paintings

i made this electronic image not only in response to the deaths that occurred in ceuta and melilla during october and november this year but also very much inspired by linda lund's alien project on misplacement and border crossing. she is sending a green plastic alien travelling around the world with friends as well as random travellers. they will then write upon their own border crossing experiences and foward them here along with pictures of the alien's journeys.

19 african men were killed while trying to climb the razor-wired fences. sometimes shot from behind by spanish and morrocan immigration authorities. thousands desperately tried to climb this fences during these months but the number of successful crossings is unknown. hundreds of them where captured by the moroccan authorities, taken on buses to the southern deserts and dumped often without food or water. this is only a very small part of the whole immigration issue in europe but its significance drew me to make this painting. my hope is that its electronic format will allow for an easy printing of copies...

# posted by cr : 3:25 AM