Issue 18: Of Passageways and Portals - Borderlands Mexico USA
Daniela Lieja Quintanar, Claudia Pretelin
Reading time: 13 minutes
23.07.2020
Based on the curatorial research Intergalactix: against isolation/contra el aislamiento, curators Daniela Lieja Quintanar and Claudia Pretelin, associate researcher and exhibition advisor, discuss how the curatorial process can become a collective tissue that responds to the urgencies of the present, particularly in light of migration policies and the histories that intersect there.
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Unión de Vecinos is an organization that emerged in the 1990s as a result of actions against the demolition of Pico-Aliso Housing Project belonging to Latino families, they are now part of a larger movement against displacement, gentrification and the fight for the right to housing, which is the Los Angeles Tenants Union, of which Daniela is an active member.
In Plain Sight (#XMAP), a coalition of 80 artists dedicated to the abolition of migrant detention centers, perfectly illustrates the seriousness of these incarceration policies. A very relevant project at the moment organized by the artists Cassils and Rafa Esparza. More information at: https://xmap.us/about
Katia Lara’s documentary Berta Vive illustrates part of Cáceres’ tireless struggle. Available at: https://vimeo.com/229310580
Between 1942 and 1964, the US started a program to use Mexican labor temporarily in their crops. The braceros, as they are known, were subjected to disinfection and humiliation processes with DDT, a chemical that can cause serious damage to health. More information at: http://braceroarchive.org/items/show/143
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