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Quipu Fronterizo/Border Quipu
2016–18
recycled dress and bathing suit straps
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Purchased with funds provided by AHAN: Studio Forum, 2018 Art Here and Now purchase
This work references quipu, knotted threads used by the Inca to record data. It forms part of Aguiñiga's ongoing AMBOS (Art Made Between Opposite Sides) project, an initiative made up of collaborative art projects along the US-Mexico border. For Quipu Fronterizo/Border Quipu, volunteers invite commuters crossing the border to contribute knots to a giant quipu suspended from a billboard at the site, while documenting the emotional responses of hundreds of people making their daily crossings. |