Antarctic Village No Borders

This artwork featured in BorderLands (2026). 

The dome-shaped tents of the village reflect the qualities of nomadic shelter, a signifier of the struggle to gain freedom of movement and a safe place to reside. The domes are assembled using traditional tent-making techniques onto which are stitched second-hand clothing, flags and glove extensions symbolising the multiplicity and identity of cultures.

World flags are overlaid with silkscreen printed text excerpts proposing an amendment to the UN Declaration for Human Rights, “Art 13.3.: borders.” Everyone has the right to move freely and cross frontiers to their chosen territory. No individual should have an inferior status to that of capital, trade, telecommunication, or pollution that traverse all borders”.

Image: Lucy + Jorge Orta, Antarctic Village No Borders. Installation view, BorderLands, Hay Castle, 2026. Image courtesy of Meadow Arts. Photographer, Finn Beales.

 

About the artist

Lucy + Jorge Orta

Lucy and Jorge Orta exhibited in BorderLands (15 May – 31 August 2026).