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He a recipient of a PECDA state grant from Mexico to create the documentary Suena a Tijuana and his work has most recently been included in the Bienal Ciudad Juárez-El Paso Biennial and at CECUT in Tijuana. Saulo Cisneros (Mexicali, Baja MX) is a documentary video artist and photographer whose work has been exhibited across California and Mexico.

Caplan (San Luis Obispo, CA) has been recognized by grants and awards at various exhibitions and festivals, including Audience Award at the Crossroads Film Festival (San Francisco) and Director’s Prize at Black Maria Film Festival, Edinburgh International Film Festival, Chicago Underground Film Festival, L’Alternativa Independent Film Festival (Barcelona), Anthology Film Archives (New York City), Alchemy Film Festival (Hawick, Scotland), Currents New Media Festival (Santa Fe), Antimatter (Victoria, BC), Inside Out Art Museum (Beijing), Havana Film Festival, National Gallery (Puerto Rico), Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo (Mexico City).

By exploring seemingly disparate places, themes emerge, such as the proliferation of fear and the decline of reason in our current political climate. The exhibition documents the historic struggles of this problematic region and the ongoing resistance by contemporary artists to confront the past and shape the future, while digging deep into environmental and human rights issues, labor, and the use of language as a form of subversion and unity along the border. This exhibition will engage in dialogue with and activate the community to explore the complexity of issues surrounding immigration and global borders, not limited to those that are physical but also psychological, while simultaneously considering other architectures and means of oppression.

Nothing to Declare: Transnational Narratives is a multi-disciplinary exhibition that explores the real-world aspects surrounding border issues. With 11.8 million people living along the U.S.-Mexico border, the wall has become an important symbol of both freedom and restriction on both sides. Nothing to Declare: Transnational NarrativesĮach year, millions of people cross the border from Nogales, Mexico into Arizona.