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		<dc:creator>SA Rogers</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Set on scaffolding just across the rust-red fence marking the border between Tecate, California and Mexico, street artist JR&#8217;s latest installation is a towering statement on immigration issues in the United States. A one-year-old boy named Kikito peers over to the other side with all the innocence and naivet&#233; of childhood, just days after the <a href="https://weburbanist.com/2017/09/11/a-toddler-peers-over-the-us-mexico-border-wall-for-jrs-latest-installation/">&#8230;</a>]]></description>
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<div id="urb-ads-toc-box" class="post-ads-toc-box urb-ads-toc" style="display:none;"></div><p>Set on scaffolding just across the rust-red fence marking the border between Tecate, California and Mexico, street artist <a href="http://www.jr-art.net/">JR&rsquo;</a>s latest installation is a towering statement on immigration issues in the United States. A one-year-old boy named Kikito peers over to the other side with all the innocence and naivet&eacute; of childhood, just days after the current U.S. administration announced its intention to end the DACA (Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals) immigration program.</p>
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<p>The site-specific work is precisely angled to create the illusion that the child is grasping the top of the fence, looking out onto the Californian terrain. Like most of JR&rsquo;s works, the 70-foot-tall image is rendered in black and white; the child is from the local community on the Mexican side of the border. Curated by Pedro Alonzo, the work asks onlookers to consider the fate of the 800,000 &lsquo;Dreamers&rsquo; whose parents wished them a better future.</p>
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<p>&ldquo;Some people dream about fantasy worlds, I dream about walls,&rdquo; <a href="https://www.nytimes.com/2017/09/07/arts/design/jr-artist-mexico-border-wall.html">JR told The New York Times in a phone interview</a>. &ldquo;I wonder, is this kid worrying about what will happen? What does he think? At one year old, you don&rsquo;t see the frontier or which side is better&hellip; people will always migrate. When we built walls, people built tunnels. When we closed places, they went by water. The history of humanity is the story of people migrating.&rdquo;</p>
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<p>&ldquo;For this little kid, there are no walls and borders.&rdquo;</p>
<p>The installation will remain in place through October 2nd, and you can pinpoint its exact location at <a href="http://www.jr-art.net/">JR&rsquo;s website.</a></p>
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