Jackie Amezquita
Current Work
Gemidos de la Tierra
Germidos de la Tierra is an installation piece that integrates two Lists of Deaths in ICE Detention Centers between 2003-2017 and 2018- October 2021. I used acquired soil to reembody the names of the deceased.
Beyond the Limits of Confinement
It’s a time-based installation piece made out of fifty-one copper plates. A single plate measures 12″L x 12 W”. Each plate confines a diversity of local and imported produce from Central and South America.
Proclamación, gatherings 1 to 4
Soil of 36 Los Angeles neighborhoods, cal hidratada (hydrated lime), corn masa, various culinary dishes, food items, copper and walnut wood.
Sortilegio 1
Soil from the border that connects Tijuana -Baja California, Mexico and San Ysidro California, cal hidratada (hydrated lime), corn masa, screws, wood, plywood, gypsum board.
Sortilegio 3
Soil of the 2,000 mile long border that connects Mexico and the US, cal hidratada (hydrated lime), corn masa, screws, wood, plywood, gypsum board
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