Hector Canonge Dystopic Walls Exhibition

Commissioned by the Queens Museum of Art for the exhibition CORONA PLAZA, Center of Everywhere, MurosDistópicos/DystopicWalls is a site-specific installation project that represents the actual physical division at the USA-Mexican border. Though the project treats particularly current immigration issues in the US, it also makes reference to other “walls” that have divided peoples, nations, and cultures throughout world history. The work also relates to the transnational exodus of people across countries and continents while evoking the relationship between the industrial North and the underdeveloped South. The installations and public collaborations will offer the physicality of eco-socio-cultural divides that pertain to the issues of separation, legalization, and adaptation by migrant peoples. The project involves a series of workshops for the public and an exhibition at Queens Museum of Art.





	By Hector Canonge
	Commissioned by the Queens Museum of Art for the exhibition CORONA PLAZA, Center of Everywhere, MurosDistópicos/DystopicWalls is a site-specific installation project that represents the actual physical division at the USA-Mexican border. Though the project treats particularly current immigration issues in the US, it also makes reference to other “walls” that have divided peoples, nations, and cultures throughout world history. The work also relates to the transnational exodus of people across countries and continents while evoking the relationship between the industrial North and the underdeveloped South. The installations and public collaborations will offer the physicality of eco-socio-cultural divides that pertain to the issues of separation, legalization, and adaptation by migrant peoples. The project involves a series of workshops for the public and an exhibition at Queens Museum of Art.
	QUEENS MUSEUM OF ART Corona Plaza: Center of Everywhere Exhibition @ ARTZONE June 10- October 14 (Opening Reception: Sunday, June 10, 3:00 - 6:00PM)


	Directions to QMA: By train take E, F, V, R to 74 St. and Roosevelt Avenue, transfer to the #7 Train to Main Street Flushing. Exit at Willest Point/Shea Stadium. Walk towards the park for the Unisphere Globe.
	Making of Installation for QMA:

	WESTERN UNION at CORONA PLAZA On-Site Exhibition July 1 - October 14 (Opening July 1) Public installation located inside Western Union, Roosevelt Avenue between 104th and National Streets, Corona, Queens, NYC.



	Directions to Corona Plaza: Take the 7-train to 103rd Street-Corona Plaza. Once you exit the station, you are in the Plaza (located at Roosevelt Avenue, between 104th Street and National Street).
	Making of Installation for Corona Plaza:

	CORONA PLAZA Public Workshops
	Saturday, April 28, 11-5pm National Colors (Flag Making for all ages) Using colored paper, scissors and glue, participants create their national flags to identify their place of origin. Finished flags will later be incorporated in the installation piece. The number and frequency of the flags will be used determine number of participants, origins and views about the wall.

		Saturday, June 16, 11-5pm *WUMG Message* (Writing Letters: 12yrs old and up): Participants get to write a brief letter using Western Union Money Gram forms. Finished letters are posted on both sides of the installation piece. After their exhibition, letters are collected and mail to their addressee in envelopes of the project with a note explaining to reply to a specific address. NOTE: To receive responses from relatives and loved ones would add another dimension to the piece.

		Saturday, September 15, 11-5pm My Portrait (Polaroid picture taking: 12yrs old and up): Using Polaroid cameras, participants are asked to photograph another person who is present at the site. Instant pictures have the name of the person, their national origin, their age, and point of entry (optional), year living in the USA. Their number and frequency wil be tabulated. After their presentation for the day, the pictures will be used to create a demographic map to be displayed at the museum.