Grapple (2020)

Grapple is my impotent and shaky grip attempt to reconcile the work we are doing with AMBOS and take ownership of this physical and emotional space The border fence especially this particular stretch of fence has haunted my memories as it was absent most of my childhood and left a marked scar on my small town of Playas de Tijuana when it was installed The fence is a permanent reminder that we are not wanted that we are less than that we are what gets filtered out It is a stigma we invisibly carry the rest of our lives as we find our place in the world navigating the liminal