The Wall
The art of the borderlands is a beautiful, radical and peculiar thing. One genre of art, mural art, is linked closely to the heritage of artisitc culture from Mexico. By nature, mural art is distinctly political, taking on notions of personal expression, ownership of space and protest. In the borderlands region, the thin strip of land that straddles the U.S. - Mexico border, mural art has proclaimed and celebrated the voice and presence of undocumented migrants. Through art, identity can be claimed, voices heard and stories told. Art too occupies a liminal space, like a border between the real and the imagined, between an individual voice and a call to others. In this way, art represents the struggle for humanity and the shifting cultural lines, through its interpretive nature and directness, sacredness and accessibility; it too occupies many definitions and becomes a powerful tool for and about the politics and perspectives of the borderland.
Jellyfish is a collective of 4 young artists in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. “For us the border is our life, our family, our customs. We believe that our lives reflect in everything we do, we like to be a cultural hybrid and reflect on what we do.”
“The essence comes from my acculturation process of being born in MX and growing up in the U.S. combined with gang and graffiti subcultures.”
“Border life is a daily emotional stimulus that drives me to tell my stories. I like to know that the place where I live breaks many stereotypes about the ways of living in cities. Tijuana is aggressive and hospitable at the same time; I like being in a city that forces me to reinvent myself again and again."
Jellyfish is a collective of 4 young artists in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. “For us the border is our life, our family, our customs. We believe that our lives reflect in everything we do, we like to be a cultural hybrid and reflect on what we do.”
