Ricardo Dominguez calls himself an “artivist.” Half political activism and half art, his projects blur the boundaries between the aesthetic and the political. Ricardo was part of a team that was recently awarded the Transnational Communities Award for a Transborder Immigrant Tool that uses GPS-enabled mobile phones to help immigrants crossing the border between Mexico and the United States. The phone has a visual system that works like a compass and helps immigrants locate resources such as water caches, safety beacons and highways by vibrating when within certain proximities.

Here for an article on the project and for MobileActive.org, a resource for activists using mobile technology.

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