Hostile Terrain ‘94: Desert of the Dead

A broken makeup compact and a blood-stained, purple undergarment, lay in one display case in the Wignall Museum of Contemporary Art. Missing teenager Jose Tacuri’s photo, his sweatshirt and hat fill another. Through headphones, a distressed woman can be heard revealing that her children were the only reason for this journey. A migration through the hostile Sonoran desert to reach America.