The ongoing urbanization trend across the globe are known to have caused human population to accumulate in capital cities. Humans flow across countries and continents either from developing nations or conflict zones, towards the more advanced nations. Within a country, humans migrate from rural and suburban areas towards the city centers. Which then they, and maybe we, are then commonly perceived as the migrant workers.

Similar movements also happen in the form of non-human matters. The conveniences provided by the digital marketplace, have brought consumer goods through vast distances to reach our doorsteps. Tools of productions, machines, money, etc. are making circles around the earth, carrying along various missions and purposes. Like Migrant Workers, these Migrant Matters also transform the society around where they are destined.

Alter-Shelter 5: Migrant Matter is a situated practice in the depth of urban environment. This one-week workshop is conducted for creative individuals to re-discover and translate the notion of migration of things, through diverse perspectives, and develop the new ideas into visual works that function as alternative media for the public.

MENTORS
Kenta Kishi
Professor, Graduate School of Transdisciplinary Arts, Akita University of Art
Co-director of OHS (Operations for Habitat Studies), Akita

Ayos Purwoaji
Art Curator, Surabaya

Benny Wicaksono
New Media Artist, Surabaya

Yogi Ishabib
Sociologist, Surabaya

FACILITATORS
Mana Watanabe
Graduate Student of Architecture at Waseda University, Tokyo

Sarah Inassari
Architect, Researcher at OHS (Operations for Habitat Studies), Surabaya

Bintang Putra
Co-director & Researcher at OHS (Operations for Habitat Studies), Surabaya

FIELDWORK DESTINATIONS
Pasar Pabean (Fish Market)
Pasar Keputran (Traditional market)
Kampung Kalimas Udik (Informal Settlements)

Download the booklet here.

We published the post-event catalogue here.