The invisible hands exhibition is placed in the Jersey Arts Centre and is a collaborative project between artist Alicja Rogalska and The Morning Boat in order to showcase life as a migrant worker. The aim of the exhibition is to bring light onto the poor conditions for migrant workers on the island for the little that they gain back, the topic is one that is not spoken about often in the island however is something that plays a huge part in the identity of it.
The Agri-Care prize was created during the process of talking to the migrant workers, as they were interviewed they created clay potatoes as a representation for them, potatoes being one of jersey biggest profit gains in farming, while working they decided on how they would pick out a winner for the most authentic clay potato.
Their interviews were filmed without showing their faces and a short film was played, projected on the wall at the exhibition, the lack of faces allowed the workers to remain anonymous, allowing them to speak freely about their work and links back to the title, ‘Invisible Hands’.
The photographs shown and displayed in the exhibition were documented and taken by the workers themselves, this is adding a personal touch to the photographs, though may not all be high quality it is a real, personal and first hand representation of what life is like working for these people.
This exhibition represents and allows the public and other locals to come in and see the side of the farming and agricultural industry in Jersey that they may not normally be known too or shown.
