Josep-Maria Martín proposed creating a space that could potentially sustain experiences of renewal and learning among young undocumented migrants deported to Tijuana after unsuccessfully attempting to cross the US-Mexico border. Martín sought to co-design a space annexed to the Casa YMCA de Menores Migrantes of Tijuana by working in conjunction with the Tijuana architect, Sergio Soto, the staff and residents of the Casa YMCA de Menores Migrantes, and a number of activists, academics, and migrant support agencies. He proposed that the space should provide the adolescents a temporary house there with a retreat—a space in which to rest, think, listen to music, read, or view the urban landscape. Martín also suggested that the space could house youth-oriented programs addressing issues of migration flows, human rights, and the personal deliberations that weigh on the decision to migrate.
Due to differences between the curatorial team and the artist, the commission was not fully realized.
Curators: Osvaldo Sánchez and Donna Conwell
Co-participants
Residents and staff of the Casa YMCA de Menores Migrantes-Tijuana
Architect for the project
Sergio Soto
inSite Production
Daniel Martínez
Márgara de León
Joy Decena
Zlatan Vukosavljevic
Esmeralda Ceballos
Individuals acknowledgments
Oscar Escalada Hernández
Uriel González
Braulio Chávez
María Martínez
Rogelio Vergara
Marcela Merino
Gema Lisot
Gilberto Martínez Anaya
Luis Kendzierski
Guillermo Alonso Meneses
Olivia Ruiz
Francisco Javier Reynoso Nuño
Raúl Zárate
Evenor Medrano
Ramón Hernández
Marco Becerril
Roberto López Leyva
Anabella Acevedo
Kathi Anderson
Rosina Cazali Escobar
Victor Clark Alfaro
Wayne Cornelius
Carol Girón
Julia Guzmán
Julio Hernández Cordón
Maricamen Hernández
David Heer
Jesús Montenegro
Guillermo Rangel
José Juan Velázquez
Christian Ramírez
Isabel Ruíz
Belia de Vico
Elana Zilberg
Jorge Santibáñez Romelló
Rodolfo Cruz Piñeiro
Manuel Ángel Castillo
Fabianne Venet
Patricia Eugenia Lavagnino Spinola
Gustavo Mohar
Noel Medina
Ramón Hernández Tepichin
Organizations
Casa YMCA de Menores Migrantes-Tijuana
COLEF
Centro de Investigaciones Regionales de Mesoamérica
Instituto Guatemalteco de Cultura
FLACSO
Guatemalan Consulate in Mexico
Grupo Beta
Contexto Galería
Fronteras Unidas Pro Salud
Casa de la Madre Asunta, AC
Casa del Migrante
Instituto Nacional de Migración
Delegado Regional de Migración
Murofast
INEA
Centros de Integración Juvenil
Procuraduría de Derechos Humanos
Promo Juv.
Sponsors
Consulado General de México en San Diego