MIGRATION NOW!
A limited-edition portfolio of handmade prints addressing migrant issues from Justseeds & CultureStrike.
The Migration Now portfolio is finished! 37 prints by amazing artists from all over North America, addressing migrant issues- featuring El Mac, Imin Yeh, Lalo Alcaraz, and many others as well as the work of artists from Justseeds and Culture Strike! Check it out here:
http://migrationnow.com/
A limited-edition portfolio of
handmade prints addressing migrant issues from Justseeds & CultureStrike.
Migration is a phenomenon, not a
problem, something that simply is. The right to migrate and to move freely is
our human right. When societies restrict or choke off the movements of their
citizens, they end up doing the work of a dam- they generate power and control
floods, but in doing so they destroy life and wreck the surrounding space.
We want to re-imagine migration as
an inevitability, as a social practice that is not to be prevented but to be
related to, like weather. All migration starts with social relationships. When
people move, they are going either towards their families or communities, or
more often, away from them. They move to help their relatives, or support them
by leaving. People migrate because their homes stifle them, because those homes
become burdens they need to shed in order to have full lives. They move in
search of opportunity, or to escape their past, or to simply survive. They move
because of lies they are told and that they come to believe, and they move to
fulfil the most beautiful and fragile of dreams. Migration is fundamentally
about our right to move freely across planet Earth, in search of our fullest
and best selves.
Check out the project website for more information
about the project and the artists involved.
37 handmade 12" x 18" prints in
heavyweight printed paper cover
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