Internet sites dealing with borders.
South / North Korea
USA/ Mexico
Israel / Palestine
fortress Europe
politicians, soldiers and vigilantes against immigrants, activists and artists.
Before World War I, passports were not widely used for international travel, and in most areas, few people had one. Crossing a border was usually very easy, and no supporting documentation or declarations were required.
SGR-A1 Intelligent Surveillance & Security Guard Robot, which is indigenously developed by Samsung Techwin and being funded by the Korean government, is designed to replace a human-oriented guards, overcoming their limitation of discontinuous guarding mission due to its severe weather condition or fatigue, so that the .
For over 25 years, in addition to his work on and about the violin, Jon Rose has been bowing and recording the music of Fences worldwide.
Lina Pallotta is an Italian photographer working and living in NYC.
In Mexico, she produced various photo essays:
The Day of the Dead,
Constantly Crossing (illegal immigrants crossing the Tijuana border),
Cantina (low class bar).
Since 1994 she has focused on the women working in the maquiladoras at the .
The core of inSite, as it has evolved over the past twelve years, is commissioning projects as interventions in the extraordinary context of the San Diego-Tijuana border region. The axis of this project is a process of two-year periodic residencies that culminate in the realization of works sited in the public domain throughout the two cities.
The high-top sneakers cost $215 at a San Diego boutique, but Judy Wertheim is giving them away to migrants before they cross the U.S.-Mexico border. A compass and flashlight dangle from one shoelace. The pocket in the tongue is for money or pain relievers. A rough map of the border region is printed on a removable insole.
Border Film Project is a collaborative art project giving disposable cameras to two groups on different sides of the border: undocumented migrants crossing the desert into the United States, and American Minutemen trying to stop them. To date, they have received 73 cameras — 38 from migrants and 35 from Minutemen — with nearly 2,000 pictures in total.
A (originally unique to Mexican-American/Chicano culture) is a car or truck which has had its suspension system modified (sometimes with hydraulic suspension) so that it rides as low to the ground as possible. Lowriders often have user controlled height adjustable suspension.
The LowDrone, made by Angel Nevarez and Alex Rivera is the world’s first flying lowrider, outfitted with wireless video transmission capabilities and conditioned for remote aerial flight over one of the most surveilled spaces on the planet: the U.S./Mexico border between Tijuana and southern California.
is Britain's most dangerous artist.
Only static social clients are authorised to view .
You are invited to attend a borderXing . Suggested roles include illegal migrant worker, border patrol guard, coyote trafficker, drug mule and local vigilante.
Extracts from the to BorderXing.
Do you need to escape for some time or permanently?
If so, might be useful for you. Here you will find people who are prepared to loan or permanently exchange their identities.
By Olia Lialina and irational.org
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