About The Exhibition COYOTE
Coyote, or “human smuggler” is a person who works to smuggle immigrants across the US- Mexican border. For Mexican immigrants, every journey begins with a coyote and the passage to a new reality is laid in the hands of the coyote. The coyote is often negatively portrayed as the end result of these journeys sometimes leads to death, while other times it leads to renewal …
Coyote, or “human smuggler” is a person who works to smuggle immigrants across the US- Mexican border. For Mexican immigrants, every journey begins with a coyote and the passage to a new reality is laid in the hands of the coyote. The coyote is often negatively portrayed as the end result of these journeys sometimes leads to death, while other times it leads to renewal and a cultural restart. The exhibition title - Coyote - is significant in two ways; It correlates the coyote with death and money but also as a guide, through the journey of cultural shifts. As a …
