Who is Judi Werthein?

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Judi Werthein was born in Buenos Aires and received her Masters of Architecture from the University of Buenos Aires (1993). She was selected for solo exhibitions at the Chinati Foundation (Thoughts Come to Mind); Centro Cultural Borjes (Buenos Aires), Bronx Museum of Art (Manicurated); Kent Gallery (Turismo); Museo de Arte Contemporaneo Bahia Blanca, Ruth Benzacar Galeria (Buenos Aires), Centro Cultural San Martin (Buenos Aires). She has been included in exhibitions at El Museo del Barrio, Apex Art, The Center for Curatorial Studies at Bard (curated by Victoria Noorthoorn); and the 2000 Havana Biennial (Cuba). Her work has been reviewed in Art News, New York Magazine, New York Times, ArtForum, Village Voice, Art Nexus, and Flash Art. She lives and works in Brooklyn and Buenos Aires.

On Brinco Shoes Project

The act of crossing the border from Mexico into the US is known as “brinco”, jump in Spanish. Judi Werthein’s ‘crossing trainers’ prepare illegal migrants for this journey. The shoes include useful items such as a compass and a torch as many cross at night. Inside are painkillers as many suffer aches and injuries during the journey, pockets for money and the insole features a map of the most popular boarder crossing points for illegal immigrants between Tijuana and San Diego. They might walk for eight-hour stretches so the Brinco is a little boot to provide support and protection from snakes, tarantulas and stones. Embroidered on the heel is an image of Santo Toribo Romo, the official saint of the Mexican migrants, and on the front of the toe in the direction of their dreams is the American eagle. To comment on the contradictions between fashion, manufacture competition, migration and labour flow, Werthein’s sneakers will be sold as unique art objects as well as being freely distributed amongst would-be illegal immigrants at the border.

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