This project explores unprivileged transnational immigration, industrial architecture and the contractual conditions of labour from the perspective of immigrant subjectivity. It draws from a study of post-war immigrant workers who were recruited to work at the BHP Steelworks in Port Kembla, located on the scenic Illawarra eastern coastline of Australia, […]
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Dignity of Labour – Phase 1. Port Kembla Steelworks and Immigrant Workers, 2023 Mirjana Lozanovska, Australia [With research assistance from Alexandra Florea; model making and representation from Qiaochu Tang, with assistance from Chay Siamphukde, Anthony Swanborough, Greg Shields] Material/technique of the artwork Mixed media – Photographic representation, Perspex […]
This project aims to explore the post-war architectural, rural and industrial landscapes of Australia as shaped by the labour of displaced persons. Migrants after the Second World War were critical to the spatial making of modern Australia. Major federally-funded industries driving post-war nation-building programs depended on the employment of large […]