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Deborah O'Connell

Deborah O'Connell

New York, NY, US

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The Space Between: A Momument to Displaced

“THE SPACE BETWEEN” COMMENTS ON THE CURRENT AMERICAN POLITICAL MOVEMENT CHAMPIONING A SECURE AND POLICED SOUTHERN BORDER. THE ADMINISTRATION’S CONTENTIOUS POLICY DIVIDES THE AMERICAN PUBLIC INTO TWO PASSIONATE CAMPS. STUCK IN THE MIDDLE, ARE DESPERATE MIGRANTS MAKING INCREASINGLY DANGEROUS CROSSINGS. “THE-SPACE-BETWEEN” DEMONSTRATES THE SPACE INHABITED BY MIGRANTS, AN ISOLATED SPACE SPLICED BETWEEN TWO CHAIN LINK FENCES. 

 THE STRUCTURE AIMS TO FOSTER CONNECTION BETWEEN DISJOINTED COMMUNITIES. THE CAMOUFLAGED FABRIC SHELTERS DIVIDED AND SEPARATED FAMILIES. THE SECLUDED DWELLING BLENDS INTO ITS HARSH ENVIRONMENT ALONG THE SOUTHERN BORDER. ASSIMILATING PHYSICALLY INTO AN OTHERWISE HOSTILE AND INCREASINGLY MILITARIZED ZONE PROVIDES A COMMON GROUND. THROUGH A LOOPHOLE IN THE WALL. PERHAPS GOOD FENCES CAN MAKE GOOD NEIGHBORS AFTER ALL. 

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Status: School Project
Location: Southern Border

 
various proposed sites along the southern border
various proposed sites along the southern border
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