Twin Cities Torn Apart:

A Story about the U.S.–Mexico Border

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This visual art project captures how the twin cities of Matamoros, Mexico, and Brownsville, Texas, have been torn apart due to COVID-19 and the temporary border closure. Families were separated, physical borders became more prominent, and loved ones were unable to stand with each other, even at six foot apart. This project describes what inhabitants of these twin cities have experienced and how they have supported each other.

This is the story of two cities on the U.S.-Mexico border, the cities of Brownsville and Matamoros.

“The 20th of March of 2020, in response to the global pandemic the United States and Mexico governments agreed to temporarily close the border to nonessential travel, turning border cities apart...”