UCSB art museum presents Gemidos de la Tierra exhibition

UC Santa Barbara’s Art, Design & Architecture Museum presented the third public activation of Gemidos de la Tierra, which translates to “Wailings of Land/Soil,” a memorial created by Guatemalan-American artist Jackie Amézquita dedicated to honoring victims of Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. The memorial commemorates those who lost their lives in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (I.C.E.) detention centers since the agency’s inception in 2003. According to Daniela Lieja Quintanar, an independent curator and the original curator of Gemidos de la Tierra, Amézquita created the exhibition based on her own experiences and is dedicated to bringing light and honor to each of the individuals who lost their lives. The exhibition, held Nov. 1 on Día de los Muertos, marked the first public activation of Gemidos de la Tierra since March 2023 in Los Angeles. Amézquita and her collaborators, Natalie Godinez, Hedy Torres and Johnny Pérez, added 57 new names of I.C.E.

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