“I realized that everybody in the field is tired of a very specific border story coming out about divisiveness, about racism, about militarization.”
These spotlights are part of a binational art installation that aims to connect people on both sides of the Rio Grande. Carlos Morales/Marfa Public Radio
These spotlights are part of a binational art installation that aims to connect people on both sides of the Rio Grande.
From KERA:
For several nights this month, searchlights have been illuminating the sky on the U.S.-Mexico border between El Paso, Texas, and Ciudad Juárez, Mexico. They don’t have anything to do with stepped-up border enforcement. Instead, they’re part of a binational art installation that aims to connect people on both sides of the Rio Grande.
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