Pablo Helguera’s The School of Panamerican Unrest holds as its central goal the idea of relation building between the northern and southern Americas. The work consists of a variety of art media such as performance, video, and group discussion through the form of a schoolhouse to engage members of both hemispheres into a cohesive community. Helguera’s work followed along the Pan-American Highway, thus the form follows function as the work traveled to those it wished to serve rather than asking them to come to it. In addition, the work incorporates a wider range of viewpoints than just the artist’s, with the inclusion of outside speakers and audience participation for the completion of the work. The School of Panamerican Unrest also addresses issues of immigration and globalization without the careful modulation often found when the topics are discussed in news and media by those in power, giving those affected a critical space to voice their concerns freely.