Free Entry (2010) was a project proposed by Ontiveros to the 2010 California Biennial in response to SB 1070, passed in the State of Arizona that same year. In this proposal, Ontiveros’ mirrored the language of SB 1070 and asked the museum to allow anyone who fit the description of an “alien” as defined by the language of SB 1070, into the museum for free. This proposal initiated discussions on the legality of SB 1070 between the curators of the exhibition , museum staff, and the museum’s Board of Trustees, with all parties ultimately deciding that they would not grant free admission based on Ontiveros’ proposal because they would, themselves, be “discrimating on the basis of race and nationality.”

From “It's a trek worth exploring; The California Biennial drifts into mediocrity, butsome works are engaging,” Los Angeles Times, Jan. 7, 2011, by Christopher Knight:

…Riffing on Arizona's notorious recent law, SB 1070, Camilo Ontiveros used his OCMA invitation to propose that the museum use "reasonable suspicion" of alien status to allow free admission tothe show to visitors who fit the profile.The artist-museum dialogue on the proposal is recorded in a wall text. After due deliberation OCMA deftly declined,citing California's landmark 1959 Unruh Civil Rights Act broadly outlawing discrimination in publicaccommodations. The museum threw into high-relief the intentional absurdity of Ontiveros' piece -- not to mentionArizona's retrograde politics -- for an outcome that is oddly affirming for the artist, the institution and a viewer. Link