BORDERXER tee shirt by Patricia Vázquez Gómez

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This is a tee shirt designed by artist Patricia Vázquez Gómez in connection with her recent Anita gallery show BORDERXER, which presents work she researched in the Sonoran desert on and near Tohono O'odham land, following the experiences of travelers heading north from Mexico.

All proceeds from this shirt go directly to the artist and to the organization No Mas Muertes/No More Deaths.
The shirt will be available for one month only.

About the Artist:
Patricia Vázquez Gómez works and lives between the ancient Tenochtitlán and the unceded, occupied, stolen and colonized lands of the Chinook, Clackamas, Multnomah, and other Indigenous peoples. She is deeply interested in the social functions of art, the intersections between art, politics and ethics and the expansion of community based art practices; and uses a variety of media to carry out her research: painting, printmaking, video, music and socially engaged art projects.
Her work can be explored at http://cargocollective.com/patriciavg
Photos and writing from the show can be seen on Instagram @anitastoria
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'There are many forms of crossing, of stepping over boundaries, of exploding the limits that restrict our movements, affections, talents, knowledge and dreams. BorderXers are the animals that move freely through the territory that sustains them. BorderXers are those who thrive over tyrannic gender rules. BorderXers are those who love despite heteronormative prescriptions. BorderXers are migrants and refugees looking for dignity. BorderXers are those choosing life over death. BorderXer is any body who has refused to be subdued, reduced, broken, or fragmented.

Every time you step into forbidden territory you cross a border. Every time you challenge oppression you cross a border.

Every time you defy an inhumane law you cross a border. In a system that threatens to take away our individual and collective lives and spirits, becoming a BordeXer is not only necessary, but inescapable.

What borders do you still have to cross?

What would it take for you to cross them?'