For this work, Minerva Cuevas explored the concept of bridges and the possibility of finding ways to communicate the two banks of the Rio Grande (known as Río Bravo in Mexico). Options included technological bridges (cell phone networks) and natural structures (logs, fallen trees, stones). During the exploration along the river, a site was found with a natural arrangement of rocks in the middle of the border’s desert landscape. On a subsequent visit, Minerva marked the rocks with lime as she stepped on them to cross the river (from the United States to Mexico and vice versa). This action represented a liberation from a political imaginary linked to the border, including boundaries, violence, and permanent surveillance.

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