Union Hall is pleased to present Voices of the Desert, the first solo exhibition of Denver-based artist Cherish Marquez (b. 1989 El Paso, TX, USA). Marquez holds a BA in Fine Arts and Creative Writing from the New Mexico State University and an MFA in Emergent Digital Practices from the University of Denver, and is currently a Redline resident artist. Working in digital fabrication, game design, and wearables, her work operates from a queer Latinx perspective and is heavily subject to speculative futurism. In this exhibition, Marquez presents a series of videos, animations, still images and installations exploring environmental justice, mysticism, and healing from generational trauma. Marquez’s ultimate goal is to call attention to issues of environmental racism, immigration, and oppression; specifically how the effects of nuclear waste have poisoned the land and the people that inhabit the communities along the U.S./Mexico border. With this in mind, Voices of the Desert showcases Marquez’s ability to merge her digital world with our reality, combining ancient ritual practices and new media in the form of a truly immersive environment, allowing the viewer to navigate through a fictional landscape of uncanny beauty, danger, redemption, and the unknown.