Jennings v. Rodriguez

Alexander Zimmer, Jaycee Holmes, Laura Kerry, Oriana Neidecker

Introducing three people effected by the Supreme Court case Jennings v. Rodriguez about unfair treatment of non-citizens in the U.S., the windows invite viewers into the intimate stories of people whose live have been disrupted by prolonged detention.

https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1DhNUmHdUYCuIAekiS67qj_VsUvR2M7tx68_bLJe7zoY/edit

Description

Three perforated walls each containing three slits, the windows of the Jennings v. Rodriguez tell narratives inspired by people from an amicus brief—a story brief filed by a party outside of a case—from the Supreme Court case Jennings v. Rodriguez. Using physical objects relevant to each story, text, and audiovisual scenes, each window provides and intimate look into the lives of non-citizens in the U.S. who were impacted by prolonged detention.

Classes

Playful Communication of Serious Research