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Arte Útil archive nr:

230

Initiator:

Jenny Polak

Location:

US

Category:

politics, social

Users:

Jenny Polak, Art Gallery, undocumented immigrants

Maintained by:

Jenny Polak, Exit Art

Certification:

prototype

Duration:

2003

Jenny Polak
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In situ Sanctuary

Description:

The project was to create a hiding place within beam-and-column architecture. It was a solution to today's political climate: that buildings should include a place to hide people, such as fugitive immigrants, from the authorities.

Goals:

To hide people form the authorities.

Beneficial Outcomes:

«They keep their users, undocumented immigrants, purposely invisible, and safe when deportation-thirsty immigration officers arrive.» Krzysztof Wodiczko (jennypolak.com)

Images: