The Borrando la Frontera, or Erasing the Border, project took place on April 9 in Baja California, Sonora, and Ciudad Juarez, as members of the cultural organization Border/Arte “removed” parts of the U.S.-Mexico border fence in three places by painting large sections sky blue, allowing the fence to visually blend into the background. The artist Ana Teresa Fernández says the project is an effort to symbolically erase a long-standing physical barrier that separates families and causes widespread misery.
Erasing the Border
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Read moreVolunteers paint the border fence between the United States and Mexico to give the illusion of transparency during the Borrando la Frontera, or Erasing the Border, art project in Mexicali, Mexico, on April 9, 2016. #
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Read moreVolunteers paint the border fence between the United States and Mexico in Mexicali, Mexico, on April 9, 2016. #
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Read moreVolunteers Brooke Collins (left) and Ana Lucia Lopez paint the border-fence blue, while two doves sit on top of the wall between the United States and Mexico on April 9, 2016. #
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Read moreThe artist Ana Teresa Fernández (in black) and members of Border/Arte paint the border-fence near Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on April 9, 2016. #
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Read morePart of the border-fence is blue after artist Ana Teresa Fernández and members of Border/Arte painted it, to give it the illusion of transparency during Borrando la Frontera, or Erasing the Border, art project on April 9, 2016. #
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Read moreArtist Ana Teresa Fernández and others paint the border-fence in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, on April 9, 2016. #
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Read moreGenaro Fernandez (left) and Dan Watman prepare to paint the border-fence between the United States and Mexico in Mexicali, Mexico, on April 9, 2016. #
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Read moreVolunteers paint the border-fence between the United States and Mexico in Mexicali, on April 9, 2016. #
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Read moreThe artist Ana Teresa Fernández paints the border-fence on April 9, 2016. #
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Read moreThe border-fence, after volunteers painted it Sky Blue, between the United States and Mexico on April 9, 2016. #
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