Hostile Terrain 94

This DIY installation is taking place at over 120 institutions––in the U.S. and abroad––with the intention to raise awareness about the humanitarian crisis at America's southern border and to engage with communities around the world in conversations about migration.

It was anticipated that the difficulties people would experience while traversing dozens of miles across what the Border Patrol deemed the "hostile terrain" of places such as the Sonoran Desert of Arizona would ultimately discourage migrants from attempting the journey.

[15] Every installation is accompanied by introductory wall text explaining the project, a virtual experience that can be accessed for free online,[16] and additional complementary programming (i.e. videos, written pieces, events, etc.)

The experience, which can be accessed by anyone with an iOS or Android device, contains five chapters where viewers can hear first-hand accounts from migrants and humanitarian volunteers, represented by archival photos and volumetric captures, hologram-like videos.

Viewers can navigate through the digital experience by selecting chapters from an interactive map, clicking through 360° environments, and exploring 3-D models of real-life items left behind by migrants and found in the Sonoran Desert.

[22] He is the author of the award-winning book "The Land of Open Graves: Living and Dying on the Migrant Trail" (UC Press 2015),[8][23] co-curator of the exhibition "State of Exception/Estado de Excepción,"[24] a National Geographic Emerging Explorer (2013),[25] and a 2017 MacArthur Foundation Fellow.