Jan
18
Passport - Who has access and who doesn't? Curio Pop-Up
Passport
Owner: Susan Harbage Page
First artwork of the new year.. A work I've been considering since Trump announced his travel ban. My old passport gold-leafed—thinking about what it means to have access. Why goods, culture, technology can all cross borders seamlessly and bodies cannot. What does it mean to have a passport? Who gets to decide if you have one? What privilege it brings me? What it means to hide behind wealth? How does this privelege both obscure and reveal who I am.
What it means to walk on the U.S.-Mexico border using my U.S.–Passport to stay in the same place that others are throwing out their passports and identity cards to remain in.
Owner: Susan Harbage Page
First artwork of the new year.. A work I've been considering since Trump announced his travel ban. My old passport gold-leafed—thinking about what it means to have access. Why goods, culture, technology can all cross borders seamlessly and bodies cannot. What does it mean to have a passport? Who gets to decide if you have one? What privilege it brings me? What it means to hide behind wealth? How does this privelege both obscure and reveal who I am.
What it means to walk on the U.S.-Mexico border using my U.S.–Passport to stay in the same place that others are throwing out their passports and identity cards to remain in.
