OPENING: WEDNESDAY, APRIL 20TH @ 3:30 pm

The Border Crossed Us transplants the US-Mexico border fence in southern Arizona to the UMass Amherst campus.

From April 20 to May 1st, the UMass Amherst campus will be divided along its North-South boundary by a to-scale photographic replica of the vehicle fence that runs along the international boundary in southern Arizona. The particular stretch of fence being represented was erected in 2007 by Homeland Security and now divides the Tohono O’odham Nation – the second largest Native American reservation in the country - into two parts.

How does the international border in Arizona, seemingly remote from a college campus in northern New England, touch all of our lives here? The fence will run between the parking garage and the Campus Center. Over the course of two weeks it will serve as a provocation, a touchstone for conversation, and a site for talks and performances.