Exhibitions
Hostile Terrain 94
January 12 – March 14, 2026
Reception on Tuesday, February 10, 1030am-2pm
Exhibition walk-through with Dr. Jason De Léon and Michael Wells from 1030-1130am
Book sale & signing from 1130-1230pm
Reception from 1230-2pm
Description
In 1994, the United States Border Patrol launched the immigration enforcement strategy known as “Prevention Through Deterrence” (PTD). With heightened security measures at urban points of entry, undocumented migrants were forced to traverse extremely treacherous environments, land dubbed as “Hostile Terrain” by U.S. Border Patrol. PTD failed to deter border crossers and, instead, millions of people have attempted to migrate through the US-Mexico border since the 1990s. By using this tactic, the U.S. government has attempted to shift the blame onto the harsh environment, weaponizing the land as a natural killing field. As a result of this policy, more than 8,100 people have died on the US-Mexico border, largely from dehydration and hyperthermia, while attempting the journey through California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Texas. PTD is still the primary border enforcement strategy being used on the US-Mexico border today.
Hostile Terrain 94 is a participatory exhibition created by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP),
a non-profit organization that focuses on the violent social process of immigration
and raises awareness through research, education, and outreach.
Recent Past
Radical Geographies:
possibilities of the imaged landscape
Curated by Tamara Cedré
September 2- November 8, 2025
Exhibition Preview on Monday, September 15 from 10am-noon
Reception for the artists on Saturday, October 4 from 11am-1pm
Artists
Francis Almendárez
Lindsay Buchman
Katrina Bello
Jenny Calivas
Alex Delapena
Tarrah Krajnak
Lacey Lennon
Description
Historically, land has been wielded in the service of power for exploration, extraction and conquest. The advent of the camera legitimated this speculation and capture with the click of a shutter. But, can photography rupture this cycle and reconnect us with the endangered ecologies that surround us?
This group of artists propose radical geographies, rendering land as a politically charged locus of negotiation, mediating the site of their environs with the sight of their camera to posit questions about our ontological connection to the landscape and envisioning new ways of stewarding it into the future.
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