The Art of Now: Border Wall
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BBC
4.1 • 885 Ratings
🗓️ 5 October 2018
⏱️ 30 minutes
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Summary
Donald Trump's pledge to build a "big beautiful wall" along the US-Mexico border has inserted a political urgency into the mainstream art world and made the Latino experience a point of inspiration for many. Seven artists working on either side of the border wall, from the Pacific Ocean in the west to the Gulf of Mexico in the east, describe their work and how recent US immigration policy has helped to shape it. From music, to sculpture, virtual reality and performance art, the Art of Now explores the diverse artistic scene thriving along the 2000 miles border. Producer: Sarah Shebbeare
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| 0:00.0 | This was an impregnable fortress. The only way you get out was in a wooden box. |
| 0:05.0 | The controversial maximum security prison impossible to escape from. |
| 0:09.0 | And one of the duties of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.0 | The IRA inmates who found a way. of a political prisoner is the escape. |
| 0:12.5 | The IRA inmates who found a way. |
| 0:14.5 | I'm Carlo Gableer and I'll be navigating a path |
| 0:19.5 | through the disturbing inside story of the biggest jailbreak in British and Irish history. |
| 0:25.0 | The narrative that they want is that this is a big achievement by them. |
| 0:28.5 | Escape from the maze, listen first on BBC Sounds. |
| 0:34.0 | This is the BBC. |
| 0:36.0 | Hello, I'm Philip Sans, and before you get to your expected podcast, |
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| 0:45.0 | It's called The Rat Line and it's a story of a senior Nazi who escaped in 1945, |
| 0:50.0 | went into hiding and four years later came down from the mountains to make his way to |
| 0:54.6 | Argentina via the Vatican. It's a story of life and love a curious death, Nazis, |
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| 1:17.0 | Hi, I'm Riana Dillon. |
| 1:19.2 | Welcome to Seriously. |
| 1:25.0 | Hey, look at that bird right there on the wall. That's a Mexican bird. |
| 1:27.0 | His head is in Mexico. |
| 1:29.0 | Now his tails in the U.S. |
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