Animation in progress
Living in Tucson, AZ, I hear a lot about these people nicknamed, "Coyotes" who for a fee will help people cross the border illegally. I am not so much worried about the illegality of the whole issue as I am about the inhumanity of it. People die out there trying to cross the desert between Mexico and Tucson and other places. So I am working on an interactive piece, like a playable video game. You the player are the coyote, who leads a group of rabbits (immigrants) across the desert. The rabbits face many dangers: scorpions, rattlesnakes, heat, lack of water. The rabbits are also in danger of the eagle (border patrol) carrying them back across the desert to start all over again. Drug running burros also trample the rabbits and then slowly saunter back to the border. I want it to be playable to where the coyote looses rabbits but still makes points. Why use trivial games and humor to talk about serious problems and human life? Because people will look at it, they will think, and hopefully they will say, "Hey, this is not a game. We need to do something!" People are good at ignoring difficult things and tuning out other people's suffering. Those who choose to continue to just see it as a game will preserve their bliss. Those who are ready to act will keep this image in their minds and those problems that it symbolizes.