This video is part of The Foreshore website links and helps to add to the project by exploring artwork that address similar issues. I started watching this without any preconceptions of what to expect, and about eight minutes in, I was transfixed. The idea captures a beautiful, yet ultimately “failed” attempt to “bridge” the conflict of the region at that time. (It’s difficult to find any direct reviews online for Bridge/Puente, but go here for a brief overview of his work, and here for a review of his work.)

The project also reminded me of this book called Failure which another instructor recommended that I read last semester, and I find myself revisiting the articles in that book again. There is something that I cannot shake from these public acts of unknowable connection and collective effort that more often falls short of its representation, effect, or reach, that I find deeply moving and quite challenging to define.