Public Secret Society of Conceptual Migrants is an intervention project created by artist Patty Ortiz as part of her continuing performance series Work Won’t Kill You. PSSCM was built around the word migrant, its specific definition and common assumptions. Ortiz proposed to take the historical concept of a secret society and turn it inside out, building an underground association of people who openly agree to identify as migrant based on the fact that they have moved because of their work. This secret society openly proclaimed its private covenant through a public exhibition that nurtured a compassion and created a new context and understanding of the migrant experience. Read More…