Spotlight Gallery
Hostile Terrain 94 Conversations
Opening: Monday, April 28th from 11:30-12:45
Come join Wagner Students of ILC7: The Body and Communities, and our Community Partners, Catholic Charities Community Services, Refugee Resettlement, La Colmena, and other community members, to celebrate the opening of the exhibit: Hostile Terrain 94 Conversations, on Monday, April 28th from 11:30-12:45. Students will speak about the class and their learning experiences in the Spotlight Gallery (Horrmann Library) from 11:30-12:15, and light refreshments will be served in Main Hall 7 from 12:15-12:45.
A central component of the exhibit is Hostile Terrain 94, a participatory activity created by the Undocumented Migration Project at UCLA, that memorializes lives lost crossing the US southern border. Our exhibit also includes film biographies and works of art co-created by local community members, and research and reflections created by Wagner students, which celebrate future hopes for all. Hostile Terrain 94 Conversations is supported by the Archaeological Society of Staten Island Endowment and Project Pericles.
More about the ILC and the installation project:
Storytelling and identity creation are aspects of our shared humanity. Using the tools of anthropology, art history and museum practice, in light of decolonization, artifact trafficking, the ethics of museum display, this class explores the dehumanization of cultures and peoples. We challenge students to ask what is displayed and whose stories are told in museums, and what messages an installation intends to communicate to visitors. The culminating class project is the year-long participatory exhibit, Hostile Terrain 94, which asks students and other participants to bear witness and engage with and tell the story of individuals who perished while attempting to cross the U.S. southern border.
