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In the penitentiary for juveniles of Mendoza, Argentina, five dots tattooed between the thumb and forefinger mean that when the hand is shut tight a mortal ambush is being laid: four of them are on our side, and the fifth one is army or police.
This is a preview of the video art being presented at the experimental media art festival, Too Much Freedom, at the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles on November 3rd and 4th. For more information, see www.freewaves.org . Sureños, created in the California prison system to show separation between Southern Californians from Northern Californians
Five Dots Tattoo is for Vietnamese gang members