immigration documents on silk & paper, dokiman imigrasyon sou silk ak papye
Artist(s): Ali Ruffner & Rijbergen Desroches
Location: Haiti (Ayiti), Philadelphia
This silk and paper installation is made up of Rijbergen Desroches immigration documentation. Rij is a Haitian immigrant currently in the US. This piece is in direct response to the violent & disturbing Haitian migrant border crisis. It is also as a personal and vulnerable display of what it means to be documented / undocumented / over documented in this country. A visual display of how much work is put into not helping people.