"Justice  for Domestic Workers Goes Surreal"

On the 25th of November 2012, Sunday as part of the Justice for Domestic Workers's  "Making  Domestic Work Visible to  the British Society", in  collaboration  with Unite  the Union, The Showroom and Tate Modern - London, the group of migrant domestic  workers in the UK took a trip of adventure and fun  to Poetry and Dreams exhibitions and installations by renowned surrealists  such  as Max Ernst and  Joan  Miro. It exhibits  the  diversion of contemporary art particularly to  the genre of  Surrealism and  the  exploration of some artists to different techniques/themes such as using biomorphic symbols and forms which have been extracted from  subconscious minds into bizarre representations.

Surrealism is a period in art history when artists  create dreamlike or absurd  paintings  filled with mysterious or familiar objects  that have been arranged or altered  in ways that you would not see in  the real  world.

The members  were toured around the gallery to be able to understand the  meaning of Surrealism, how the  artists incorporated these techniques with poetries and dreams and to  hear their  thoughts and views on  each of the selected masterpieces.

"The Entire City"

by: Max Ernst 1934

Oil on  Paper laid canvas

The Entire  City brings the viewer into thne realm  of  Max Ernst's mind and  provides a rare  glimpse at the artist's  gloomy state of  existence during the World War II, when Nazism took  over his home country Germany.

" I  like how rough it looks like.  Very Chaotic and heavy."

-Myrna Manlangit , J4DW

"Iron"

Man Ray 1963

A  humble flat iron transformed by the addition of a row of nails into new and potentially threatening objects. The  nails  and the evocation of hot metal suggest sadism or violent erotism ironically at odds with  the works  title.

"This attracts me  the most.  I saw my personality in this artwork and  it is related to my work as  a  migrant  domestic  worker. I make  contribution  though unrecognised like this iron at home Nails for me  symbolized my resistance to violence. I am  with armed with my knowledge and  rights."

- Dorotea Fabile,  J4DW

"The Voice of Freedom in the German night Wavelength 1937"

John Heartfield

Heartfield imagines the  raised fist of the  communist salute as a radio transmitter. The text  identifies the underground 'Radio station' leading the  clandestine 'struggle' for peace,  freedom  and democracy.

" I saw the struggles of  J4DW and  its fighting spirit to survive!"

- Rosita Salvador, J4DW