Undocumented Migration Project

Label

Undocumented Migration Project

Principal Link

www.kickstarter.com

Description

Undocumented Migration Project (UMP) to bring to life Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) Augmented Reality (AR). This interactive experience opens a window into the odyssey that is clandestine migration across the US-Mexico border. Utilizing open-source data from government agencies, the installation maps more than 3,200 toe tags with case file information from migrants whose bodies have been recovered on U.S. soil since the mid-1990s. Upon visiting the exhibition, you can point your phone at the toe tag wall and enter AR portals that give a glimpse into the stories of those that have crossed the Sonoran Desert via interviews, the unforgiving environment via 360-degree photos, and the cost of the journey via shrines and memorials for the fallen. The installation will travel to over 150 locations over the course of 2020. They are also expanding the audience of the exhibitions by including an option in our app for users to access the content from anywhere in the world.

Creators

Alvaro Martinez, Alex Suber

Status

in progress