Alvaro Enciso - a podcast by John Noltner

Alvaro Enciso has been placing crosses in the Sonoran Desert for seven years to mark the sites where migrants have died on their journey into the United States. His goal is make the invisible visible, to honor the lives lost, and to point his finger at the policies that lead to unnecessary deaths.

A Colombian immigrant himself, he finds that his land art project connects him to his own migration and to his heritage. And he has found that the experience of going weekly into the desert and honoring the dead has increased his sense of compassion and connected him more deeply to his own humanity.

We talked about the artistic process that led to this project, the desperation that causes migrants to take great risks and the invisibility of our elders and his own efforts to remain relevant.

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