Incendiary Traces

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An art, research and media project investigating the role of landscape imagery in international conflict through drawing events at militarized sites and publications.

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Incendiary Traces

Artists, Surveillance and Patrol at the Border

July 8, 2014 Hillary Mushkin

A view of the Pacific from Bunker Hill at the US-Mexico Border | Watercolor by Hillary Mushkin

Incendiary Traces visits the US/Mexico Border to view the binational boundary from the perspective of U.S. Border Patrol agents.

Crossing the Line: A History of Medical Inspection at the Border

June 24, 2014 Celeste Menchaca

Mexicans quarantined at the Santa Fe Bridge Disinfection Plant, 1917 | USPHS, National Archives

In the early 1900s, medical inspection and photographic documentation ushered in a new set of surveillance procedures for state oversight at the US/Mexico border.

Drawing a Line: Encounters with the US-Mexico Border

November 13, 2012 Susanna Newbury

David Taylor, Boundary Monument No. 210, 2009. From the series Working the Line. Archival inkjet print, 31 x 24 in. | Photo courtesy of David Taylor

Susanna Newbury examines the history of the US/Mexico border and its geopolitical importance to the United States.