The males have wings while it is the females whose bodies are crushed to extract their red dye. But red is also the color of the sun
This piece was exhibited as part of "Disposable: Ciudad Juarez and the War on Women."
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Thank you to the following individuals who have contributed to the production of this piece:
Ariel Zodhiates, Nancy Golemi, Kathryn Porterfield, Adrienne Shapiro, Errol Packard, Mara Bandy, Robin Sparks, Rich Moyers, Suzanne Halvorson, Talya Greenspoon, Heather Moore, Lian Alan, Catherine Shimony, Christina T. Carlisle, Yang-Yang Zhou, Linda LaBelle, Celeste LeCompte, Margaret L McGuan, Alex Tarr, Nina and Stuart Tarr, Elliot and Rosalind Weinberg, Talya Greenspoon, Heather Moore, Kyle Neuheimer, Colin, Manish Gupta, Araven, Rafi Santa, Eliane Lingwood, Whitney Artell, Patricia Hallstein, Jessica Hamilton, Susan Weltman, and Sam Schnuer