We're Not Fine Here, Latino Cultural Center 2025

The work in this exhibition explores the weaponization of the environment surrounding the U.S.-Mexico border, disproportionately impacting the region's poorest communities. Heat-related disasters south of the border have caused an array of issues, including drought and water scarcity, often becoming a catalyst for migration. However, the influence of a changing climate is not only present in these regions, but also manifests through the militarization of the U.S.-Mexico border where heat, land, and water are used as a weapon to hurt immigrants and asylum seekers.

In recent decades, these migrations present an epoch of struggle. Rooted in the regions of Latin America and continuing at the border, the struggle to survive the environmental elements are apparent. However, survival is multi-faceted and the social repercussions of being uprooted from an area known as a home are complex.