim being as flexible and open-minded.
Receive purposals from everywhere in the world to propose writing pieces, photographs, poems, comic strips, academic essays, translations, art, installations.
Try to reach outside our own professional/ intellectual/ social communications.
Target Market
First readers were probably designers, architects, urbanists, geographers, individuals interested in space, migration and design. However, the target market is pushing boundaries, it is more diverse.
Migrant Journal
Format focus on metallic inks add extra layer-too intense affect, higher quality.
Migrant Journal no.2
The contradiction between restrictions imposed on the movement of people and the acceleration in the circulation of goods, services, money. Issues include 'Iceberg houses' in London designed for the uber -wealthy to the infrastructure of high- frequency trading, from Romanian agricultural workers travelling to Spain and Portugal every Summer to pick strawberries while Portugese workers harvest grapes in France, to globally spread offshore accounts.
Migrant Journal No. 1: Across Country
The refugee crisis that Europe is currently facing is shedding a dramatic light on the countryside. Syrians refugees flee the war from Turkey, then Greece and their isolated beaches, to move on to travel Europe across country, fields and scenic landscapes from Macedonia, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia. The forgotten rural land is the stage of our present migration tragedy.
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