Process

Opening the installation kit.

Open boxes surrounded by manila envelopes.
Professor and students in N95 masks open boxes. One student wears a hoodie with "Centre College" on front.
Yellow toe tags on bench waiting to be filled out

Placing the vinyl on the wall used to mark geographical reference points. The tags are geolocated on a wall map of the desert showing the exact locations where remains were found.

Two students lift the paper taped to the white wall with blue tape.
Students in N95 masks align paper with lines on wall.
Student in N95 mask removes blue tape from wall.
Professor and student in N95 masks align papers on wall.
Professor and student in N95 masks transfer lines from paper to wall.
"Tucson" is marked with a dot on white wall.
Student holds up a piece of paper marked "Phoenix". A laser sight aligns with the black dot next to the name of the city.
Student kneels on floor while using laser sight to line up map on wall.
Paper with lines lies curing up on a wooden floor next to a step ladder.
Student holds paper against a white wall while laser sight aligns with lines on paper.

Filling in the toe tags with the information of people who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona between the mid-1990s and 2019. Members of the college community were invited to help with this task.

Students seated on floor of gallery filling out toe tags with information from spreadsheets.
Seated student fills out toe tags.
Student fills out toe tags with information from spreadsheet.
Two students, seated cross legged on floor fill out toe tags.
Students seated in the gallery on the floor and on a bench, fill out toe tags.
Two students lean over a table.
Two students lean on a table full of manila envelopes and fill out toe tags.
Students seated on floor and wearing N95 masks fill out toe tags.
Seated students wearing N95 masks fill out toe tags.
Two students sit cross legged and fill out information on toe tags.
Student seated in front of toe tag display, fills out more tags.
Invitation to the gallery to assist.Text reads: Hostile Terrain 94Help us fill out toe tags to remember migrants who have died on their crossing journeyTuesday, Jan 18 7-8:30pmJVAC 201/Aegon GalleryCounts for hours and is an opportunity to contribute to a meaningful cause!

Adding tags to the wall.

Students put toe tags on display wall.
Several yellow and white toe tags are pinned to wall.
Student pins toe tags to wall. Several tags pined to wall.
Three students pin toe tags to wall.
Student in N95 mask lifts paper on wall so he can pin a toe tag to wall.
Two students pin toe tags to wall.
Student lifts paper to pin toe tag to wall.
Seven yellow and white toe tags hang from the wall along a black line.
Two students align paper on wall.
Students add toe tags to wall.