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Dialogue: 0,0:00:05.22,0:00:09.36,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[Minerva Cuevas: Bridging Borders]
Dialogue: 0,0:00:11.28,0:00:15.14,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The term "political activist" is problematic.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:18.30,0:00:22.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I think the challenge is to
Dialogue: 0,0:00:23.04,0:00:25.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,stop using the references to activism
Dialogue: 0,0:00:25.94,0:00:32.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,because everybody has this agency\Nto react to daily life
Dialogue: 0,0:00:33.02,0:00:36.38,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and therefore generate political actions.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:47.70,0:00:49.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--[NEWS CORRESPONDENT]\NAt the U.S.-Mexican border,
Dialogue: 0,0:00:49.80,0:00:52.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--a fence separates two worlds.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:52.84,0:00:54.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Poverty to the south.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:54.12,0:00:55.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,--Wealth to the north.
Dialogue: 0,0:00:56.26,0:01:00.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CUEVAS] In general, I think my work\Nis the research I do.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:01.40,0:01:06.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I planned a project for the\NMexican and U.S. border.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:06.98,0:01:08.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,My general idea was:
Dialogue: 0,0:01:08.58,0:01:11.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,If there is a border, there could be a bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:11.96,0:01:16.76,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I had never been in the area of the Rio Bravo.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:16.76,0:01:23.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I learned that the historical border\Nis the deepest part of the river.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:25.20,0:01:29.94,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,At the end I found an area that was\Na kind of natural bridge.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:29.94,0:01:34.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,And I decided to use the rocks\Nin that part of the river
Dialogue: 0,0:01:34.00,0:01:38.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,to cross from the U.S. to Mexico and back.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:40.00,0:01:44.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,I was marking the rocks with limestone
Dialogue: 0,0:01:44.18,0:01:47.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,just to make a sign of the crossing.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:49.22,0:01:54.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You could see this dotted line going\Nacross the Rio Bravo.
Dialogue: 0,0:01:58.88,0:02:04.20,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,With the installation,\Nthere were elements related to walking--
Dialogue: 0,0:02:04.20,0:02:05.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,like walking sticks
Dialogue: 0,0:02:05.74,0:02:09.91,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and books talking about the Chihuahuan desert.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:10.60,0:02:16.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The act of walking from south to north\Nwas the most political act you could do.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:17.00,0:02:18.40,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[NEWS CORRESPONDENT]\NPresident Trump's proposed wall
Dialogue: 0,0:02:18.41,0:02:20.27,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,along the U.S.-Mexico border
Dialogue: 0,0:02:20.27,0:02:22.84,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,could cost nearly 22 billion dollars.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:22.84,0:02:24.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,As first reported by Reuters,
Dialogue: 0,0:02:24.46,0:02:27.12,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it could take about\Nthree-and-a-half years to build.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:27.84,0:02:31.46,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CUEVAS] You learn about the border \Nthrough media.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:31.70,0:02:34.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It's connected to limits or control.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:35.84,0:02:40.28,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Violence is a very strong element\Nin this perception
Dialogue: 0,0:02:40.30,0:02:41.98,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,of what's the border.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:44.76,0:02:48.06,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Along the river, you have some border patrols;
Dialogue: 0,0:02:48.06,0:02:50.18,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but, there were no signs.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:50.72,0:02:55.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The whole area was free of any fence or wall.
Dialogue: 0,0:02:56.36,0:03:02.92,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Not witnessing anything connected to that\Nkind of mediatic violence,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:02.92,0:03:05.48,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,it's the first liberation.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:05.90,0:03:10.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,You realize that what is intimidating\Nis the desert itself.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:14.16,0:03:18.10,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Lately, I've been invited as part of talks
Dialogue: 0,0:03:18.11,0:03:21.13,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that have to do with climate change
Dialogue: 0,0:03:21.13,0:03:23.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,or urban development
Dialogue: 0,0:03:23.62,0:03:28.08,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the idea of\N"the artist as an activist."
Dialogue: 0,0:03:29.34,0:03:34.24,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,There is this expectation of one action\Ngenerating a lot of change.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:34.56,0:03:36.74,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,Books and projects can be important,
Dialogue: 0,0:03:36.74,0:03:39.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but they won't be a solution.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:39.86,0:03:45.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The problems or the crisis in the world\Nis generated by everybody.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:45.80,0:03:51.44,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,So it has to be also a massive reaction\Nwhat changes reality.
Dialogue: 0,0:03:51.48,0:03:52.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CROWD CHANTING] No ban, no wall!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:52.63,0:03:53.86,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No ban, no wall!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:53.86,0:03:55.09,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No ban, no wall!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:55.09,0:03:56.32,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,No ban, no wall!
Dialogue: 0,0:03:56.32,0:04:01.35,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,[CUEVAS] Nationalism nowadays is linked to\Nviolence and the Other
Dialogue: 0,0:04:01.35,0:04:04.77,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and the differences between communities
Dialogue: 0,0:04:04.77,0:04:11.02,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,rather than some kind of uniting element\Nthat is more necessary nowadays.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:12.42,0:04:15.62,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wall wouldn't stop immigration.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:15.62,0:04:19.73,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,The wall only reinforces this original imaginary
Dialogue: 0,0:04:19.73,0:04:22.60,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,that's connecting the border with violence.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:24.46,0:04:28.58,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,In fact, it would empower human trafficking.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:31.12,0:04:36.88,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,It seems that the reactions are now\Ngetting a little bit more extreme
Dialogue: 0,0:04:36.88,0:04:40.78,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,in terms of rethinking what's being human
Dialogue: 0,0:04:40.78,0:04:44.52,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,and what do we want from not only politics
Dialogue: 0,0:04:44.52,0:04:47.00,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,but from our daily lives.
Dialogue: 0,0:04:48.00,0:04:51.68,Default,,0000,0000,0000,,How do we want to confront our reality.