Here's a nifty little invention for facilitating illegal border crossings: the solar-powered immigrant shelter with internet access.
Robert Ransick has completed a 6 month Residency at Eyebeam developing Casa Segura (Safe House).The artwork combines a sheltered room on private land in the Sonoran desert in Southern Arizona with a bilingual web space that facilitates creative exchange and understanding.
Casa Segura proposes private property owners on the border to create a life-saving beacon in the desert, a platform for engaging with the anonymous individuals crossing their land in search of a better life, and a non-aggressive means of protecting their homes.
No one wants people dying in the desert for lack of shelter, but providing that shelter just encourages more illegal immigrants to break into our country. This sort of structure would act like a welcome mat for illegal immigrants, which is certainly what the designer intends despite his humanitarian rhetoric.
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