Monday, January 24, 2011
SONAPUR/INTERVIEW
Posted is our short investigation into the Muhaisnah 2 labor camp (aka, Sonapur..."land of the gold") home to over 100,000 transient workers in Dubai. Commentary is provided by the journalist Matilde Gattoni, whose work can be found here: http://www.matildegattoni.com/
Dubai site research from Michael Lawlor on Vimeo.
_SARANA
SARANA, Hindi for REFUGE, proposes re-inhabiting mothballed developments in the Business Bay Developments with labor camps which simultaneously recycle derelict buildings while envisioning better living conditions for the construction workers of Dubai.
Friday, January 14, 2011
UAE
Intermediate 10 is currently in the UAE (Dubai, Liwa, Al-Ain) until January 18th. Update with research from the trip to follow.
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