Milisifotocpy established in January in the year 2011 starting from our first gathering on the activities Homemade then sparked the idea to establish an organization and by 2012 we have carried out many programs. Milisifotocopy own name we use for the name represents the spirit of our movement who want to share, with our backgrounds are in fact struggling in the art then we would like to share by means of art, while the central themes Milisifotocopy lift is social and humanitarian issues. Background where we were (ie cities) awareness about the importance of understanding the social issues in particular urban city where we were. Surabaya is the second largest city in Indonesia after Jakarta, with a fairly old age is 700 years, the condition of the city of Surabaya itself became one of the important port and trade since the era of the Majapahit kingdom. With a high level of habitation then inhabited by various ethnic groups that Surabaya has a distinctive shape and a different culture compared to other cities.
Flows great economy also makes the city has seen many changes, from the Dutch colonial era to the present we are not spared from the owners of the power of a touch, not infrequently also not favor the development of the weak. Seeing this issue we conducted a series of art work program that attempts to observe, document and publicize what the problems and the changes that occurred in Surabaya. Starting from Homemade trying to read about housing issues to conflict land disputes.
Forward a copy militias concentrating in developing participatory arts and dokumentatif, participatory ie we open up the opportunity for the wider public to engage in a program that we developed, we are still working dokumentatif document the changes that occur in the physical city or town a city dweller surabaya itself.
Works & Activities
- Home made 1. 2 home made, home made 3 (making exhibition in the house to respond to something that no home is)
- Eksis ataoe mati (photo exhibition without a professional camera)
- Studio (Tugitu Unite (solo) X Militia Copy (SBY)) which is housed in a Bali