Immobilites, 3553, Collingwood, 2025

Exhibition held at 3553, from 05.09.2025 - 14.09.2025.

Curated by OFFICE, Jack Isles, Mark Romei, & U-P, featuring work by Border Forensics; Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne; Forensis; INDEX; LIMINAL; Manus Recording Project Collective; Mark Romei; and The Investigative Commons.

Across the world, both architectures and environments are mobilised to monitor and control the movement of bodies and communities. Central to this practice is the immobilisation of people on the move, and an endeavour to dictate who holds the right to mobility, and how. From borders, walls, rooms, ecologies and soundscapes, Immobilities reflects on the numerous ways through which nation states design and perpetuate systems of border control, shaping the global mobility regime and the lives of those within it. The exhibition convenes an international consortium of researchers, designers and activists, situating international and Australian research within a transcontinental analysis of border practices. In turn, documenting and denouncing bordering in its many forms, across numerous geographies, technologies and methodologies.

This exhibition was generously supported by Monash Art, Design & Architecture, OFFICE, & U-P.

Graphic design & identity by U-P.