The Gap is an ongoing project that, through images, questions the material representation of the border: the wall. This long-term project explores the US-Mexico border, seeking to highlight the contrast that the wall presents in such a unique space. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The border spans approximately 3,000 kilometres (1,954 miles), making it one of the longest in the world. It is often cited as one of the most expensive engineering efforts in recent history. Some sections of the wall have run as high as $46 million per mile, although the average is between $20 million and $25 million per mile, depending on terrain and construction challenges. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
However, the wall does not stop migrants; often, a simple rope ladder is used to jump over it. The most vulnerable people, especially women and children, are forced into extremely dangerous terrain and\/or areas controlled by brutal mafias, facing even greater risks in their search for a better future. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
The wall as a barrier fails to fulfil the function for which it was designed (the numbers of migrants and asylum seekers continue to grow year after year), thus becoming a sinister and ridiculous object, the ultimate exponent of dehumanisation, social and political selfishness, absurd in a context of immense nature, and an embarrassment to the constructive capacity of human beings. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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