The Migrant Assembly is a device for encounters that articulates people, projects, spaces and temporalities for opening up and making visible to the community the experiences and realities of migrants. Devised by the artistic duo Bobrikova & de Carmen, in collaboration with the curator María Alejandra Gatti, this work of collective participation questions and problematizes concepts such as border, identity, territory and community.
This self-published book offers a comprehensive view of the conceptual background behind the project as well as a deeper understanding of our practice as a tool for collaboration with invited guests. The book contains new commissioned text-essay in collaboration with the artists, hosts and guests of the assemblies Rodrigo Ghattas-Pérez, Dani Zelko, Apolonija Šušteršič, Sarah Kazmi, Javier Ernesto Auris Chavez, María Alejandra Gatti, Martinka Bobrikova, Oscar de Carmen together with contributions by Jodi Rose, Karina Sletten, Yildiz Yalcin, Ekaterina Sharova, Sarakka Gaup, Liv Brissach, Ihra Lill Scharning, Maritea Dæhlin and photo documentation of the assemblies.
Authors: Martinka Bobrikova & Oscar de Carmen
Editor: María Alejandra Gatti
Contributors: Rodrigo Ghattas-Pérez (with Jodi Rose, Karina Sletten), Dani Zelko (with Yildiz Yalcin, Ekaterina Sharova, Sarakka Gaup, Liv Brissach, Ihra Lill Scharning, Maritea Dæhlin), Apolonija Šušteršič, Sarah Kazmi, Javier Ernesto Auris Chavez, María Alejandra Gatti, Martinka Bobrikova, Oscar de Carmen
Translations: Tamara Mathov, Martin Berner Mathiesen, Anna Ďurišíková, Julius Mihkkal Eriksen Lindi
Graphic Design and Layout: Anna Sole
Photos: Jacky Jaan-Yuan Kuo
Poster illustration: Martinka Bobrikova & Oscar de Carmen
Proofreading: MaryClaire Pappas, Germán Tosto, María Alejandra Gatti, Martinka Bobrikova, Ane Katrine Øverseth Olsen, Bård E. Dahl
Printed by: palgraphic
Edition: 300
Published by: Bobrikova & de Carmen
PUBLISHED BY:
Bobrikova & de Carmen
Martinka Bobrikova (Norway/Slovakia) and Oscar de Carmen (Spain) have collaborated as an Oslo-based artist duo since 2005. Their practice examines social transformation at the crossroads of utopian visions and tangible realities, probing the dynamic relationships between economic systems and natural environments. Their projects—ranging from installations and sound works to site-specific and urban transformation pieces—explore alternative frameworks for work, community engagement, and political discourse.
Bobrikova and de Carmen's approach includes self-curation, self-publishing, and self-organization to foster critical thinking and alternative modes of interaction.
