Make/Shift is an installation created by Debora Minà and Mita Pujara in 2016.

We collected contemplations (art work, objects, soundscapes, spoken word, film) from 19 volunteers who went to work in the unofficial refugee camp in Calais known as "the Jungle". Supported by Goldsmiths College and the Migration Research Network, this work was subsequently displayed at the Horniman Museum and at the Jungle Symposium at the University of Leicester. Some of the contributions were previously performed live at the Encampment event at the Southbank Centre in summer 2016.

Contributors: Afrikan Boy, Mojisola Adebayo, Melanie Anouf, Rachael Bailey, Kate Beales, Kiran Chahal, Victoria Conran, Dizraeli, Lily Einhorn, Victoria Hill, Gursen Houssein, Sharon Kanolik, Lynn Maree, John Martin, Katie Miller, Debora Minà, Mita Pujara, Kavi Pujara, Kirstin Shirling.

Thanks to: Rebecca Benz, Patrick Furness, Sue Mayo, Vik Sharma.

On the borders of Calais in Northern France, just 25 miles from the UK coast, there was a place called "The Jungle". It was a camp for displaced people heading for the UK and run by small French and English charities, together with Doctors Without Borders. No international aid organisation was present.
According to a July 2016 census by Help Refugees, the camp was populated by 7,307 migrants - the highest number to date. Of those, 761 were unaccompanied children. In early 2016 the French government started to demolish the camp. Evacuation was declared finalised in October. However, people continue to live there.
Smaller camps are now popping up around Calais. Without the infrastructure available at the “The Jungle” such as, registration or welfare systems, these camps are dangerous especially for unaccompanied minors, who remain extremely vulnerable.
What you are about to experience is a collage of impressions and reflections from 16 volunteers who worked in "The Jungle" in various capacities.