Borders

harder / border

People who cross a border, or break through a barrier, often feel that they carry the other side within them—as one lived reality nested inside another. Selected poems from Sudanese-American author Safia Elhillo capture the poignant complexities of this condition.

Type:
Projects
Source:
Fall 2018/2019
Credit:
Verse / Safia Elhillo

Condomillennium

Aaron Gemmill has spent years photographing the proliferation of luxury condominiums, mostly in Brooklyn, NY. His project is a selection of these photos (which Gemmill originally posted to Instagram under the hashtag “#condoreport) and his prints of the Plexiglas windowpanes used to give passersby a glimpse into construction sites.

Type:
Projects
Source:
Fall 2018/2019
Location:
New York, New York
Credit:
Art / Aaron Gemmill

Porous Cosmopolis: Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman’s many co-extensive projects merge activist praxis, intellectual and skill exchange, horizontalist planning, and creative production to examine and change the way that borders, and the communities around them, are conceived of and function.

Type:
Interviews
Source:
March 13, 2019
Credit:
Interview / Rachael Rakes