Hostile Terrain 94
08/24/20
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11/22/20
Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) is a participatory art project created by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a non-profit research and arts-education collective directed by anthropologist Jason De León. This art installation is intended to raise awareness about the realities of the U.S.-Mexico border by focusing on the deaths that have been happening almost daily since 1994 as a direct result of the Border Patrol policy known as “Prevention Through Deterrence” (PTD).
The centerpiece of the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition is an enlarged map composed of approximately 3,200 toe tags representing people who have died while crossing a particular stretch of the U.S.-Mexico border between the mid-1990s and 2020. The construction of this memorial at Texas State Galleries is realized with the help of local volunteers invited to participate in the making of these tags, which are later installed on the map in the exact locations where the individuals’ remains were found.
Hostile Terrain 94 at Texas State Galleries is indebted to the wisdom and generosity of individuals and organizations across campus and the San Marcos community who assisted in the realization of Hostile Terrain 94 at Texas State Galleries.
HT94_TXST WORKSHOPS
Groups are invited to contact Texas State Galleries to arrange for a virtual tag workshop.
Individuals can obtain instructions and tags from the Gallery Monitor at Texas State Galleries during open hours. Alternatively, individuals can contact Texas State Galleries to make a request for instructions and tags by mail or via no-contact pick-up.
HT94_TXST Programs
Texas State Galleries invites you to take part in the greater migration conversation through a series of programs developed in conjunction with the Hostile Terrain 94 exhibition.
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