GIGANTIC PICNIC AT THE US-MEXICO BORDER FENCE

Migrants, Picnic across the border, Tecate, Mexico - USA, 2017

Migrants, Picnic across the border, Tecate, Mexico - USA, 2017

Migrants, Picnic across the border, Tecate, Mexico - USA, 2017

 GIGANTIC PICNIC AT THE US-MEXICO BORDER FENCE

October 17, 2017

On October 8th, for the last day of his huge scaffolding installation on the Mexican side of the border between the United States and Mexico, JR organized a gigantic picnic on both sides of the fence. Kikito, his family and hundreds of guests came from the US and Mexico to share a meal together. People gathered around the eyes of a Dreamer, eating the same food, sharing the same water, enjoying the same music (half of the band on each side). The wall was forgotten for a few moments ...

More about the project:

The Washington Post: https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/
CNN: http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/10/us/border-wall-picnic-trnd/
TIME Magazine: http://time.com/4977283/artist-stages-picnic-on-us-mexico-border/

Migrants, Picnic across the border, Tecate, Mexico - USA, 2017

JR IN TECATE