Show me your status

Title
Show Me Your Status

Year
2010

Medium:
Object with sound - mini bus

Dimensions:
18"(D) x 8"(W) x 10"(H) 

Credits:
Anderson Chase (Maker)
Kite (Mixer)

Collector:
Collection of artist

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Show Me Your Status (2010)
Object with sound - mini bus (built by Anderson Chase), sound work 2:91 minutes (Mixed by Kite)
18"(D) x 8"(W) x 10"(H)                                              

(Photo Credit – Dan Christaldi)

In 2009, police and immigration increased their 'tracking' of CARICOM non-nationals by engaging in house raids and searches in nightclubs and on public transportation vehicles.  If people were unable to show ID cards, work permits or stamps in their passport that indicated they were on the island legally, they were taken out of their home, or off the bus, and deported.  'Show me your status' presents a recording of a woman from St. Vincent who recounts her experience of being approached on a mini bus by three immigration officials and one police officer and of being publicly humiliated by being asked to show her status.