つ . gov/care RD を第イ STAND AT DETENTION: Bo 記 e 「 PatroI agents detain two CentraI American women and their children in Texas. Trump hopes to greatly expand the number Of agents working along the border, but doing SO will be costly. who was born in CoIombia and came to the し S. without documents when she was 12 , walks in at 9 a. m. and immediately starts herding members and organizers ontO a yellOW schOOl bus. Once the bus is onthe road, she has time to talk. lmmigrants feel attacked in a way we haven't before, ” she says. Aristizabal, who was able to Obtain a green card and her U. S. citizenship, uses the Spanish words 襯〃 d れ 0 to describe the heightened rhetoric used by those calling for increased enforcement and deportations. (One woman on the bus, wary of who might be watching, signe d her name on the sign- in she et as "Julia X. ") "The protest is to highlight this war that people are fighting. As the bus passes Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, Aristizabal walks up and down the bounc- lng _a1S e tO ma esure eve ryone has number andÄccess COde for a conference call that will explain the DHS memos, released two days e arlier. Listening inte ntly are ride rs on this and Other Make the Road buses and vans driv- ing t0 the protest from Brooklyn, Staten lsland and Long lsland. "There's also language about prosecuting people whO have quote-unquote have to bury indivlduals because we never could get any of the consulates in Houston and beyond t0 help identify. Leaning on his truck tailgate after his time on the shooting range, Louderback lays out his support for strict enforcement, like the detention ofundocumented immigrants swept up when ICE targets an undocumented criminal (known as "collaterals' ) and the deportation ofundocumented parents. He is especially scornful of sheriffs who ignore federal detainers. "we have some in law enforcement dOing that, encouragmg and promot- ing lawlessness. CRIMINALIZING PARENTING THE QU をを NS OFFICE sofimmigrantrights groupMaketheRoa New York were thrumming on a rece nt morning. The waiting room was packed with members ready to ride a bus to Elizabeth, New Jersey, to protest outside an ICE detention center, 4 large classroom was 血Ⅱ with two dozen adults learning English, and the back room held small children eating bagels. Natalia Aris- tizabal, a lead organizer with a faded stripe ofgreen ⅲ her hair NEWSWEEK 27 M A R C H 2 4 , 2 017

GLIMPSE OFTHE FUTURE: A couple with their daughter whO suffers from pulmonary infection at hospitalin New DeIhi. Ou 「 photographer saw patients struggling t0 breathe. National cancer lnstitute, 4 ・ 4 million 0fDelhi's Of debris burn, releasing toxic smoke. For his pr0Ject, Rabehi snuck int0 the 70-acre Ghazipur school children have reduced lung capacity and landfill on the back of a truck. "There were ani- would never recover. mals everywhere: birds and hundreds ofdogs, all French photographer Rabehi, whose pictures digging through the waste. can be seen on these pages, has lived in lndia Rabehi also wanted tO capture the effects on for 10 years, documenting cnses the city s most vital water source. The Yamuna and SOCial issues. This winter, Rabehi turned River, a branch 0fthe Ganges that runs through his lens on Delhi's pollution, photographing Delhi's center, is the most polluted waterway landfill sites, rivers, and roads, blurry in the graying air. Rabehi said he wanted tO show 第 0t in lndia. Rabehi's photographs show the river lined with thick white and blue chemical foam, just the air, and the smog, but the water, and the like the remnants of a giant bubble bath with impact on people t00. I wanted tO document the ep etitiO nofthis problem acro s s t e clty—_nla traslfflo atmg down lt. thouglfthegovernme ntäntroduce&ne a- ear y a t 1f&0fDelh1 、や Oll ⅱ tlon caused by sures in November tO cut pollution, including vehicle exhaust from diesel engines, and the rest sprinkling water on dusty roads t0 suppress the by road dust kicked up into the air, or by burning particles, and prohibitingtheburning ofleaves biomass 仕 om stoves that heat homes. Landfills it may be t00 late. with air pollution killing two in Delhi, which act as a substitute for trash dis- people in lndia every minute, the human tOll is posal and are reportedly growing by 8 , 000 tons a nothing short ofbreathtaking. ロ day, are alSO making the situation worse as piles N E W S W E E K 41 M A R C H 2 4 , 2 017

十 BALLS TO THE WALL: A barrier along the border ⅲ Texas. The lmmigration and Customs Enforcement agency projects the higher number Of detainees will cause a $ 600 million shortfall in its budget this year. hopes Of bolstering the arrestee's case. 'lt's the same thing as cop -watching, but it's ICE-watch- mg or migra-watching, says Cortes. She also encourages people tO shelter their undocu- mented friends or neighbors ifthey know ICE is targeting them. "You can open up your home for them so they can be protected, ” she says. Asked if she would compare that tactic tO the under- ground railroads used by slaves tO escape intO free states, she agrees. Trump inhe rite d thissystemof Ⅵ 01e nce;and 'sonly=goiwto get worse ,%hesaysyTannin out the singles and jingling the quarters she has collected from the 0ther riders as a tip for the bus driver. 'We need tO continue these trainings because we don't know what s going t0 happen next. lt's very clear that we need tO be ready and be militant. ”ロ the door and come ln, says Cortes, who grew up tagging along with her undocumented mother to housekeeping jobs. Cortes also advises people to set up small networks of about five people on the messaging program WhatsApp, which uses end-to-end encryption and iS more secure than regular texting, SO they can quICkly contact one another when there is ICE activ- ity in their neighborhood. ("Latinx people love WhatsApp, Corte nder-neutralwor&forLatinoJE ach networkalsoconnectstootherswan&some•onnecttoorgani ers like Cortes and Aristizabal so that leaders and people can qmckly exchange information about ICE operations, though the organizers have become more paranoid about surveillance and now use an even 1 ore secure app called Signal. Make the Road also instructs people to film ICE operations and detentions so the footage can be given tO defense lawyers in NEWSWEEK 33 M A R C H 2 4 , 2 017

smuggled people into the U. S. ," a Make the Road lawyer says on the call, pausing SO Aristizabal can translate her words intO Spanish. "And ofparticular concern is how that would apply t0 arents wh0 brought their children int0 the し S. " the la Ⅵ一一 adds, raising the concern that parents could be prosecuted for bringing their undocumented kids int0 the country. After Ans- tizabal translates, the lawyer alSO notes that many Of the mea- sures are unfunded. 10t Ofthis memo is extremely scary and wornsome, but it's important tO keep in mind that it will require a 10t offunding from Congress. The bus pulls up outside what was once a cement warehouse but is now a 300-bed ICE detention center run by CoreCivic, which recently changed its name from Corrections Corporation ofAmerica and has seen itS StOCk soar 140 percent since election night. The facility's big glass windows line the street, pr0Jecting an impression Of light and openness, but a few inches behind the glass are thick concrete blocks bricked over the opening. "They think they can make money out 0f black and brown bod- les, says Aristizabal. Aristiz ab al's p ath tO citizenship—an illegal entry, followed by a slowpath t0 legal status—highlights the contradic- tlOns inherent in a common complaint against ille gal immigration : I 'm fine with immigration. But they have tO d0 it legally! " ln fact, unless a hope- brown ful immigrant has a master's degree in computer SC1ence, it S almost impossible t0 legally move to the United States. lmmi- gration permissions based on employment, family connections or humanitanan reasons have tight requirements and numen- cal restrictions, making many hopeful immlgrants ineligible tO get in line," according tO the pro-immigration nonprofit Amer- ican lmmigration Council ()I C). A U. S. State Department representative tells Ⅳルルた the backlog for legal immigration is Just over 4.5 million people. New visas will be limited to 366 , 000 for applicants with family or employment preferences, SO it would take over 12 years for everyone wh0 has already applied t0 legally immigrate. (There were alSO 315 , 000 visas glven out in 2016 tO people with imme- diate relatives whO are U. S. citizens. ) And the wait for those visas is 0ften much longer, even for people who are eligible t0 get in line because they are lucky enough tO have a U. S. citizen in their family tree. Children Of U. S. citizens from Mexico can wait over 20 years for a Vlsa, and Filipino siblings OfU. S. citizens wait about 25 years, according tO AIC. The Make the Road New York members clamber 0 代 their buses and gather between metal barricades and the detention center ・ as moreprote stersarrivefrom Make the Road Off1 cesi New 扣 rseyjconnectlcutand pennsy vanla»as -well as the S vice Employees lnternational Union and local progresslve orga- 十 RIDERS: Border patrol agent AIfredo Lujan poses W1t dog Ciro and three bundles of marijuana obtained from illegal border crossers. Sheriffs in the region say they face a constant stream Of traffickers moving drugs up north. NEWSWEEK 29 nizations. 、、 GOd bless れ says a policeman as he monitors the protesters. Standing next tO his department-issue Harley-Davidson, he says Elizabeth has always acted as basically a sanc- tuary city. lt's gotten a little shaky because the city doesn t really want tO cooperate with ICE, he says, illustrating the vast gulfin attitudes and approach toward illegal immigration between different locallaw enforcement agencies. The protest grows t0 maybe 150 people, and there are speeches in which speakers bash local politicians for failing to protect people from deportation. Then, in a piece of carefully choreographed political theater, five protesters sit down tO block the center s entrance in front Of from cities that ignore ICE detainers and even by the shorthand 0f SB4, that would cut funding Texas Repu 1Cans are pus lng a 1 , nown says the Navy veteran. You re entitled tO a nice trip home if you like," of this country, you re not entitled tO anything. 0-1 itevÆerre rasmlles 、 -ー当 If you re not a c itize t s a ne ce ssarystep t0 b ecure deThere'sno ℃ he— cer. ' Well, no one wants to hear that news. But have tO take chemo radiation tO cure this can- doctor says, Hey, you know, you re going tO dramatic cure. "You go tO the doctor, and the cancer and says the problem requires an equally his city's large undocumented population tO a water. The Hispanic msurance agent compares sipping a cold b0ttle 0f TOPO ChiC0 mineral zation in Houston, answers hiS apartment door the Magnet, an anti—illegal immigration organl- SAM HERRERA, the outreach director for Stop AMERICANS' 'THEY'RE KILLING kids? AII people [are] scared for their kids. ing the parents, and then what happens t0 their They're scared ofICE police coming and arrest- center that would imprison him ifhe gets caught ・ he says, standing next tO the type Of detention 0 代 tO come tO this protest. Everyone IS scared, a deli in the evening tells me he used his one day whO works as a mechanic during the day and at An undocumented Mexican named Simon handcuffand arrest them. a minute more policemen swoop in tO gently the protesters remaln seated, and in less than and tells them they are obstructing traffc, but phers record the scene. A policeman approaches the banner as news photographers and videogra- tations. " Aristizabal kneels down tO straighten - a large black banner that reads, "NO more depor- M A R C H 2 4 , 2 017

DOUBLE TROUBLE: A View Of a power plant from a truck descending from the GhazipurIand- fill, right; a man rides hiS horse, used as a rental animal fO 「 wedding celebrations on the most polluted road in DeIhi, b 可 ow. 第をらト , を貧・お を 0334J 当キに一 N E W ・ SW E E K 40 M A R C H 24. 2 017

N E W W 0 R L D / C Y B E R WA R F A R E SHOCK AND 3-0 AWE A virtual battleship is helping the Pentagon make war better and che 叩 er LATE LAST August, just 50 miles south ofWash- ington, D. C. , a series 0f explosions rocked the normally placid P0tomac R1ver. The blasts came from artillery belonging to the USS Dahl- gren, which was testing a new targeting system. Using a drone tO observe its marks, the targeting system automatically recalculated its alm and retraine d the D ahlgren's gunne rs. The following volley hit, cle arly demonstrating the value of the targeting system. But perhaps more impressive was the USS Dahlgren itself, which, despite its name, isn t a Ship. The Navy sometimes refers to the USS DahI- gren as a "virtual ship," but it would more accu- rately be described as a cybernetic laboratory, a network ofhardware and software distributed across Naval Warfare Centers from Rhode lsland tO Florida that can mimic the capabilities of a re al vessel. Vehicles, weapons, computers, test ranges, crews—the USS Dahlgren has access t0 all ofthese assets and more, on-Slte at its headquarters at the Naval Surface Warfare Center DahIgren Division (NSWCDD) in Dahlgren, Virginia; on loan from other Warfare Centers; or online by way of net- working or simulation. The USS Dahlgren is thus able tO expenment With new weapons, sensors, control systems and Other eqmpment in an envl- ronment that resembles the conditions aboard a battleship but without running the 血Ⅱ costs or risks oftesting at sea ・ The general term the Navy uses for an aircraft camer at sea is million dollars a day,"' says NeiI Baron, a distingmshe d scientist and e ngineer for combat control at NSWCDD. "You've got 5 , 000 people. You've got four and a half acres 0f sover- eign U. S. territory. You ve got t0 pay for fuel and for food … . lt's very expensive to have a ship at sea, especially if it's just doing te sting ・ ln contrast, the USS Dahlgren's targeting sys- tem demonstrafion ⅲ August cost only $ 400 , 000 and involved four vessels and three aircraft— although a maJ0rity of those vehicles were sim- ulated. The three large ships (a cnuser, a littoral combat ship and an aircraft carrier) were virtually represented on the Potomac River Test Range, helmed by three bases at NSWCDD and armed with artillery (5-inch and 30 -millimeter guns) set on the range S waterfront. TWO aircraft and their HeIIfire missiles were simulated with the aid of the Navair RoadHawk, a tractor-trailer housing an auomcs sulte identical tO that Of MH-60S or MH-60R helicopters. The only genume vehicles were the two drones observing the marks, one by air and one by sea. Cost-effectiveness has been at the core ofthe USS Dahlgren smce its inception five years ago ・ AII of the vehicles, weapons, computers and Other assets it utilizes were purchased by the Navy for other purposes. "lt's all been paid for, says Nelson Mills, capabilities development lead at NSWCDD, of the Dahlgren's assets. "lt was Just that nobody's ever connected the dOts like we've been doing here. Those dots were connected by installing fiber-optic cables between Navy research labora- tones and the Potomac River Test Range, which BY ARVIND DILAWAR N E W S W E E K 50 M A R C H 2 4 , 2017

should be split 0 代 from ICE to become a stand-alone agency because Of the negative stigma attached tO ICE. "The rhetoric ofsweeps, locking people up, that impacts HSI'S ability tO work with state and 10Ca1 law enforcement partners," he says. Rutt empathize s with undocumente d immigrants fleeing their home countries tO come tO the United states. He knows about the high crime rate s in El Salvador, B elize and Honduras and the lack of a stable middle class in Mexico, but he argues the し S. needs tO aggressively enforce its federal immigration laws. "can you imagme you're liVing in Honduras and your daughter turns 13 , and the gangbangers are hitting on her and wantmg her tO become their con- cubine?" he says. "lt's like, 'Fuck, l'm getting my kid out 0fhere. I love my kids. l'm bringing them t0 the states. ' ” Rutt alSO notes hOW much undocumented imnugrants contrib - ute t0 social Security without receivmg any benefits ( $ 15 billion a ye ar, according t0 CNNMoney) , the impos sibility 0f deporting all ofthem and the importance oftheir work to the し S. economy. "The American people are not ready to pay $ 10 for a tomato. But even with those caveats, he welcomes tougher enforce- ment. He compares undocumented immigrants tO people whO rob a bank to feed their family—you still have to arrest the bank robbers. "We're a nation oflaws.We have tO enforce that law. 'DON'T OPEN THE 000R ! ' AS THE MAKE the Road bus makes its way back tO Queens, Aristizabal hands out ham sandwiches as youth organizer Luba Cortes lays out the specific tactics Make the Road is using tO protect undocumented immigrants and f0il ICE. Since Trump was elected, Cortes has been teaching Know Your R1ghts" forums at local public high sch001s and colleges, where she runs through a PowerP0int presentation. (Make the Road also h01ds Know Your mghts" forums for adults. ) "We do role-playing, like ifyou're somewhere and you get detained by ICE, what d0 you dO says Cortes, whO has tWO nose rings and came tO the U. S. without documents from Mexico when she was 5 but now has a green card. At the forums, Make the Road orgamzers tell undocumented people t0 not open the door for ICE agents unless they have a warrant signed by a judge ・ Organizers tell the story 0fa New Jer- sey woman saved from ICE agents whO had come t0 her busi- ness tO arrest her; the woman's daughter refused tO open the door for them. Don't say anything tO immigration authorities except your name. Carry identification but not your passport from your home country—that would make it easier for authori- ties t0 deport you. lfthey have a warrant, let them break down grants while targeting an undocumented crim- inal or someone With a deportation order can now detain those people as well. "ln the past administration, the policy was they were not allowed to pick up collaterals unless they had prior approval, says Rutt' whO oversaw investi- gations including nugrant smuggling and human traffcking during his time at HSI. He adds that ERO offcers formed int0 fugitive operations ' teams prioritize ViOlent CriminalS but alSO work tO arrest people with final orders Of deportation (like Adonias Areva10). "They're expected t0 bring in X amounts Of fugitives per month, per quarter," he says. But locking up more people costs money. Congress gives ICE a budget for the detention 0f 34 , 000 people a day, but the average daily population for fiscal year 2017 is 41 , 047 , an ICE offcial says. And ICE is projecting the higher number Of detainees will cause a $ 600 mil- lion shortfall in its budget this year, forcing it t0 redirect funds from HSI again, according t0 a document a former DHS Offcial gave Ⅳビル 5- ルた . (ICE also ransacked HSI's budget last year t0 give $ 34.5 million t0 ERO t0 pay for deten- tion beds, which meant HSI couldn't replace armored vehicles overseas, bulletproof vests or first aid kits, the document states. ) Rutt says HSI threat 2 十 UNDOCUMENTED LITIGATION: Perez, an undocumented law school student at the University 0f Houston, believes Trump's policies are racially motivated. NEWSWEEK 32 MARCH 24 , 2017

十 HIDE AND SEEK: More than a decade ago, ArevaIo fled 日 SaIva- dO 「 and now lives ⅲ Houston. Since Trump's election, she and Other undocumented immigrants have been living in greater fear of deportation. There are 6 million people spread throughout Houston and its sprawling suburbs dotte d with dollar stores and taco trucks, shiny Offce tow- oilnoneyvfancy market-pnce cold brew and parking lots brim- ming with BMWS. AISO living and working in the county are almost 400 , 000 undocumented lmmigrants, according tO the Migration policy lnstitute. Head south on Route 59—the border is 350 miles away—and the city qmckly gives way t0 open fields, roadside stands selling pecans and honey, and gas stations that will process your hog or whitetail deer int0 Jerky for $ 50. There are few good estimates for the number of undocu- mented immigrants in the rural Texas countles between Houston and the border, but the pre- vailing sentiment there is that stricter enforce- ment and mass deportafions would be good for the region and for the United States. I was in the masonry business for 12 years, and they made it pretty hard for me t0 make money, Justin pack, a WI 巧ー road worker in a Batman T-shirt, says about undocumented immigrants. Leaning on a white truck on a stretch ofhighway where motor- ists Often spit chewing tobacco in the gas station brightly when she reveals she has a small crush on their star defensive end . Watt. But since Trump was elected in November, she lives ln con- stant fear ofthat knock on her door. She knows U. S. lmmigration and Customs Enforcement [ICE] has her name fromwhen she was picked up at the border, and she assumes she has a deportatlon order because she didn't appear at lmmigratlon court over a decade ago ・ Areva10 s mamage pro- vide s no protectlon—undocumented lmmigrants don t magically become legal when they marry a し S. citizen. And so she lives in the shadows as much as possible. She shops online, uses Uber when she has to deliver food to white neighborhoods and never opens her blinds at home SO She can 1 れ ore easily hide if immlgra- tion agents come looking for her. The day before we spoke, she was scroll- ing through Faceb00k when she saw a news story about the deportation Of an undocumented El Sal- vadoran man whO had lived in Houston for 16 years. He came here when he was 15 or 16 , " she says. lt's almost my case. His deportation scared her so much that she newously ate a large bagofspicyCheetos thatday. "l'mhopeful thatthis is abad moment we are going through and the president ⅷⅡ open his eyes and see thatwe are notcriminals, ” she says, lookmg down atthe Coachpurse she bought at an outletmall. "I would say, 'Mr. Trump, myname is nmi. l'm not a criminal. l'mjust ayoungwomanwho's looking for an opportunity. traffickers THE WAR STARTS HERE AREVALO AND 11 million like her are at the center Ofa long-run- ning fight that is sparking regular protests and threatening t0 go nuclear in the early days 0f the Trump presidency. Leading one Side Of the war are organizations advocating for undocu- mented immigrants and even teaching tactics to avoid and sub- vert immigration laws. They want people like Arevalo tO live in the U. S. with no real legal distinction between them and Amer- IC an clt1zens.Æe ading theother Slde are thepre SIde nt many politiciansmld sheriffsinnexas,andorganizationspushingfo tighter enforcement and millions ofdeportations. B0th forces are powerful, and both are using political strat- e les and street-level tactics tO ush their a enda. Texas is a major battlefield in the fight, thanks to its southern border, its politics and the ingrown independence and irascibility of the people wh0 live there. 十 LONG ARM OF THE LAWLESS: 」 ackson County Sheriff Louderback says the police must follow the laws as written when it comes to the border and illegalimmigration. N E W S W E E K 25 M A R C H 2 4 , 2 017

P A G E 0 N E / M E X I C 0 'CLIMATE 0 ド TERROR' The unsolved killing of a Mexican envmronmentalist has le れ many activists frustrated— and afraid they could be next "I'M IN shock," says José Trinidad Baldenegro. uary, Mex1co's Center for Environmental R1ghts "ln despair. (CEMDA) released a report that documented 63 On the phone from the city of Chihuahua attacks against envlronmental activists ln 2015 in MexiCO s arid north, he's telling me about and 2016. However, this only included cases his older brother, lsidro Baldenegro Lopez, an reported on by the media or 0ther NGOS, SO the activist and leader Of the indigenous Tarahu- number could be much higher. mara people. For years, Baldenegro had endured The high rate of human rights abuses in Mex- numerous threats as a result Ofhis work protect- iCO has drawn lncreasmg international attention: ing the country s ancient forests from illegal Baldenegro was killed while し N. Special Rap- logging. But one stormy afternoon in January, porteur Michel Frost was in MexiCO lnvestigat- standing by a goat pen outside his uncle's house mg attacks against activists. Still, the renewed in the village ofColoradas de la Virgen, Baldene- global focus on the activists' plight doesn't mean gro was shOt six times in the chest, stomach and the violence has waned. Baldenegro had been legs. He died a few hours later. awarded the prestigious Goldman Environmen- His killing fits a deadly pattern across the tal Prize in 2005 for his campaign to protect region: Latin America IS now the most dangerous Mexico s ancient forests from illegal logging— the same work that led to his father's murder place in the world for envlronmental activists, according t0 a 2016 report by Article 19 , a British 30 years ago. His death came less than a year human rights group. More than 122 activists were after the shoothing death of Honduran activ- killed in the region in 2015 , one of the deadliest ist Berta Cåceres, whO received the Goldman prize in 2015. 'lt used tO be that when you got tO years on record, according tO the 1 れ OSt recent study from G10baIWitness, another nongovern- that level Of awareness about your work, it gave mental organization. you some measure Of protection, says ArtiCle 19 ' s David Banisar. NOW even that seems tO be MeXICO has emerged as one Of the most per- ilous countries in the region. Organized crime, undermined. lt's a good indication that things state-sanctioned intimidation and near-total are getting worse. impunity have proved t0 be a hazardous and 0ften The Mexican government has promised a 血Ⅱ BY investigation of Balde negro's killing. On March deadly combin ation for the many actiusts trying OSCAR LOPEZ tO protect the country 's natural re sources. ln Jan- 8 , authorities arrested Romeo RubiO Martfnez, 21 , 当 @oscarlopezgib NEWSWEEK 18 MARCH 24 , 2017

I N T E R V 工 E W Of 14—technicians, fabrication specialists and studiO and communication managers—that helps execute hiS ideas. Everyone seems happy, ener- getic; perhaps a result 0fOpie's easy charm. He's an attractlve man, With an open face and a gaze that draws you in; despite this, he prefers not tO be photographed. He takes me t0 his "hideaway' a high-ceilinged room on the top f100% filled with his meticulously arranged collection 0f prehis- toric and me dieval art. Egyptian s culpture s stand among Roman busts and helmets; 19th-century silhouettes are piled up on a st001. lt's perhaps a surprising collection tO belong tO an artist whO SO Ofte n works in digital formats. 。 I like t0 surround myselfwith other people's work; it gives me con- fidence rather than analyzing my own," he says. He shows me a 3-D-generated plan on his com- pute r th at di splays the Shanghai exhibition space exceptional detail. More than 50 works, from wall paintmgs tO mosalcs, tapestries and anima- tions, will be shown across tWO floors. Opie is keen tO build the momentum slowly for visitors as they move through the show. "There's a men- tality t0 [viewing] an exhibition," he says. You're full of energy when you start; you're also full 0f suspicion. You re thinking, ls this boring? DO I really like this artist? lnitially, 田 don't want t0 show tO 0 much—but at the same tlme , I want tO intrigue. ' He will be uploading this virtual display tO his website SO that anyone can visit the exhibi- tion without actually being there physically. lt's b0th a simple concept and a typical Opie-ism: You wonder Why no one else iS dOing lt. When you 100k at the range ofexhibits, it's clear why Opie is celebrated for his mastery 0f diverse media, from LE D and digital formats t0 sculpture and paint. But his real strength is in his ability tO look at the world with extraordinary clarity, getting to the nub ofcomplicated subjects by stripping out unnecessary detail. His work is pared back, dis- tilled—and yet it has a distinctive language that is instantly readable. Take CO リワ R04 イ , Da れ or Ⅳ 4 化 Man: a black outline, blocks of color and not much more—but they are alive. "That's the kind of way in which I understand art: be ing sim- ple and essential. Anything other than that seems like a waste oftime," Opie says ・ There's humor t00 , a lightheartedness. P ″ 0 ら DO け andAirHostess are part 0fa playful senes Of brightly colored paintings in the upcoming show, portraits 0f anonymous people whom Opie has observed and photographed anonymously out on the street, labeling them with imagmary pro- fessions. He has no idea what the people in the paintings actually do:'You make Judgments when you 卩 00k at] people fast; you think they might be this, they might be that. " Opie is having a laugh, Å8 当コ V 9 N 0 S S コ、 3 一 d 0 N V コつ「 4 NEWSWEEK 58 M A R C H 2 4 , 2 017