About

Hostile Terrain 94 (HT94) is a participatory art project sponsored and organized by the Undocumented Migration Project (UMP), a nonprofit research-arts-education collective, directed by anthropologist Jason De León. The exhibition is composed of over 5,000 handwritten toe tags that represent migrants who have died trying to cross the Sonoran Desert of Arizona between the mid-1990s and 2025. These tags are geolocated on a wall map of the desert showing the exact locations where remains were found. This installation has been shown nationally and globally in more than 150 locations since 2019.

HT94 Denmark, 2021

HT94, Tag Details

HT94 Mexico City, 2023

HT94, Tag Density

HT94 Cypress College, 2019

We are currently taking on new partners on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us if you are interested in being a host. In addition, check our hosting partner page here for updated schedules.

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MEdia Highlight Los Angeles TImes:

“U.S.-Mexico border holds tragic immigrant stories. A new L.A. exhibition lets them speak”