Against the backdrop of the US Presidential election, and increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric coming from Donald Trump and the Republican Party, Palestinian artist, Khaled Jarrar, travels along the US / Mexican border from San Diego / Tijuana to El Paso / Juarez. Along the way Jarrar explores common concerns and human stories along the border. His journey culminates with the installation of an artwork made from stolen pieces of the US / Mexico border wall, in Juarez, Mexico. Although Jarrar has not given the monument a name, local people are calling it, “Khaled’s Ladder.”
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Release Date
July 2016
Project Artists
Locations
San Diego, CA
Tijuana, Mexico
El Paso,TX
Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Khaled Jarrar looking through the US / Mexico border wall in Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Peephole view through the US / Mexico border wall in Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Memorial Crosses on the US / Mexico border wall in Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Khaled Jarrar ripping part of the US / Mexico border wall down in Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Khaled Jarrar dragging part of the US / Mexico border wall along the beach in Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
After being pulled aside for suspicious behavior, Khaled Jarrar shows Mexican border police footage from Palestine on his laptop in order to explain his project.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Khaled Jarrar with Mexican border police in Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
US / Mexico border wall, Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
US / Mexico border wall, Tijuana. During the US Presidential election, increasingly anti-immigrant rhetoric became the main theme of Donald Trump's presidential campaign.
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Khaled Jarrar interviewing local resident in Tijuana.
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Signs, US / Mexico Border, Mexicali.
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Khaled Jarrar with Joao Inada (filming) at the US / Mexico border crossing in Tijuana.
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Khaled Jarrar and Joao Inada attaching the ladder sculpture to the roof of the CULTURUNNERS RV following its construction at New Mexico State University in Las Cruces.
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Khaled Jarrar with Joao Inada, Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Khaled Jarrar with Stephen Stapleton, Tijuana.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Digging a hole in preparation for the installation of Khaled's Ladder on the US/Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Installing artwork on the US/Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Local boys wrapping pieces of 'Ramadan' fabric on final artwork on the US/Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Local boys in front of final artwork on the US/Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Local boys wrapping pieces of 'Ramadan' fabric on final artwork on the US/Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Final artwork made from stolen pieces of the US/Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico.
Photo by John Mireles
Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Local boy photographed in front of final artwork on the US/Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico.
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Khaled's Ladder, 2016
Final artwork installed on the US/Mexico border in Juarez, Mexico. Although Jarrar did not give the monument a name, local people called it, “Khaled’s Ladder”.
Photo by John Mireles
With photographs, videos, installations, films, and performances that are focused on his native Palestine, multidisciplinary artist Khaled Jarrar explores the impact of modern-day power struggles on ordinary citizens while seeking to maximise the social potential of artistic interventions.
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