Project

COYOTEK is a speculative web market place used as a tool to create objects as well as to share narratives.
We use product design to materialize the real human stories behind the experience of the surveilled immigrant.
These products are not solving a problem, however their existence shines a light on how surveillance has been normalized in today’s society.
COYOTEK is an alternative narrative, a slightly extreme version of our reality born to bring a more human approach to the negative effects of surveillance on immigrants nowadays.

Background

This project was created as part of the Tribeca Film Institute Immigration Co/Lab.
The Immigration Co/Lab brings together multidisciplinary creatives of various backgrounds (storytellers, technologists, designers, filmmakers, journalists, activists, policymakers etc) involved with and working at the forefront of immigration issues to create projects that serve their communities, to foster critical discussions on current issues, and to address the potential of interactive media to serve as a catalyst for social justice.
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Creatives

Meet Our Team

We all come from multidisciplinary and various backgrounds, from storytellers, technologists, designers, filmmakers, journalists, activists, and policymakers.

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Laha

Designer. Illustrator. Strategist.

Immigrated from Lebanon

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Rúal

Filmmaker. Cinematographer. Activist

Immigrated from Mexico

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Osukaru

Designer. Poet. Conceptual artist.

Immigrated from Peru



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Hasbruh

Theater Artist. Developer.

Immigrated from India

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ShadowCat

Activist. Security Trainer. Programmer.

Immigrated from Lebanon

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Funchi

Designer. Producer. Educator.

Immigrated from Peru