The Trans Border Immigrant Tool -Geneva Heron

1. CONTEXT: What were the circumstances that framed the meaning and process of this project?

Crossing the border literally/politically.

2. CONTENT: What was the issue, need, idea or opportunity addressed by this project?

The need for Latin America immigrants crossing the border to have access to water and art via poetry. 

3: FORM: What is the medium that was used to address or embody the content?

Mobile phone technology.

4. STAKEHOLDERS: Which are the groups or individuals that were invested in the project?

The group invested in the project was Electronic Disturbance Theater (EDT) 2.0/b.a.n.g. lab, which includes co-founders Ricardo Domniguez and Brett Stalbaum, amongst others. Also, Water Station Inc. and Border Angels.

5. AUDIENCE: For whom was this project conceived? 

This project was conceived for the benefit of immigrants crossing the U.S./Mexico border.

6. ENGAGEMENT STRATEGIES: How were the stakeholders, audiences, and others engaged/connected to the project?

Water Station Inc. and Border Angels had the resources to assist the project.

7. GOAL: What are this project's objectives?

The project's objectives were to provide poetry and guidance to water caches in the Southern Californian desert.

8. VALUES: What were the project's guiding values or core beliefs? How were they expressed in the process?

One core belief evident in this project was Dominguez's idea that artists "change the conversation theatrically, by disturbing the law." During this process, Dominguez was given an agreement to sign from UCSD, that he did not sign because it included clauses such as: never speaking/writing about what had happened, never creating any art work that might disturb anyone, and refraining from an artivist performances.

9. RESOURCES: What tangible and intangible resources were used to pursue the project's goals?

EDT 2.0/b.a.n.g. lab were to some degree funded by UCSD. They used mobile-phone technology. Water Station Inc. and Border Angels helped to provide them the locative wave points they needed for the water caches. There was also a community of people from curators to scholars to artivists who helped the project by getting the word out.

10: OUTCOMES: What were the results of this project? 

EDT 2.0/b.a.n.g. lab were investigated as a result of this project by three Republican Congressmen, the FBI Office of Cybercrimes and the University of California, San Diego. They were also targeted by right-wing media, including Fox News, which as a result caused them to by harassed via e-mail. In contrast, they received support from Water Station Inc. and Border Angels.