The Liquid Gates of Time

Faced with dynamics of extreme violence on Mexico’s northern border, how have subjectivities living on these margins manage to resist? Published on the occasion of the exhibition The Liquid Gates of Time, presented at the Rubin Center at the University of Texas at El Paso in 2021, this catalog seeks to account for the works produced by “-O-“. Through their practice, the collective exposes the extractive and violent nature of border institutions, as well as the nation-states themselves when it comes to naming otherness and their stories, the artists create an imaginative space for reclaiming the autonomy of life and for self-representation.