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Border Cantos, a unique collaboration between American photographer Richard Misrach and Mexican American sculptor/composer Guillermo Galindo, uses the power of art to explore and humanize the complex issues surrounding the United States-Mexico border.
Misrach, who has photographed the border since 2004, documents landscapes and objects, including things left behind by migrants. His large-scale photographs, along with grids of smaller photos, highlight issues surrounding migration and its effect on regions and people.
Responding to these photographs, Galindo fashioned sound-generating sculptures from items Misrach collected along the border, such as water bottles, Border Patrol “drag tires,” spent shotgun shells, ladders, and sections of the border wall itself. The sounds they produce give voices to people through the personal belongings they have left behind.
Presented in English and Spanish, Border Cantos offers perspective on the challenges of migration, inviting us to bridge boundaries.
Learn more about the Border Cantos exhibition.
Border Cantos premiered at San Jose Museum of Art and then travels to the Amon Carter Museum of American Art, Fort Worth, before it arrives at Crystal Bridges.
En Border Cantos, una nueva exposición temporal en Crystal Bridges, el fotógrafo estadounidense Richard Misrach y el compositor y escultor mexicano-estadounidense Guillermo Galindo usan el poder del arte para explorar los asuntos complejos en torno a la frontera entre Estados Unidos y México.
Misrach, quien ha fotografiado la frontera desde el 2004, documenta paisajes y objetos, incluidas las pertenencias dejadas atrás por los migrantes. Sus fotografías de gran formato, así como cuadros de fotografías a menor escala, destacan los asuntos relacionados a la migración y su efecto en la gente y la región.
En respuesta a estas fotografías, Galindo usa algunos de los objetos recolectados por Misrach para crear esculturas que generan sonidos, tales como botellas de agua, “neumáticos de arrastre” de la Patrulla Fronteriza, cartuchos de escopeta, escaleras y secciones del muro. La música que producen estas piezas le da voz a las personas que dejaron atrás estas pertenencias.
Presentada en inglés y en español, Border Cantos nos ofrece una perspectiva de los desafíos de la migración, invitándonos a tender puentes entre fronteras.
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Border Cantos se estrenó en el Museo de Arte de San José y luego viajó al Museo Amon Carter de Arte Americano en Fort Worth, antes de llegar a Crystal Bridges.
Border Cantos exhibition lecture: Richard Misrach
