First Year Experience and Family Programs will host a screening of the film Through the Repellent Fence today (Feb. 27) from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in Tinkham Veale University Center, Ballroom C.
The film follows art collective Postcommodity as it strive to construct Repellent Fence, a 2-mile-long outdoor work of art that straddled the U.S.-Mexico border.
About the film
Postcommodity consists of three Native American artists who “put land art in a tribal context.” In 2015, aided by the communities on both sides of the border, the artists installed a series of 28 huge inflatable spheres emblazoned with an insignia known as the “open eye,” which has existed in Indigenous cultures from South America to Canada for thousands of years. The spheres were evenly spaced apart and extended north and south of the border a mile in each direction.
The film provides an intimate glimpse into the arduous process behind creating an ambitious work of art that gave a voice to the shared history and enduring culture of Indigenous societies that have made the region their home for thousands of years before a border divided it.
Interwoven with this thread are lush scenes using stunning cinematography to absorb viewers into striking land art environments that have preceded Postcommodity’s work.
For more information on the film, visit the Through the Repellent Fence website.