Reception: An exhibition of Germán Andino’s graphic history: The Habit of Silence (El hábito de la mordaza)

Honduran journalist and artist Germán Andino’s harrowing work of graphic history depicts gang violence in the city of San Pedro Sula from personal and deeply humane perspective. The installation of his work as a mural in a central public space on our campus is intended to provoke conversation in place of silence. Much reporting on Central America depicts the problem of gangs and violence as far away and impossible to solve, and the victims and perpetrators of this violence as essentially alien. With the hashtag #NoHumanIsAlien, the artist and organizers invite reflection on a crisis of violence in Central America that has been exacerbated, and in important ways created, by policies originating in the United States. We hope to spark and enrich debate on our campus about current immigration policies, including the cancellation of Temporary Protected Status for Salvadoran migrants and the asylum claims of tens of thousands of unaccompanied Central American children, children who have fled the conditions depicted in Andino’s work.

This exhibit, a large-scale comic strip along the halls of the second floor of Mason Hall, will be open for viewing from March 19 - April 6, 2018.

Join us for the opening reception with Germán Andino on March 26, 2018 from 5:00 - 6:30 pm.