[Imc-seattle-radio] tijuana borderhack 3.0 august 16th-18th

[luis humberto clinton]

<Borderhack 3.0>

"Tijuana and San Diego are one city, that like Berlin, got divided by 
accidents and things of destiny. Tijuana and San Diego are the same city, 
the "i" city, the point that unites the first and the third world. The 
border imposes it self like a dimensional vortex swallowing the travelers 
with out papers" (metro-pop)

Borderhack was a romantic act in the coldest age of the 20th century. An 
example that borders exist and need to be hack to understand our condition 
as living beings; beyond NAFTA's and cyberchicks enslave to maquiladoras in 
daily 10 hours shifts. Imagine a camp in the absolute geographic corner of 
Latinamerica, where poverty clashes with freedom and Mexico and USA are 
divided by a metallic wall. - Fran Ilich -

In the past we proposed to hack the border, get to know it, try to discover 
what it represents and the role that we get to play in it. To understand why 
this relationship between both sides of the borderline have been stressed 
and hurt by some sectors of the population that have encouraged violence and 
racism, but also understand that strange attraction that bind us together.

Now it's more clear that we are all illegal, the only thing that protect us 
are the circumstances. The obsolete function of the fence it's a fact, being 
force to mutate itself, and do the upgrade to genocidal trap and 
economic/political control mechanism. Women, men, children, seniors, they 
keep dying by the dozens in their attempt to migrate towards the "other 
side", but what they are really searching for it's a way to run away from a 
country that not only doesn't offer them anything, but after denying them 
opportunities, it won't let them have a job that will give them the choice 
of living with dignity.

Each time is more obvious that it's time to press "delete", and dissolve the 
border; that is the challenge. We are conscience of the force that holds 
together the border dynamic, because of that it's important to explore 
creative ways to fool it, and search loops in the legal systems and in the 
new electronic media, and mobilize our points of struggle.

One more time we call to a Borderhack, so that together we search for the 
ways that will help us find the key that will let us erase this historical 
accident.

< DELETE THE BORDER! >


"Borderhack!" is an event, which central themes are borders, and the impact 
that they have in our lives, may they be physical or electronically; to 
bring conscience worldwide and try to understand the reasons for the 
problems that come with them and hopefully come up with solutions. 
Borderhack forms part of the "Kein mensch ist illegal" (no one is illegal) 
chain of bordercamps, which takes place in various borders in Europe since 
1998.

This year it will take place for the third time, in Latin-America. Being the 
border town of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico, the host city. The event 
will take place in front of the metallic fence, which divides Mexico & 
U.S.A.

During 3 days, August 16th, 17th and 18th. There will be a campground on the 
beach, were there will be different activities like conferences, talks, 
expositions of photography, digital art and interactive multimedia; 
projections of documental videos & films, as well as, a computer area, where 
via the internet the festival will be in contact with the rest of the world, 
transmitting live video feeds, net radio, website updates and much more.


//delete the border!
borderhack 3.0 august 16th-18th
http://www.borderhack.org


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