Hostile Terrain 94 Community Participation: Tag Filling

125 Chandler Street, Boston MA

Description

Boston University is pleased to be partnering with the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) to bring Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94), a participatory art exhibition installation, to campus. Students and BU community members can participate in assembling the installation and presenting it to peers as a means of generating campus discussion regarding US migration policies, border enforcement, and how factors such as nationhood, ethnicity, and class impact our collective sense of community and belonging. To participate, sign up for a 45-minute spot, available Monday to Friday from 10am-4pm: bu.edu/arts/hostile-terrain/participation. The human toll of the “Prevention Through Deterrence” policy is commemorated through the installation of over 3,200 toe-tags listing the names or other identifying information as well as the location of the corpses of migrants found in these borderlands. These tags are placed on an enlarged wall map of the desert showing the exact locations where the remains were found. Anyone from the BU Community can participate in the construction of this installation on the landing on the second floor of the George Sherman Union. You must sign up for a 45-minute time slot, and you must be able to show your symptom status and follow safety protocols. We will provide gloves and sanitizer. Please provide your own mask. www.bu.edu/arts/hostile-terrain/participation