BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ical@bgc.bard.edu//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.16.12// METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Bard Graduate Center X-WR-CALDESC: X-WR-RELCALID:f X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/New_York BEGIN:VEVENT UID:event_933@www.bgc.bard.edu DTSTAMP:20260608T051531Z DESCRIPTION:Ex Voto NYC is a series of programs designed to explore votive practice today. Objects of Care & Resistance from the U.S.-Mexico Borderla nds is a conversation between Luis Osuna from Armadillos Busqueda y Rescat e\, Robin Reineke from the Colibrí Center for Human Rights\, Alyn Mare fro m No More Deaths\, Alvaro Enciso\, artist and member of Tucson Samaritans\ , and artist Karlito Miller Espinosa.An estimated ten thousand people have died while trying to cross the U.S.-Mexico border. Thousands more have di sappeared. This event will convene artists\, humanitarians\, and human rig hts activists from the borderlands to discuss how they transmit their care \, faith\, or politics through material objects. The beautiful but harsh l andscape of the Sonoran Desert is the backdrop for this quest to save live s\, preserve memory\, and fight for human dignity. Objetos de cuidado y re sistencia en las tierras fronterizas entre los EE. UU. y México.Ex Voto NY C es una serie de programas diseñados para explorar la prácticas votivas d e hoy. Objetos de cuidado y resistencia en las tierras fronterizas entre l os EE. UU. y México es una discusión entre Luis Osuna de Armadillos búsque da y rescate\, Robin Reineke del Colibrí Center for Human Rights (El centr o colibrí para los derechos humanos)\, Alyn Mare de No More Deaths (No más muertes)\, Álvaro Enciso\, artista y miembro de Tucson Samaritans (Samari tanos de Tucson)\, y el artista Karlito Miller Espinosa.Un estimado de die z mil personas han muerto tratando de cruzar la frontera entre México y lo s EE. UU. Miles más han desaparecido. Este evento convoca artistas\, human itarios\, y activistas por los derechos humanos que trabajan en la fronter a para discutir cómo han logrado transmitir su asistencia\, fe o visión po lítica a través de objetos. El bello pero a la vez hostil desierto de Sono ra es el telón de fondo en esta misión para salvar vidas\, preservar la me moria y luchar por la dignidad humana.On Saturday December 8th\, families of missing migrants along with artists and migrant justice groups from the borderlands will hold a vigil in Battery Park to demand justice for those who have disappeared or died while crossing the U.S.-México border. We wi ll bear witness to the unjust loss of life inflicted by a militarized bord er\, listening to family testimonies and reading the names of some of the (at least) 7\,216 people who have perished during their journey. We will a lso engage in an act of collective monument-making\, building a remembranc e altar to honor those lost and the families who search tirelessly for the m.The vigil will take place at the East Coast Memorial in Battery Park fro m 1:30–4:30 PM on Saturday\, 12/8/18. All are welcome\, and we invite you to bring an offering to contribute to the remembrance altar. For more info rmation\, visit www.bringthembackcampaign.org. Alvaro Enciso is a contempo rary artist living and working in Tucson\, Arizona. His studio work deals primarily with the search for the 'American dream'\, cultural identity\, c rossing borders\, and being the 'outsider' in American society. Since movi ng to the borderlands in 2011\, he has been using objects\, mostly tin can s\, left behind by migrants as they cross the Sonoran Desert. Working with these materials he attempts to tell the stories of struggle\, suffering\, death\, and broken dreams that he sees weekly while hiking the migrant tr ails. For the past five years he has been working on a land art project ti tled\, 'Donde Mueren los Suenos' (Where Dreams Die)\, that marks with secu lar crosses the locations where migrant remains were found. He has planted over 800 crosses in an area of 40\,000 square miles. Alvaro's art is in c ollections throughout the United States\, as well as Latin America\, Europ e and Asia. He has exhibited widely\, and his art has been featured in doc umentaries\, TV\, newspapers\, magazines and radio.Karlito Miller Espinosa is a Costa Rican-born conceptual artist who lives and works in Tucson\, A rizona. In 2012 he graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (M ICA) with a BFA in Painting and is currently seeking his MFA at The Univer sity of Arizona and is due to graduate Spring 2019. His work is speaks upo n power relations and violence and their effect on marginalized communitie s\, particularly regarding U.S. policy within the United States\, the U.S. -Mexico borderlands and Latin America. His sculptures and installations ar e generally composed of materials that have been witness to the results of violence perpetrated by the implementation of American policies. By using dialectic methods his work attempts to offer new perspectives and insight s necessary to question and challenge the oppressive power structures that regulate the circumstances we find ourselves in today.Alyn Mare has been a humanitarian aid worker with No More Deaths since 2012. They live in Tuc son\, Arizona.Luis Osuna is part of the Armadillos Búsqueda y Rescate (Sea rch and Rescue) based out of Vista\, CA. As a member of Armadillos Búsqued a y Rescate\, Luis works in the Sonoran Desert and surrounding areas searc hing for missing migrants\, and locating the remains of those who have die d while crossing the desert. Apart from walking the desert during searches \, Luis helps the group with photo and video\, and management of their soc ial media.Robin C. Reineke is Assistant Research Social Scientist in Anthr opology at the University of Arizona’s Southwest Center\, and is Co-Founde r and Executive Director of the Colibri Center for Human Rights. Her resea rch and teaching interests include forensics\, humanitarianism\, global mi gration\, and human rights along the U.S.-Mexico border. She is particular ly interested in the tension between the history of forensics—a field domi nated by state surveillance and criminalization of marginalized communitie s—and emerging uses of the methods and techniques of forensic science in c ounterhegemonic projects. Dr. Reineke has done extensive research along th e U.S.-Mexico border among forensic scientists\, government officials\, an d families of the missing and dead. This research compelled her to co-foun d the Colibrí Center for Human Rights\, a family advocacy organization wor king to end death and suffering on the US-Mexico border by partnering with families of the dead and the missing. Additional Events in this SeriesNov ember 2Border Crossings: This and Other WorldsNovember 3Border Crossings: This and Other Worlds November 4Border Crossings: This and Other WorldsNov ember 14Memorial Walls as Votive Sites: Tribute\, Activism and Collective MemoryWe are also pleased to extend complimentary need-based community tic kets by request to all ticketed events. To learn more\, please emailpublic .programs@bgc.bard.edu. Leading support for Public Programs at Bard Gradua te Center comes from Gregory Soros and other generous donors. DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T183000 DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20181207T183000 SUMMARY:Bard Graduate Center: Objects of Care & Resistance from the U.S.-Me xico Borderlands END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR