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Blue Granite Shift
title Blue Granite Shiftdescription California Center for the Arts Museum (Escondido, Calif.) For inSITE94, Mathieu Gregoire created a permanent installation for the central courtyard of the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Entitled "Blue Granite Shift/Transición del granite azul," the piece is made of granite quarried from the hills surrounding the cultural complex. Extending 500 feet throughout the courtyard, the work moves from rough granite boulders to increasingly more cut and polished stones, finally ending with completely square granite elements. Likewise, the landscaping follows a similar evolution from native plants and trees to more formal and decorative varieties. The work suggests development in the area as having been wrought from the natural environment. --inSITE94 Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 05, Item 133) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gregoire, Mathieusubject Landscape Architecture Abstraction Orchards Sculpture (Visual Work) Escondido (Calif.) Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
La Tierra Prometida: Detail
title La Tierra Prometida: Detaildescription Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Gonzalo Díaz's inSITE97 project, La tierra prometida/The Promised Land, was installed in the basement of the Children's Museum in San Diego. Following the fourteen Stations of the Cross, the installation was built upon fourteen columns each distinguished by a word with multiple meanings spelled out in blue neon. Each column was also marked by an illuminated bronze Roman numeral as well as enigmatic figure at the top of the column, shrouded in dark wrappings. Playing off of the large orthogonal space, Díaz created a mythological/spiritual space for the viewer. --inSITE97 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 04, Item 097) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Emigration And Immigration Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Stations Of The Cross Neon Sculpture Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Aerial Bridge: Model Helicopter In Flight
title Aerial Bridge: Model Helicopter In Flightdescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Aeronautics Play Flight Humor Hobbies Political Art San Diego (Calif.) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Model Airplane Racing Performance Art Contests Helicopters Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Signs Facing The Sky: Film Still
title Signs Facing The Sky: Film Stilldescription Airport Bar, San Diego, California, United States Allora and Calzadilla's video work entitled "Signs Facing the Sky" intervenes on the urban topography that stretches beneath an airplane's wings seconds before it lands at San Diego International Airport. The video work incorporates phrases collected by the artists during informal interviews with people who live or work in buildings along the flight path to create an image of the inner-city landscape in which voices of the city's residents intersect and overlap. --inSite_05 Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 180, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Allora & Calzadillasubject Computer Animation Quotations (Texts) Political Art Video Art San Diego (Calif.) Texts (Document Genres) Public Art Film Stills Insite_05 Cities And Towns Cityscapes Aerial Views Airports Transport Planes San Diego International Airportcontributor Calisphere -
Poison Shelf: General View Of Installation
title Poison Shelf: General View Of Installationdescription Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)) Occupying a large section of the La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Ming Mur-Ray's installation for inSITE94 was entitled "CYM55296." Arranged on long shelves, the artist neatly installed rows of square wooden tablets displaying an invented language of calligraphy. Another element of the installation was rows of books sealed tight and with the phrase "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil," on their covers, alluding to Censorship within the arts. Also, part of the work was a bookcase randomly stacked with books fond to be controversial or drawing public complaints. Together these elements created a dialogue around language and how public and private opinion often categorizes based on content. --inSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 241) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Mur-Ray, Mingsubject Language Political Art Prohibited Books Censorship Calligraphy Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Writingcontributor Calisphere -
The Line
title The Linedescription Fernando Arias's project for inSITE97, The Line/La linea, was installed at the ReinCarnation Project in downtown San Diego. Using a piece of the US-Mexico border sheet metal fence slightly suspended above a concrete floor, Arias divided an interior space. Beneath the suspended edge of the fence the artist placed white powder - an image of cocaine about to be cut. Attempting to highlight the human issues raised by illegal drug trafficking among countries of the Americas, Arias focused particularly on the use of the human body as a vehicle for transport and smuggling. During the opening weekend of the exhibition, Arias invited viewers to look into an endoscope running into his body to illustrate the invasive ways in which drugs are transported. --inSITE97 ReinCarnation Project San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 029) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Cocaine Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Drug Traffic Mexican-American Border Region Human Body Fences Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Untitled: Detail Of Gold Leaf And Graffiti
title Untitled: Detail Of Gold Leaf And Graffitidescription Architecture and City Planning Centro Escolar Agua Caliente (Tijuana, Mexico) Scottish artist Anya Gallacio created two installations for inSITE94, one untitled piece located at Centro Escolar Agua Caliente, the other titled "Preserve: Maya/Preservación: maya" at the downtown location of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Gallacio was drawn to the site of Agua Caliente because of its history: it was built in 1929 as a resort and casino for the rich who came there to escape and play. Having been abandoned for many years, the pool was showing signs of decay with missing tiles, cracks, and broken elements. Gallacio chose to cover these exposed areas with gold foil, referencing and revealing a sense of the pool's gilded past. At MCASD, Gallacio worked with the theme of natural transformation. The artist chose a space viewable from both inside the Museum and from the bookstore, and layered red gerbera daisies between two panes of glass to create a botanical stained glass that was inserted as a window space. Over the course of the exhibition the flowers decomposed, fading to grey and revealing their own life cycle. --inSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 04, Item 126) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Casinos Restoration Graffiti Resorts Swimming Pools Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Gilding Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
Techno-Balero: Detail View Of Market
title Techno-Balero: Detail View Of Marketdescription Pasaje Gómez Market, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) San Diego-based artist Roman de Salvo created a project for inSITE2000 that followed his line of tongue-in-cheek works while at the same time cleverly pointing at issues of relevance and depth in contemporary culture and society. Using the balero, an iconic, inexpensive Mexican toy most often bought by tourists visiting Tijuana, de Salvo created the simulation of a high-tech video arcade game. With elements high and low coming together, de Salvo installed three "Techno-balero" stations in a typical downtown Tijuana market where one could play the baleros by manipulating a joystick that moved a mock "video" screen or, in actuality, a low-tech blinky image, showing the balero being played. As participants would successfully win each time the game was played, chimes connected to the joystick would ring in the background. --inSITE2000 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 090) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Salvo, Roman Desubject Humor Color Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Tops Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Games Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Signs Of Mount Signal: Detail Of Sand Spikes In Exhibition At The Pioneers Museum
title Signs Of Mount Signal: Detail Of Sand Spikes In Exhibition At The Pioneers Museumdescription For inSITE2000 New York-based artist Allan McCollum created a multivenue project involving the participation of residents and institutions from the Imperial Valley and Valle de Mexicali region to the east of San Diego. Interested in participating in the establishment of a cultural identity and iconography for the region, McCollum was initially drawn to the area through learning about sand spikes, a unique natural geological concretion found only at the foot of Mt. Signal/El Centinela. With the mountain straddling the US-Mexico border, it was already established as a physical landmark and identifying symbol for locals on either side of the border. During extended residency periods McCollum collected artworks by local residents depicting the mountain and performed extensive research on the sand spike and Mt. Signal, as well as the local culture surrounding both. With his project Signs of Mount Signal/Signos del Cerro del centinela, McCollum brought together the work of thirty-seven local artists showcasing the mountain and forged a collaboration between four regional institutions. The project included over one thousand cast replicas of the sand spike and Mt. Signal, a 16-foot sand spike sculpture, a large-scale model of Mt. Signal, collected historical information about the area, local artwork depicting the mountain, as well as twelve booklets produced by the artist on the subject of concretions. The project was shown in parts at the Museo de la Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali, the Steppling Art Gallery at San Diego State University in Calexico, the Imperial County Historical Society Pioneer's Museum, and combined at the University Art Gallery at San Diego State University. --inSITE2000 Paintings Pioneers' Park Museum, Imperial, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 235) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscapes (Representations) Concretions Geology Natural History Boundaries Border Art Landscape Painting, American Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Signal, Mount (Calif.) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Science Museumscontributor Calisphere -
Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R): General View Of Installation In Santa Fe Depot
title Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R): General View Of Installation In Santa Fe Depotdescription San Francisco artist Mildred Howard sited her inSITE94 project in the baggage building of the Santa Fe Depot. Her installation consisted of two components, "Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r)/Hogar: el santuario para lo familia(r)" and "From Cotton to Coal ... the Last Train/Del algodón al carbón ... El último tren." As a continuation of her exploration of architectural forms and everyday materials that poetically call forth issues of cultural identity and memory, Howard chose to reinstall "Abode," first created for the San Jose Museum of Art. "Abode" and "From Cotton to Coal" reference Howard's own cultural history as an African-American woman --inSITE94 Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 151) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject African Americans Houses Political Art Color San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture (Visual Work) History Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Blue (Color) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Good Rumor Project
title The Good Rumor Projectdescription "The Good Rumor Project" appropriates and replicates the model of a social experiment. In seeking to invert the more common negative effects of rumor Wrange and his collaborators constructed two "good" rumors: one about people in Tijuana that was spread in San Diego and one about people in San Diego that was spread in Tijuana. In contrast to normal rumors, the "good" rumors were created in dialogue with the actual subjects of the rumors through a series of focus groups. The "good" rumors were disseminated through a multifaceted strategy that combines some of the most advanced marketing techniques - viral/ word of mouth marketing - with structures borrowed from rumor theory as well as recent research on small-world networks and social network analysis. By tracing the organization of the interdependent communication channels in the border zone, as well as the spatial and temporal development of the "good" rumor, Wrange/ OMBUD reveal how Society is predicated on an ever evolving communicative process. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 202, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wrange, Måns, 1961-subject Rumor Political Art Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Focus Groups Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Information Signscontributor Calisphere -
Appliances: Broom Closet
title Appliances: Broom Closetdescription Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The room is filled with contraptions made from wires, parachutes and other found objects. In her videos the artist animates these objects and shows her concern with "devices we employ to gain control over nature." This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 353) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Smedley, Melissasubject Tools Sculpture (Visual Work) Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Insite92 Nature Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Horn Of Fuentes
title Horn Of Fuentesdescription Architecture and City Planning As a late inclusion in inSITE94, Lee Boroson's project grew out of his extended involvement with inSITE as Head Preparator. Located at Agua Caliente in Tijuana and sited over one of the tiled fountains around the central pool, Boroson's installation consisted of a wooden canopy structure trapping cloth-covered balloons. --inSITE94 Centro Escolar Agua Caliente (Tijuana, Mexico) Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 047) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Pavilions (Garden Structures) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Public Sculpture Renovation Border Art Fountainscontributor Calisphere -
Border Capsule Ritual Black Star
title Border Capsule Ritual Black Stardescription Eduardo Abaroa's project for inSITE97, Cápsulas santánicas black star/Border Capsule Ritual Black Star, was installed at five locations in downtown San Diego, defining a black star on the city map. At each site was a gumball vending machine containing sculptural elements that reflected the machine's location. The work operated as a mini treasure hunt for the viewer, who found the machines using a map, purchased the prizes, and took them home to create their own satanic ritual. --inSITE97 Abaroa's project was located at Café Lulu, Master Tattoo Studio, The Gas Haus, William Burgett Booksellers, and La Fresqueria in downtown San Diego. San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 001) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Gambling Satanism--Rituals Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Signs And Symbols Insite97 Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Treasure Hunt (Game)contributor Calisphere -
23 September 1994: General View
title 23 September 1994: General Viewdescription Estación del Ferrocarril, Colonia Libertad, Baja California Norte, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 310) Titled "23 September 1994" after the opening date of the entire inSITE94 exhibition, Ulf Rollof's installation consisted of a circular railroad situated at the defunct border rail-crossing site in Colonia Libertad in Tijuana. Just yards from the border fence, one could take a ride on this circular track where a single wagon with five fir trees planted in empty oil drums went around in endless circles to a dizzying effect. However, rather than being transported around on the track itself there was just a single seat at the hub of the circle and the view from the seat was directed straight at the fir trees, so that although movement occurred the outlook one had remained the same. -- inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Irony Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Railroad Stations Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Perspectivecontributor Calisphere -
The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Pyramid Made Of Adobe And Hay
title The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Pyramid Made Of Adobe And Haydescription Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Cindy Zimmerman's Community Engagement project for inSITE97 was the development of a new park environment at the landfill adjacent to Florida Canyon in Balboa Park. Constructing the piece over several months, Zimmerman involved children and families in the creation and placement of straw bales and clay in the landfill to make labyrinths, temporary earthworks, and adobe structures. "The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition of 1997/La gran exposicion del relleno del Balboa Park 1997" transformed an unused and unattractive plot of land into a new community park and art installation. Zimmerman led workshops and meetings throughout the project to involve the community and collaborate with the participants to create art from organic materials. -- inSITE97 Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 02, Item 429) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landfills Community Arts Projects Renovation Play Workshops (Seminars) Sculpture (Visual Work) Ziggurats Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Pyramids Installations (Visual Works) Artistic Collaborationcontributor Calisphere -
America: Wall Of "Flags" Made Of Colored Sand
title America: Wall Of "Flags" Made Of Colored Sanddescription For inSITE94, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi contributed two distinct installations titled "Wandering Position/Vagamundos" and "America/America," which were installed at the Santa Fe Depot and the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, respectively. Yanagi's work "America" had been installed previously in variations at different institutions around the world. For this installation the artist chose to include thirty-six flags of each country of the Americas in his elaborate ant farm. Over the course of the exhibition the ants created tunnels through the various flags and the colored sand that was used was gradually mixed, thereby creating new symbols. -- inSITE94 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 02, Item 418) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Sandpaintings Political Art Humor Paintings (Visual Works) Sculpture (Visual Work) Nationalism Performance Art Insite94 Drawings (Visual Works) Process Art Border Art Flagscontributor Calisphere -
Sails Project
title Sails Projectdescription After a visit to California, Cuban artist Jose Bedia proposed to address the subject of cultural mythology and modes of transportation in his installation "Sails Project/Proyecto de velas para navegar." Covering the entrance façade of the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego with large yellow sails displaying silhouettes of mythological figures, Bedia's piece explored issues of Colonization and the subjugation and preservation of culture. Incorporating the names of Native American tribes and John Henry, it touched on California's past and in turn brought about a consideration of the confluence of cultures between Mexico and the US. - inSITE94 Architecture and City Planning Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 040) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Façades Mythology Colonization Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Insite94 Murals (Any Medium) Silhouettes Transportation Buildings Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
In(Fo)Site San Diego: Interior
title In(Fo)Site San Diego: Interiordescription Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design San Diego-based architect Hector Perez was commissioned for inSITE2000 with a specific charge to create two sites, one in San Diego and one in Tijuana, that would function as information hubs for the exhibition as well as house several finished projects. The intention was to create a space where the public could view inSITE2000 media-based projects and peruse materials related to the exhibition in general. The two sites also functioned as gathering places for several panel discussions and artist lectures for the Conversations series that was one of the components of inSITE2000. Perez incorporated elements into his design that he found central to the San Diego-Tijuana landscape, such as simplicity, mobility, economy, adaptability, and multi-functionality. In Tijuana the in(fo)SITE was located at the Centro Cultural Tijuana and in San Diego the in(fo)SITE was located downtown in the Spreckels Theater Building on First Avenue. --inSITE2000 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 277) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Reading Rooms Interior Decoration Boundaries Border Art Public Art Reading Information Centers (Facilities) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Information Libraries (Rooms) Public Spaces Multiuse Buildings Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Tijuana'S Most Wanted Painting / San Diego'S Most Wanted Painting: Exhibition Of Paintings At The San Diego Museum Of Art
title Tijuana'S Most Wanted Painting / San Diego'S Most Wanted Painting: Exhibition Of Paintings At The San Diego Museum Of Artdescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Drawings and Watercolors Paintings Russian artist collaborators Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid continued their "Most Wanted Paintings" series for inSITE2000, a series that employs a democratic process in creating "people's art" based on the aesthetic desires of the general population in a given area or country. As in previous versions of the series, the artists used multiple-choice survey questionnaires to discern, statistically, the personal preferences in art. The surveys were conducted in San Diego and Tijuana by graduate students from San Diego State University and from the Colegio de la Frontera Norte over the course of several weeks. The artists then used the data collected to create two paintings, San Diego's Most Wanted Painting and Tijuana's Most Wanted Painting. The two paintings were on view first at the San Diego Museum of Art and subsequently at the Centro Cultural Tijuana. --inSITE2000 San Diego Museum of Art Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 195) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Conceptual Popular Culture Questionnaires Aesthetics Democracy Humor Paintings (Visual Works) Boundaries Public Art Installations (Exhibitions) Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Cross The Razor
title Cross The Razordescription Border Field State Park Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Terry Allen's project, "Cross the Razor/Cruzar la navaja," was located on both sides of the US-Mexico border fence. Working to establish some sort of platform for communication across the fence, Allen's proposal for a public exchange of words and music evolved from two stationary free-speech areas to two mobile units. Two vans were outfitted with wooden platforms, microphones, amplifiers, and translators, one for each side of the border. For the duration of the project the two vans met at various points along the border fence near Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park; and an open invitation was extended to all to climb onto the vans and communicate by any means to listeners on the other side. - inSITE94 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 019) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Allen, Terrysubject Language Public Speaking Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite94 Fences Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Abandoned Ii
title Abandoned Iidescription Garden and Landscape Originally created for inSITE92 by San Diego artist Michael Schnorr and Swedish artist Ulf Rollof, "Abandonado II" was renovated for inSITE94. The project was from the beginning born of the particular circumstances that describe its location. Situated on an empty lot across the street from the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana, the installation was intended to serve the numerous abandoned children who live along the border in the beach area. The installation consisted of several pieces constructed from brick and concrete, among them two pieces of fire-heated outdoor furniture, the "Fire Sofa" and "Fire Chair." It also included a shell-like echo chamber titled "Habla/Head - Cabeza/Speak" and a circle of brick school desks titled "The Bricklayers' Class." The installation became a gathering place for locals and a playground for children. - InSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 303) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Gardens Homelessness Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Outdoor Furniture Playgrounds Gardening Insite94 Artistic Collaboration Insite92 Chimneys (Architectural Elements) Border Art Furniturecontributor Calisphere -
Tijuana Projection
title Tijuana Projectiondescription After a two-year process, Krzysztof Wodiczko's project culminated in two evenings of projections on the 60-foot-diameter façade of the Omnimax Theater at the Centro Cultural Tijuana. Known for his large-scale outdoor projections, with "Tijuana Projection/Proyección en Tijuana" Wodiczko wanted to use progressive technology to give voice and visibility to the women who work in the maquiladora industry in Tijuana. The projections consisted of prerecorded materials interspersed with live feeds from a headset with an integrated camera and microphone designed by the artist and worn by the participating women. This was Wodiczko's first time creating a projection incorporating live segments, adding a certain immediacy and potency to the presentation of these very personal accounts. In preparation for the projection, the artist conducted nearly one year of workshops with eight participating women. His work with these eight women was facilitated through two organizations based in Tijuana, (Factor X and Yeuani), that are dedicated to helping women who face difficulties in the workplace or at home. The pre-recorded and live personal testimonies given by the eight women focused on work-related and sexual abuse, family disintegration, alcoholism, and domestic violence. The scale at which these stories were heard and witnessed in the open space of the city and by an audience of more than 1,500 on the Centro plaza over the two nights created a powerful impact and literally magnified what so often never gets spoken about. The projections took place February 23 and 24, 2001. -- inSITE2000 Centro Cultural Tijuana Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 411) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wodiczko, Krzysztofsubject Offshore Assembly Industry Testimonies Workers Boundaries Violence Face Labor Emotions Border Art Projections (Visual Works) Suffering Collective Biographies Biography Portraits Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Toy-An-Horse: Construction Drawing
title Toy-An-Horse: Construction Drawingdescription For inSITE97, Marcos Ramirez ERRE collaborated with several artists to construct "Toy an Horse," a monumental wood and metal replica of the iconic Trojan Horse. Installed directly on top of the monument marking the border about 50 meters from the border cross-checkpoint at San Ysidro, the horse was visible to the 50,000 people crossing the border by car every day. Ramirez stated that the purpose of the project was to use the narrative symbolism of the Trojan horse to stimulate discussion about the border, invasion, cultural exchange, and dependency. --inSITE97 San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 292) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Border Crossing Boundaries Satire (Artistic Device) Insite97 Horses Trojan War Political Art Public Art Economics Emigration And Immigration Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Blueprints Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Drawings (Visual Works) Trojan Horse (Greek Mythology) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Janus-Facedcontributor Calisphere -
Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Telephone Handset
title Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Telephone Handsetdescription Artist Johnny Coleman described his installation "Crossroads/BAGGAGE BUILDING/Encrucijadas/BODEGA DE EQUIPAJE," located in the baggage building in the Santa Fe Depot, as a "found poem consisting of stories collected by following the tracks." The artist spent months traveling the California railroad to collect stories of migration and personal accounts of working on the railroad. These traces provided the material for the various elements in the installation, including audio narratives, music, various props, and construction elements. --inSITE94 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 069) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Memory Sculpture (Visual Work) Travel Mexican-American Border Region Travelers Poetry Insite94 Luggage Telephone Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Disposition: View Of Found Objects From Below Glass Shelf
title Disposition: View Of Found Objects From Below Glass Shelfdescription "The room was located in the old Mission Brewery building on Washington Street in San Diego. The walls were built of used brick, the floor was concrete. A prominent steel I-beam spanned the entire room, through the middle. Several windows remained open, and pigeons sometimes sat on the ledges. Glass shelves were built into the divided areas in the I-beam. Light boxes were built and installed inconspicuously atop the I-beam. The glass shelves were filled with found objects. 'Disposition' was a direct response to the powerful presence of this particular room. As a result, I felt I could do nothing but acknowledge the incredible ambiance of the room by emphasizing specific features, so rich in character." - Lynne Hendrick Mission Brewery Plaza, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 05, Item 141) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Hendrick, Lynnesubject Space (Composition Concept) Transparency (Optical Property) Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Insite92 Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Level Right With Toltec Feet, Rooster
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Level Right With Toltec Feet, Roosterdescription "Stairway of the Ancients" is a complex stairway, probably built in the 1920s, leading up to the Casa de la Cultura. It is in disrepair with parts that are eroded or broken. To try to keep within this context, the figurines that MacConnel has cast, purchased from street vendors, are irregular, broken and "antiqued." The "Ancients" are funny, sad, prideful, odd remnants of tourist art. La Escalinata, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 213) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Macconnel, Kimsubject Popular Culture Stairs Aesthetics Graffiti Statues Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Kitsch Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroom
title The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroomdescription João Louro's project "The Jewel / In God We Trust" traces the inverted trajectory of the recycling dynamic that characterizes the border zone. His project begins with the selection of a European car recovered from a junkyard in Tijuana and transformed into a "jewel" through the addition of a skin of gold leaf. Once this trash object is transformed into a opulent gold sculpture it will be exhibited and auctioned in San Diego. Proceeds from the sale will be given to an elementary school in Tijuana and used to support visual art workshops for children, where students will be encouraged to add further layers of imagery to the paper money. --inSite_05 La Jolla, San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 189, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Louro, Joãosubject Automobiles Junkyards Humor Junk Sculpture Sculpture (Visual Work) Consumers Automobile Showrooms Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Wealth Performance Art Recycling Parody Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
Carpark: Parking Lot Devoted To White Cars
title Carpark: Parking Lot Devoted To White Carsdescription Architecture and City Planning Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Southwestern College (Chula Vista, Calif.) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 192) Working as a collective for their contribution to inSITE94, Nina Katchadourian, Steven Matheson, and Mark Tribe created "Carpark/Estacionamiento" at Southwestern College in Chula Vista. The project involved the participation of students, faculty and staff of the college, all of whom were asked to park for one day in a designated area determined by the color of their vehicle, ranging from aqua to metallic raspberry. The project was carried out on August 31, 1994, and at the end of the commuter rush the parking lots of Southwestern College were completely color sorted. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject White (Color) Conceptual Parking Lots Automobiles Color Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite94 Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Hospitality: Painting In Progress: Day Two
title Hospitality: Painting In Progress: Day Twodescription Barbosa and Ricalde proposed covering the Puente Mexico (the pedestrian bridge that crosses the Tijuana River and leads from Avenida Revolucion toward the international border crossing at San Ysidro) with a carpet of painted names: a "welcome mat." The project, entitled "Hospitality," was inspired by the way in which color, typography, and first names are employed as marks of identity, much like the woven bracelets sold in handcraft market stalls along the border. Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Puente Mexico, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) San Ysidro, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 181, DVD 01) Tijuana, Río, México, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Border Crossing Name Tags Political Art Carpets Collaboration Color Boundaries Names Paintings (Visual Works) Public Art Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Paths Information Signs Bridges (Built Works) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Grids (Layout Features)contributor Calisphere -
Blue Granite Shift
title Blue Granite Shiftdescription California Center for the Arts Museum (Escondido, Calif.) For inSITE94, Mathieu Gregoire created a permanent installation for the central courtyard of the California Center for the Arts, Escondido. Entitled "Blue Granite Shift/Transición del granite azul," the piece is made of granite quarried from the hills surrounding the cultural complex. Extending 500 feet throughout the courtyard, the work moves from rough granite boulders to increasingly more cut and polished stones, finally ending with completely square granite elements. Likewise, the landscaping follows a similar evolution from native plants and trees to more formal and decorative varieties. The work suggests development in the area as having been wrought from the natural environment. --inSITE94 Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 05, Item 134) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gregoire, Mathieusubject Landscape Architecture Orchards Sculpture (Visual Work) Escondido (Calif.) Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
Aerial Bridge: Yellow Border Line And Border Patrol
title Aerial Bridge: Yellow Border Line And Border Patroldescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Boundaries Hobbies San Diego (Calif.) Political Art Flight Insite_05 Performance Art Uniforms Contests Lines (Artistic Concept) Border Patrols Aeronautics Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Play Model Airplane Racing Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Maze: Cinder Block Pyramid Under Construction
title Maze: Cinder Block Pyramid Under Constructiondescription Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 170) With his two-part environmental installation for inSITE94, artist David Jurist's impulse was to create a project that took architecture and its impact on cultural history and development as its central issue. "Maíz/Maze" was located at the Children's museum of San Diego and in the Regents Park office Complex in La Jolla's Golden Triangle area. Using corn as his primary structural element, Jurist chose a large open area of land in the Golden Triangle and "grew" the floor plan of a typical Southern California condominium. As the corn grew, the floor plan transformed slowly into a maze. At the Children's Museum, Jurist built a pyramid using concrete blocks in the hollow of which he planted corn. A video monitor was installed at the center of the pyramid that continuously showed a static overhead image of the La Jolla corn maze. The artist noted that he wanted to reference the assimilation of cultures, and the flux that occurs between north and south in the region. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jurist, Davidsubject Landscape Architecture Earthworks (Sculpture) Real Estate Development San Diego (Calif.) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Pyramids Agriculture Border Art Gardens Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Rules Of The Game: Ball Court And Border Fence With Children Playing
title The Rules Of The Game: Ball Court And Border Fence With Children Playingdescription "The Rules of the Game/Las reglas del juego" was a project in two parts: the first part consisted of the installation of a frontón ball court in Colonia Libertad, Tijuana, positioned near to the border fence. The second part was a sports event at the Lazaro Cárdenas high school in Tijuana on October 13, 2000. The core element employed in "The Rules of the Game" consists of the recreational and sports infrastructure commonly found in the border zone that separates Mexico and the United States. Colonia Libertad, Baja California Norte, Mexico Preparatoria Federal Lázaro Cárdenas III Plantel Valle Sur, Tijuana Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 030) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Barriers Play Borderlands Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Sporting Goods Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Hospitality: General View Of Work In Progress
title Hospitality: General View Of Work In Progressdescription Barbosa and Ricalde proposed covering the Puente Mexico (the pedestrian bridge that crosses the Tijuana River and leads from Avenida Revolucion toward the international border crossing at San Ysidro) with a carpet of painted names: a "welcome mat." The project, entitled "Hospitality," was inspired by the way in which color, typography, and first names are employed as marks of identity, much like the woven bracelets sold in handcraft market stalls along the border. Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Puente Mexico, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) San Ysidro, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 181, DVD 01) Tijuana, Río, México, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Border Crossing Name Tags Political Art Carpets Collaboration Color Boundaries Names Paintings (Visual Works) Public Art Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Paths Information Signs Bridges (Built Works) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Grids (Layout Features)contributor Calisphere -
Poison Shelf: Detail Of Text
title Poison Shelf: Detail Of Textdescription Athenaeum Music & Arts Library (La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.)) Occupying a large section of the La Jolla Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, Ming Mur-Ray's installation for inSITE94 was entitled "CYM55296." Arranged on long shelves, the artist neatly installed rows of square wooden tablets displaying an invented language of calligraphy. Another element of the installation was rows of books sealed tight and with the phrase "See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil," on their covers, alluding to Censorship within the arts. Also, part of the work was a bookcase randomly stacked with books fond to be controversial or drawing public complaints. Together these elements created a dialogue around language and how public and private opinion often categorizes based on content. --inSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 242) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Mur-Ray, Mingsubject Language Political Art Prohibited Books Censorship Calligraphy Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Writingcontributor Calisphere -
Techno-Balero: Detail View Of Market
title Techno-Balero: Detail View Of Marketdescription Pasaje Gómez Market, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) San Diego-based artist Roman de Salvo created a project for inSITE2000 that followed his line of tongue-in-cheek works while at the same time cleverly pointing at issues of relevance and depth in contemporary culture and society. Using the balero, an iconic, inexpensive Mexican toy most often bought by tourists visiting Tijuana, de Salvo created the simulation of a high-tech video arcade game. With elements high and low coming together, de Salvo installed three "Techno-balero" stations in a typical downtown Tijuana market where one could play the baleros by manipulating a joystick that moved a mock "video" screen or, in actuality, a low-tech blinky image, showing the balero being played. As participants would successfully win each time the game was played, chimes connected to the joystick would ring in the background. --inSITE2000 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 091) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Salvo, Roman Desubject Humor Color Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Tops Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Games Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Andy Goldsworthy: Two Stones
title Andy Goldsworthy: Two Stonesdescription Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) British artist Andy Goldsworthy created a project for inSITE94 that illustrated his commitment to the use of organic material and the exploration of time as a central element within his work. Titled "Andy Goldsworthy: Two Stones/Andy Goldsworthy: dos piedras," the work was located at the San Diego Museum of Art and outside in Gold Gulch Canyon, Balboa Park. Created with two large boulders and wooden sticks covered with clay, the pieces were installed and left to dry and crack over the course of the exhibition. The artist documented the progression at each site daily, showing the effects of time on the clay. -- inSITE94 Garden and Landscape San Diego Museum of Art Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 04, Item 127) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Time Insite94 Nature Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Exhibition At The Pioneers Museum
title Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Exhibition At The Pioneers Museumdescription For inSITE2000 New York-based artist Allan McCollum created a multivenue project involving the participation of residents and institutions from the Imperial Valley and Valle de Mexicali region to the east of San Diego. Interested in participating in the establishment of a cultural identity and iconography for the region, McCollum was initially drawn to the area through learning about sand spikes, a unique natural geological concretion found only at the foot of Mt. Signal/El Centinela. With the mountain straddling the US-Mexico border, it was already established as a physical landmark and identifying symbol for locals on either side of the border. During extended residency periods McCollum collected artworks by local residents depicting the mountain and performed extensive research on the sand spike and Mt. Signal, as well as the local culture surrounding both. With his project "Signs of Mount Signal/Signos del Cerro del centinela," McCollum brought together the work of thirty-seven local artists showcasing the mountain and forged a collaboration between four regional institutions. The project included over one thousand cast replicas of the sand spike and Mt. Signal, a 16-foot sand spike sculpture, a large-scale model of Mt. Signal, collected historical information about the area, local artwork depicting the mountain, as well as twelve booklets produced by the artist on the subject of concretions. The project was shown in parts at the Museo de la Universidad Autonoma de Baja California, Mexicali, the Steppling Art Gallery at San Diego State University in Calexico, the Imperial County Historical Society Pioneer's Museum, and combined at the University Art Gallery at San Diego State University. --inSITE2000 Paintings Pioneers' Park Museum, Imperial, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 235) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscapes (Representations) Concretions Geology Natural History Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Landscape Painting, American Mexican-American Border Region Signal, Mount (Calif.) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Science Museumscontributor Calisphere -
Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R): Detail Of Blue Glass Bottles
title Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R): Detail Of Blue Glass Bottlesdescription San Francisco artist Mildred Howard sited her inSITE94 project in the baggage building of the Santa Fe Depot. Her installation consisted of two components, "Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r)/Hogar: el santuario para lo familia(r)" and "From Cotton to Coal ... the Last Train/Del algodón al carbón ... El último tren." As a continuation of her exploration of architectural forms and everyday materials that poetically call forth issues of cultural identity and memory, Howard chose to reinstall "Abode," first created for the San Jose Museum of Art. "Abode" and "From Cotton to Coal" reference Howard's own cultural history as an African-American woman --inSITE94 Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 152) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject African Americans Houses Political Art Color San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture (Visual Work) History Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Blue (Color) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Appliances: General View
title Appliances: General Viewdescription Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The room is filled with contraptions made from wires, parachutes and other found objects. In her videos the artist animates these objects and shows her concern with "devices we employ to gain control over nature." This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 354) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Smedley, Melissasubject Sculpture (Visual Work) Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Insite92 Nature Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Setting Up The Solar Collectors
title Dirty Water Initiative: Setting Up The Solar Collectorsdescription Architecture and City Planning San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) Science, Technology and Industry Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The U.S. art collective SIMPARCH began their investigative process by working with one of Tijuana's informal communties in collaboration with the Fundación Esperanza. They became especially interested in the threme of water, in particular the idea of purifying water using solar-based water distillation. The project, entitled "Dirty Water Initiative," has two phases: the first stage is to construct and install a small purification plant as a "public fountain" sited in the pedestrian walkway from San Ysidro to Tijuana at the U.S./Mexico port of entry; the second stage involves the donation of the distillation facility to an informal community in Tijuana. The deployment of these solar distillers, sealed in glass, more than an aesthetic effect at the urban scale, seeks to stimulate reflection about the problem of water, and the importance of researching ecological solutions that could achieve a direct impact at the community level within poor, informal settlements. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 197, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Water--Purification Political Art Boundaries Health Education Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Technology Water Treatment Plants Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Fountainscontributor Calisphere -
Horn Of Fuentes
title Horn Of Fuentesdescription Architecture and City Planning As a late inclusion in inSITE94, Lee Boroson's project grew out of his extended involvement with inSITE as Head Preparator. Located at Agua Caliente in Tijuana and sited over one of the tiled fountains around the central pool, Boroson's installation consisted of a wooden canopy structure trapping cloth-covered balloons. -- inSITE94 Centro Escolar Agua Caliente (Tijuana, Mexico) Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 048) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Pavilions (Garden Structures) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Public Sculpture Renovation Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Under The Table: General View
title Under The Table: General Viewdescription Los Angeles-based artist Robert Therrien's work for inSITE94 was titled "Under the Table/Debajo de la mesa." Sited at the Santa Fe Depot, the work consisted of an oversized dining table and four chairs. Playing with the scale of everyday objects, the work dwarfed the viewer and proposed a reconsideration of the conventional relationship between the participants and their environment. --inSITE94 Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 379) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Scale (Relative Size) Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Colossi Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Furniturecontributor Calisphere -
The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Aztec Dance Performance
title The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Aztec Dance Performancedescription Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Cindy Zimmerman's Community Engagement project for inSITE97 was the development of a new park environment at the landfill adjacent to Florida Canyon in Balboa Park. Constructing the piece over several months, Zimmerman involved children and families in the creation and placement of straw bales and clay in the landfill to make labyrinths, temporary earthworks, and adobe structures. "The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition of 1997/La gran exposicion del relleno del Balboa Park 1997" transformed an unused and unattractive plot of land into a new community park and art installation. Zimmerman led workshops and meetings throughout the project to involve the community and collaborate with the participants to create art from organic materials. -- inSITE97 Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 02, Item 430) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Zimmerman, Cindysubject Landfills Renovation Play Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Insite97 Dance Installations (Visual Works) Headdressescontributor Calisphere -
Sails Project: General View Of Santa Fe Train Station With Facade
title Sails Project: General View Of Santa Fe Train Station With Facadedescription After a visit to California, Cuban artist Jose Bedia proposed to address the subject of cultural mythology and modes of transportation in his installation "Sails Project/Proyecto de velas para navegar." Covering the entrance façade of the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego with large yellow sails displaying silhouettes of mythological figures, Bedia's piece explored issues of Colonization and the subjugation and preservation of culture. Incorporating the names of Native American tribes and John Henry, it touched on California's past and in turn brought about a consideration of the confluence of cultures between Mexico and the US. --inSITE94 Architecture and City Planning Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 041) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Façades Mythology Colonization Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Insite94 Murals (Any Medium) Silhouettes Transportation Buildings Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
America: Detail Of Plexiglas Case Where Ants Bring Colored Sand From "Flags"
title America: Detail Of Plexiglas Case Where Ants Bring Colored Sand From "Flags"description For inSITE94, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi contributed two distinct installations titled "Wandering Position/Vagamundos" and "America/America," which were installed at the Santa Fe Depot and the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, respectively. Yanagi's work "America" had been installed previously in variations at different institutions around the world. For this installation the artist chose to include thirty-six flags of each country of the Americas in his elaborate ant farm. Over the course of the exhibition the ants created tunnels through the various flags and the colored sand that was used was gradually mixed, thereby creating new symbols. -- inSITE94 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 02, Item 419) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Sandpaintings Political Art Humor Paintings (Visual Works) Sculpture (Visual Work) Nationalism Performance Art Insite94 Drawings (Visual Works) Process Art Border Art Flagscontributor Calisphere -
In(Fo)Site San Diego: Interior
title In(Fo)Site San Diego: Interiordescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design San Diego-based architect Hector Perez was commissioned for inSITE2000 with a specific charge to create two sites, one in San Diego and one in Tijuana, that would function as information hubs for the exhibition as well as house several finished projects. The intention was to create a space where the public could view inSITE2000 media-based projects and peruse materials related to the exhibition in general. The two sites also functioned as gathering places for several panel discussions and artist lectures for the Conversations series that was one of the components of inSITE2000. Perez incorporated elements into his design that he found central to the San Diego-Tijuana landscape, such as simplicity, mobility, economy, adaptability, and multi-functionality. In Tijuana the in(fo)SITE was located at the Centro Cultural Tijuana and in San Diego the in(fo)SITE was located downtown in the Spreckels Theater Building on First Avenue. --inSITE2000 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Spreckels Theater, San Diego, California, United States This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 278) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Interior Decoration Boundaries Border Art Public Art Information Centers (Facilities) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Information Projections (Visual Works) Public Spaces Multiuse Buildings Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
El Round Nuestro De Cada Día: General View Of "Boxers" In Ring
title El Round Nuestro De Cada Día: General View Of "Boxers" In Ringdescription Manolo Escutia's inSITE97 work, "El round nuestro de cada día/Our Daily Rounds," consisted of four monumentally scaled boxing figures in the style of traditional small wooden Mexican "thumb toys." Made to be fully operable by the viewer, the boxers were installed at the Palenque (cock-fighting pit) in Playas de Tijuana. In a statement about the work, Escutia referred to the endless fighting humans engage in, against the struggles of daily life, others, and the self. His work presented the stage for confrontation, but left it to the viewer to either realize victory or admit defeat. --inSITE97 Palenque, Cortijo San Jose, Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 04, Item 113) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boxers (Sports) Arenas Battles Political Art Cockfighting Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Violence Performance Art Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Cross The Razor: Aerial View
title Cross The Razor: Aerial Viewdescription Border Field State Park Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Terry Allen's project, "Cross the Razor/Cruzar la navaja," was located on both sides of the US-Mexico border fence. Working to establish some sort of platform for communication across the fence, Allen's proposal for a public exchange of words and music evolved from two stationary free-speech areas to two mobile units. Two vans were outfitted with wooden platforms, microphones, amplifiers, and translators, one for each side of the border. For the duration of the project the two vans met at various points along the border fence near Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park; and an open invitation was extended to all to climb onto the vans and communicate by any means to listeners on the other side. - inSITE94 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 020) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Language Public Speaking Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite94 Fences Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Toy An Horse: Installed At The U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing
title Toy An Horse: Installed At The U.S.-Mexico Border Crossingdescription For inSITE97, Marcos Ramirez ERRE collaborated with several artists to construct "Toy an Horse," a monumental wood and metal replica of the iconic Trojan Horse. Installed directly on top of the monument marking the border about 50 meters from the border cross-checkpoint at San Ysidro, the horse was visible to the 50,000 people crossing the border by car every day. Ramirez stated that the purpose of the project was to use the narrative symbolism of the Trojan horse to stimulate discussion about the border, invasion, cultural exchange, and dependency. --inSITE97 San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 293) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Border Crossing Boundaries Satire (Artistic Device) Insite97 Horses Trojan War Political Art Public Art Economics Emigration And Immigration Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Trojan Horse (Greek Mythology) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Janus-Facedcontributor Calisphere -
Some Kindly Monster: Left Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exterior
title Some Kindly Monster: Left Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exteriordescription Chris Ferreria's project, "Some Kindly Monster," was inspired by the expressive car culture that defines much of Southern California, and in particular the communities of Southeast San Diego and National City. By bringing together two distinct car customizers, who wouldn't normally collaborate together, Ferreria sought to create a monster vehicle that would embody his co-participants divergent aesthetics. In addition, Ferreria enlisted the contribution of three locally based DJs who created new recordings based on sampled field recordings taken from specific neighborhoods in San Diego. -- inSite_05 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design East San Diego, San Diego (Calif.) Graphic Design and Illustration Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 185, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ferreria, Christophersubject Popular Culture Automobiles Political Art Color Neighborhoods Music Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Trucks--Customizing Caricatures And Cartoons Portable Border Art Flamecontributor Calisphere -
Tijuana Projection
title Tijuana Projectiondescription After a two-year process, Krzysztof Wodiczko's project culminated in two evenings of projections on the 60-foot-diameter façade of the Omnimax Theater at the Centro Cultural Tijuana. Known for his large-scale outdoor projections, with "Tijuana Projection/Proyección en Tijuana" Wodiczko wanted to use progressive technology to give voice and visibility to the women who work in the maquiladora industry in Tijuana. The projections consisted of prerecorded materials interspersed with live feeds from a headset with an integrated camera and microphone designed by the artist and worn by the participating women. This was Wodiczko's first time creating a projection incorporating live segments, adding a certain immediacy and potency to the presentation of these very personal accounts. In preparation for the projection, the artist conducted nearly one year of workshops with eight participating women. His work with these eight women was facilitated through two organizations based in Tijuana, (Factor X and Yeuani), that are dedicated to helping women who face difficulties in the workplace or at home. The pre-recorded and live personal testimonies given by the eight women focused on work-related and sexual abuse, family disintegration, alcoholism, and domestic violence. The scale at which these stories were heard and witnessed in the open space of the city and by an audience of more than 1,500 on the Centro plaza over the two nights created a powerful impact and literally magnified what so often never gets spoken about. The projections took place February 23 and 24, 2001. -- inSITE2000 Centro Cultural Tijuana Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 412) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wodiczko, Krzysztofsubject Offshore Assembly Industry Testimonies Workers Boundaries Violence Face Labor Emotions Border Art Projections (Visual Works) Suffering Collective Biographies Biography Portraits Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Sand Covered Floor
title Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Sand Covered Floordescription Artist Johnny Coleman described his installation "Crossroads/BAGGAGE BUILDING/Encrucijadas/BODEGA DE EQUIPAJE," located in the baggage building in the Santa Fe Depot, as a "found poem consisting of stories collected by following the tracks." The artist spent months traveling the California railroad to collect stories of migration and personal accounts of working on the railroad. These traces provided the material for the various elements in the installation, including audio narratives, music, various props, and construction elements. --inSITE94 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 070) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Memory Sculpture (Visual Work) Travel Mexican-American Border Region Travelers Poetry Insite94 Luggage Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Untitled Depot: View Of Space Between Walls With Bed Spring "Ring"
title Untitled Depot: View Of Space Between Walls With Bed Spring "Ring"description Garden and Landscape Nari Ward's "Untitled Depot/Estacion sin titulo," installed at Playas de Tijuana, was an interactive piece that brought people together. Dedicated to the healer and child in everyone, the installation was constructed from doors, bed springs, and other found materials that visitors could walk through and experiment with. Ward felt that the physical interaction that brought visitors together inside the installation was vital for the totality of the piece. The bed springs that encouraged visitors to jump up and down on were based on Ward's interest in suspension, and the balance it implies between rest and motion -- inSITE97 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 401) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Play Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroom: View From Street
title The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroom: View From Streetdescription João Louro's project "The Jewel / In God We Trust" traces the inverted trajectory of the recycling dynamic that characterizes the border zone. His project begins with the selection of a European car recovered from a junkyard in Tijuana and transformed into a "jewel" through the addition of a skin of gold leaf. Once this trash object is transformed into a opulent gold sculpture it will be exhibited and auctioned in San Diego. Proceeds from the sale will be given to an elementary school in Tijuana and used to support visual art workshops for children, where students will be encouraged to add further layers of imagery to the paper money. --inSite_05 La Jolla, San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 189, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Louro, Joãosubject Automobiles Junkyards Humor Junk Sculpture Sculpture (Visual Work) Consumers Automobile Showrooms Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Wealth Performance Art Ferrari, S.P.A Recycling Parody Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Level View Of Tijuana With Buddha And Bart Simpson
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Level View Of Tijuana With Buddha And Bart Simpsondescription "Stairway of the Ancients" is a complex stairway, probably built in the 1920s, leading up to the Casa de la Cultura. It is in disrepair with parts that are eroded or broken. To try to keep within this context, the figurines that MacConnel has cast, purchased from street vendors, are irregular, broken and "antiqued." The "Ancients" are funny, sad, prideful, odd remnants of tourist art. La Escalinata, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 214) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Macconnel, Kimsubject Popular Culture Stairs Aesthetics Graffiti Statues Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Kitsch Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
A Lesson In Civics
title A Lesson In Civicsdescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Paintings Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 203) With her project for inSITE94, San Diego artist Jean Lowe created an installation that mirrored much of her previous work as a cunning commentary on an issue relevant to the current times. At the Casa de la Cultura Municipal in Tijuana, Lowe chose to rework the interior of one classroom. Entitled "A Lesson in Civics/Una lección de civismo," the classroom was richly outfitted with elements such as school desks, books, educational charts, and posters created by the artist in painted papier-mâché that distinctly referenced the topic of civics and how we learn to relate to other species. As the artist herself said about the work, she wanted to create an environment that encouraged a rethinking of the already known. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Libraries Political Art Humor Books Education Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Animal Culture Classrooms Insite94 Kitsch Parody Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Carpark: White Cars With Sign
title Carpark: White Cars With Signdescription Architecture and City Planning Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Southwestern College (Chula Vista, Calif.) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 193) Working as a collective for their contribution to inSITE94, Nina Katchadourian, Steven Matheson, and Mark Tribe created "Carpark/Estacionamiento" at Southwestern College in Chula Vista. The project involved the participation of students, faculty and staff of the college, all of whom were asked to park for one day in a designated area determined by the color of their vehicle, ranging from aqua to metallic raspberry. The project was carried out on August 31, 1994, and at the end of the commuter rush the parking lots of Southwestern College were completely color sorted. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject White (Color) Conceptual Parking Lots Automobiles Color Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite94 Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Hospitality: Painting In Progress: Day Four
title Hospitality: Painting In Progress: Day Fourdescription Barbosa and Ricalde proposed covering the Puente Mexico (the pedestrian bridge that crosses the Tijuana River and leads from Avenida Revolucion toward the international border crossing at San Ysidro) with a carpet of painted names: a "welcome mat." The project, entitled "Hospitality," was inspired by the way in which color, typography, and first names are employed as marks of identity, much like the woven bracelets sold in handcraft market stalls along the border. Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Puente Mexico, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) San Ysidro, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 181, DVD 01) Tijuana, Río, México, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Border Crossing Name Tags Political Art Carpets Collaboration Color Boundaries Names Paintings (Visual Works) Public Art Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Paths Information Signs Bridges (Built Works) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Grids (Layout Features)contributor Calisphere -
Apparitions: Detail Of Audience Member With Projection In Background
title Apparitions: Detail Of Audience Member With Projection In Backgrounddescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The collaborative group VITAL SIGNS, composed of artists and computer programmers at the University of California, San Diego, created a computer-generated virtual reality environment using video projections that combined the real with the virtual. An effort to understand and investigate the then new virtual technology and its impact of the real gave rise to the group's project for inSITE94, titled "APPARITIONS." Within the created environment of "APPARITIONS" one could interact on screen under an assumed identity with other participants who had entered the created world. VITAL SIGNS members for inSITE94 included Sheldon Brown, Kelly Coyne, Cheryl Devereaux, Jason Ditmars, Brian Duggan, Christa Erickson, Dorota Jakubowski, Tim Nohe, Eric Riel, Mark Tribe, Niklas Vollmer and Payton White. This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 394) University of California, San Diego. University Art Gallery [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Identity (Philosophical Concept) Virtual Reality (Vr) Audiences Insite94 Technology Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Middle Of The Road
title The Middle Of The Roaddescription After her initial residency in the region, Mexico City artist Silvia Gruner was drawn to working directly on the border fence. She chose a stretch of the fence running along the residential neighborhood of Colonia Libertad in Tijuana. Entitled "The Middle of the Road/La mitad del camino," the installation consisted of more than 100 replicas of the Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl in a birthing position on metal stools, mounted directly onto the border fence. The goddess suggests fertility, a point of passage - an entering through the ritual of birth where life is being recycled or regenerated. Colonia Libertad, Baja California Norte, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 05, Item 135) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gruner, Sylviasubject Childbirth Walls Goddesses Political Art Boundaries Stools Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Fertility Tlazolteotl (Aztec Deity) Insite94 Fences Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Aerial Bridge: Toy Helicopter Flying Over Yellow U.S. - Mexico Border Demarcation Line
title Aerial Bridge: Toy Helicopter Flying Over Yellow U.S. - Mexico Border Demarcation Linedescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Boundaries Hobbies San Diego (Calif.) Rockets (Aeronautics) Political Art Flight Insite_05 Performance Art Contests Rivers Lines (Artistic Concept) Aeronautics Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Play Model Airplane Racing Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Maleteros
title Maleterosdescription Architecture and City Planning Mark Bradford's project involves an intervention into the pre-existing labor dynamic of porters (maleteros) who work along the narrow border strip linking Tijuana and San Diego. "Maleteros" aims to facilitate, and make visible, porter services that for over two decades have been offered informally, or at least without formal recognition, between various access points at the San Ysidro border crossing. San Ysidro, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 182, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Bradford, Marksubject Political Art Collaboration Porters Workers Public Art Insite_05 Economics Labor Mexican-American Border Region Border Art Information Signscontributor Calisphere -
Project At Maclovio Rojas: Detail Of Wall
title Project At Maclovio Rojas: Detail Of Walldescription Brazilian artist Monica Nador began her project for inSITE2000 with a two-month residency in the community of Maclovio Rojas in Tijuana. Challenging traditional notions of the role of the artist and audience, Nador worked with ten families in the community to implement a collaborative form of decoration for the exterior of their homes. Encouraging each family to identify ancestral signs, symbols, and other imagery associated with their regional and cultural heritage, Nador and a small team of assistant artists began a process of creating stencils to be used in decorating their houses. Working in the community for approximately six months, the artist's motivation that "beauty is good for mental and spiritual health" resulted in brightly painted and decorated houses that residents in the entire community saw as unifying and adding visual wealth that could be shared by all. A video documenting Accion en Maclovio Rojas/Project at Maclovio Rojas was produced as part of the project. --inSITE2000 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Maclovio Rojas, Tijuana, Baja California Sur, Mexico Paintings Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 243) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Dwellings Painting (Coating) Houses Color Boundaries Neighborhoods Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Beautycontributor Calisphere -
Techno-Balero: Detail View Of Market
title Techno-Balero: Detail View Of Marketdescription Pasaje Gómez Market, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) San Diego-based artist Roman de Salvo created a project for inSITE2000 that followed his line of tongue-in-cheek works while at the same time cleverly pointing at issues of relevance and depth in contemporary culture and society. Using the balero, an iconic, inexpensive Mexican toy most often bought by tourists visiting Tijuana, de Salvo created the simulation of a high-tech video arcade game. With elements high and low coming together, de Salvo installed three "Techno-balero" stations in a typical downtown Tijuana market where one could play the baleros by manipulating a joystick that moved a mock "video" screen or, in actuality, a low-tech blinky image, showing the balero being played. As participants would successfully win each time the game was played, chimes connected to the joystick would ring in the background. --inSITE2000 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 092) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Salvo, Roman Desubject Humor Color Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Tops Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Games Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Heir Loom: Aerial View
title Heir Loom: Aerial Viewdescription California State University San Marcos Entitled "Heir Loom," Sand Diego artist Anne Mudge's project for inSITE94 consisted of a performance on the campus of California State University, San Marcos. In a courtyard of gridded grassy squares, the artist invited twenty participants to tell a story, to share a fragment of history specific to a person or event related to San Marcos. Within twenty grassy squares were carved body imprints, the grass and plant material removed, and each square was identified with a tile inscribed with the name of the participant as well as an acknowledgement of the person or event remembered. Each body recess filled with plant remains was lit on fire, symbolizing the cycle of life and death. The end of the project was marked by the planting of new growth with the body imprints, suggesting the start of a new story and with the trace of the memory of the event. --inSITE94 Garden and Landscape Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 236) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Mudge, Annesubject Landscape Architecture Conceptual Memory Local Histories Sculpture (Visual Work) Narration (Rhetoric) Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Performance Art Insite94 Commemorations (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
You Can'T Get There From Here
title You Can'T Get There From Heredescription Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The collaborative contribution to inSITE94 by San Diego artists Mario Lara and Barbara Sexton, "You Can't Get There from Here/No puedes ir allá desde aquí," was located at the Centro Cultural de la Raza in San Diego. Consisting of two main elements, the installation dealt with the relationship between trophies of achievement and the individual self-image that often dispels the very essence of what is publicly recognized. The artists created numerous plaques and trophies that were displayed salon style on the walls of the space, while the other central element, a billboard prop, outwardly proclaimed the word PARADISO. - inSITE94 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 200) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Collaboration Humor Pistols Collage--Technique Border Art Mexican-American Border Region Kitsch Insite94 Maps Plaques (Flat Objects) Trophies (Objects) Installations (Visual Works) Californiacontributor Calisphere -
Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R): General View Of Installation In Santa Fe Depot
title Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R): General View Of Installation In Santa Fe Depotdescription San Francisco artist Mildred Howard sited her inSITE94 project in the baggage building of the Santa Fe Depot. Her installation consisted of two components, "Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r)/Hogar: el santuario para lo familia(r)" and "From Cotton to Coal ... the Last Train/Del algodón al carbón ... El último tren." As a continuation of her exploration of architectural forms and everyday materials that poetically call forth issues of cultural identity and memory, Howard chose to reinstall "Abode," first created for the San Jose Museum of Art. "Abode" and "From Cotton to Coal" reference Howard's own cultural history as an African-American woman --inSITE94 Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 153) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject African Americans Houses Political Art Color San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture (Visual Work) History Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Blue (Color) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Setting Up The Solar Collectors
title Dirty Water Initiative: Setting Up The Solar Collectorsdescription Architecture and City Planning San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) Science, Technology and Industry Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The U.S. art collective SIMPARCH began their investigative process by working with one of Tijuana's informal communties in collaboration with the Fundación Esperanza. They became especially interested in the threme of water, in particular the idea of purifying water using solar-based water distillation. The project, entitled "Dirty Water Initiative," has two phases: the first stage is to construct and install a small purification plant as a "public fountain" sited in the pedestrian walkway from San Ysidro to Tijuana at the U.S./Mexico port of entry; the second stage involves the donation of the distillation facility to an informal community in Tijuana. The deployment of these solar distillers, sealed in glass, more than an aesthetic effect at the urban scale, seeks to stimulate reflection about the problem of water, and the importance of researching ecological solutions that could achieve a direct impact at the community level within poor, informal settlements. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 197, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Water--Purification Political Art Boundaries Health Education Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Technology Water Treatment Plants Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Fountainscontributor Calisphere -
Appliances: Video Tower
title Appliances: Video Towerdescription Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The room is filled with contraptions made from wires, parachutes and other found objects. In her videos the artist animates these objects and shows her concern with "devices we employ to gain control over nature." This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 355) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Smedley, Melissasubject Sculpture (Visual Work) Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Insite92 Nature Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Horn Of Fuentes
title Horn Of Fuentesdescription Architecture and City Planning As a late inclusion in inSITE94, Lee Boroson's project grew out of his extended involvement with inSITE as Head Preparator. Located at Agua Caliente in Tijuana and sited over one of the tiled fountains around the central pool, Boroson's installation consisted of a wooden canopy structure trapping cloth-covered balloons. -- inSITE94 Centro Escolar Agua Caliente (Tijuana, Mexico) Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 049) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Pavilions (Garden Structures) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Public Sculpture Renovation Border Art Fountainscontributor Calisphere -
Under The Table: View From Under The Gigantic Table And Chairs
title Under The Table: View From Under The Gigantic Table And Chairsdescription Los Angeles-based artist Robert Therrien's work for inSITE94 was titled "Under the Table/Debajo de la mesa." Sited at the Santa Fe Depot, the work consisted of an oversized dining table and four chairs. Playing with the scale of everyday objects, the work dwarfed the viewer and proposed a reconsideration of the conventional relationship between the participants and their environment. --inSITE94 Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 380) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Scale (Relative Size) Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Colossi Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Furniturecontributor Calisphere -
The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Family Examining An Adobe Sculpture
title The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Family Examining An Adobe Sculpturedescription Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Cindy Zimmerman's Community Engagement project for inSITE97 was the development of a new park environment at the landfill adjacent to Florida Canyon in Balboa Park. Constructing the piece over several months, Zimmerman involved children and families in the creation and placement of straw bales and clay in the landfill to make labyrinths, temporary earthworks, and adobe structures. "The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition of 1997/La gran exposicion del relleno del Balboa Park 1997" transformed an unused and unattractive plot of land into a new community park and art installation. Zimmerman led workshops and meetings throughout the project to involve the community and collaborate with the participants to create art from organic materials. -- inSITE97 Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 02, Item 431) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Zimmerman, Cindysubject Landfills Community Arts Projects Play Workshops (Seminars) Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Artistic Collaborationcontributor Calisphere -
Rowing In Eden
title Rowing In Edendescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97, Deborah Small created an installation and digital presentation at the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego, entitled "Rowing in Eden/Remando en el Eden/Pelando en el Eden/Formando Hileras." A collaboration with three other artists, the installation explored the historical relationship between women and plants, focusing on the women who became labeled as witches for their unique knowledge as herbalists or healers. The installation included dried and live plants, a digital projection with images, text and voice, and an audio installation with voice and music. It emphasized not only the women's persecution but also celebrated their extraordinary powers and insight into consciousness and divinity. --inSITE97 Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 348) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Computer-Generated Women Collaboration Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Shamans Insite97 Herbalists Traditional Medicine Healers Video Art Curanderismocontributor Calisphere -
A Corner Of The World… Land: Detail Of Mural
title A Corner Of The World… Land: Detail Of Muraldescription Paintings Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 254) Tijuana artist Oscar Ortega's project for inSITE94, "A Corner of a World ... Land/Una esquina de un mundo ... tierra" was a mural sited on an abandoned and collapsing building located just yards from the Pacific Ocean and the border fence at Playas de Tijuana. In 1994 the artist restored the mural, originally created in 1992, to reinvigorate its points of reference. According to Ortega, the mural illustrated a ship whose crew is facing the choice of either heading south or north all while having to repair and maintain the vessel for the voyage that ultimately lies ahead. --inSITE94 Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ortega, Oscarsubject Restoration Boundaries Mexican-American Border Region Vessels Beaches Insite94 Murals (Any Medium) Painting (Image-Making) Voyages And Travels Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
Awasinake (On The Other Side): General View Of Theatre Facade And Marquee
title Awasinake (On The Other Side): General View Of Theatre Facade And Marqueedescription Casino Theatre, San Diego (Calif.) For inSITE97, Rebecca Belmore created a large-scale photographic work installed on the abandoned marquee of the historic Casino Theatre in downtown San Diego. "Awasinake (on the Other Side)/Awasinake (en el otro lado)" was based on the ritual of waiting to cross the border from Mexico to the US. Belmore wanted the photographs of indigenous women waiting at the border fence in Tijuana to reflect the mood of the dilapidated Casino Theatre itself, waiting to be reclaimed and refurbished by the city. The size and elongated format of the portraits evoked the feel of an epic narrative unfolding before the viewer. --inSITE97 Photographs Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 042) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Refurbishment Façades Political Art Portraits Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Marquees Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
America: Detail Of Canadian And United States "Flags"
title America: Detail Of Canadian And United States "Flags"description For inSITE94, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi contributed two distinct installations titled "Wandering Position/Vagamundos" and "America/America," which were installed at the Santa Fe Depot and the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, respectively. Yanagi's work "America" had been installed previously in variations at different institutions around the world. For this installation the artist chose to include thirty-six flags of each country of the Americas in his elaborate ant farm. Over the course of the exhibition the ants created tunnels through the various flags and the colored sand that was used was gradually mixed, thereby creating new symbols. -- inSITE94 Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 02, Item 420) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Yanagi, Yukinorisubject Sandpaintings Political Art Humor Paintings (Visual Works) Sculpture (Visual Work) Nationalism Performance Art Insite94 Drawings (Visual Works) Process Art Border Art Flagscontributor Calisphere -
Drops: Gigantic Concrete Dice Installed At The Santa Fe Depot In San Diego
title Drops: Gigantic Concrete Dice Installed At The Santa Fe Depot In San Diegodescription For Iran do Espírito Santo's inSITE97 project, "Drops," twenty concrete dice were scattered among sites in San Diego and Tijuana, ten in each city. The "Drops," situated in public places, could be seen or even sat upon by a number of passersby, but only chance could allow visitors to see more than one die and understand that they were viewing an artwork. Espírito Santo explained that the installation dealt with paradoxes on different levels. The entire installation could not be perceived at any one moment, and the oversized dice did not function as the objects they represented. By the end of the exhibition, many of the dice had been removed or damaged, their fate left to chance. A few dice remain in their original locations. --inSITE97 Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 04, Item 114) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Play Gambling Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Floor Pieces (Art) Mexican-American Border Region Dice Games Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
You Are Aquí: Heavy Traffic Under The Puente Mexico
title You Are Aquí: Heavy Traffic Under The Puente Mexicodescription Cuban-born artist Arturo Cuenca was drawn to work with the visual language of billboards that crowd the US-Mexican border crossing at San Ysidro. With "You Are Aquí" Cuenca pointed to the obvious - locating border crossers exactly at the point of transition between the two countries. Borrowing from the visual language of the surrounding billboards. Cuenca constructed a new billboard with a manipulated satellite image of the border and had it installed on the Puente Mexico, the pedestrian bridge that crosses the lines of vehicular border traffic. Acting as a location marker, the work was seen by more than 45,000 commuters daily. --inSITE2000 Photographs Puente Mexico, San Ysidro, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 078) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Satellite Imagery Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Site-Specific Works Mexican-American Border Region Billboards (Site Elements) Commuting Traffic City Planning Express Highways Insite2000 Bridges (Built Works) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
In(Fo)Site San Diego: Interior
title In(Fo)Site San Diego: Interiordescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design San Diego-based architect Hector Perez was commissioned for inSITE2000 with a specific charge to create two sites, one in San Diego and one in Tijuana, that would function as information hubs for the exhibition as well as house several finished projects. The intention was to create a space where the public could view inSITE2000 media-based projects and peruse materials related to the exhibition in general. The two sites also functioned as gathering places for several panel discussions and artist lectures for the Conversations series that was one of the components of inSITE2000. Perez incorporated elements into his design that he found central to the San Diego-Tijuana landscape, such as simplicity, mobility, economy, adaptability, and multi-functionality. In Tijuana the in(fo)SITE was located at the Centro Cultural Tijuana and in San Diego the in(fo)SITE was located downtown in the Spreckels Theater Building on First Avenue. --inSITE2000 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Spreckels Theater, San Diego, California, United States This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 279) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Reading Rooms Daylight Interior Decoration Boundaries Reading Public Art Information Centers (Facilities) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Multiuse Information Libraries (Rooms) Public Spaces Insite2000 Buildings Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Cross The Razor
title Cross The Razordescription Border Field State Park Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Terry Allen's project, "Cross the Razor/Cruzar la navaja," was located on both sides of the US-Mexico border fence. Working to establish some sort of platform for communication across the fence, Allen's proposal for a public exchange of words and music evolved from two stationary free-speech areas to two mobile units. Two vans were outfitted with wooden platforms, microphones, amplifiers, and translators, one for each side of the border. For the duration of the project the two vans met at various points along the border fence near Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park; and an open invitation was extended to all to climb onto the vans and communicate by any means to listeners on the other side. - inSITE94 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 021) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Allen, Terrysubject Language Public Speaking Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite94 Fences Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Union Market Island Front: View Of The Corner Of Tbe Building
title Union Market Island Front: View Of The Corner Of Tbe Buildingdescription Architecture and City Planning Paintings San Diego-based artist Patricia Patterson's project for inSITE94 showcased her career-long engagement with color on a monumental city-block-scale. Working directly with the exterior of the entire Children's Museum of San Diego, Patterson selected a color pallet that would transform every surface of the Museum. Titled "union market island front," according to the four city streets surrounding the footprint of the museum, the block came alive through the colors chosen by the artist. The exterior transformation of the Museum was part of larger effort to establish a lasting identity for the institution and as an extension thereof. Patterson collaborated simultaneously with graphic designer Leah Roschke in designing the logo that would likewise come to represent the Museum. --inSITE94 Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 268) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Color Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Insite94 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Toy An Horse: Installed At The U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing
title Toy An Horse: Installed At The U.S.-Mexico Border Crossingdescription For inSITE97, Marcos Ramirez ERRE collaborated with several artists to construct "Toy an Horse," a monumental wood and metal replica of the iconic Trojan Horse. Installed directly on top of the monument marking the border about 50 meters from the border cross-checkpoint at San Ysidro, the horse was visible to the 50,000 people crossing the border by car every day. Ramirez stated that the purpose of the project was to use the narrative symbolism of the Trojan horse to stimulate discussion about the border, invasion, cultural exchange, and dependency. --inSITE97 San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 294) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Border Crossing Boundaries Satire (Artistic Device) Insite97 Horses Trojan War Political Art Public Art Economics Emigration And Immigration Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Trojan Horse (Greek Mythology) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Janus-Facedcontributor Calisphere -
Some Kindly Monster: Left Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exterior: Flames
title Some Kindly Monster: Left Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exterior: Flamesdescription Chris Ferreria's project, "Some Kindly Monster," was inspired by the expressive car culture that defines much of Southern California, and in particular the communities of Southeast San Diego and National City. By bringing together two distinct car customizers, who wouldn't normally collaborate together, Ferreria sought to create a monster vehicle that would embody his co-participants divergent aesthetics. In addition, Ferreria enlisted the contribution of three locally based DJs who created new recordings based on sampled field recordings taken from specific neighborhoods in San Diego. -- inSite_05 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design East San Diego, San Diego (Calif.) Graphic Design and Illustration Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 185, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ferreria, Christophersubject Popular Culture Automobiles Political Art Color Neighborhoods Music Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Trucks--Customizing Caricatures And Cartoons Portable Border Art Flamecontributor Calisphere -
Tijuana Projection
title Tijuana Projectiondescription After a two-year process, Krzysztof Wodiczko's project culminated in two evenings of projections on the 60-foot-diameter façade of the Omnimax Theater at the Centro Cultural Tijuana. Known for his large-scale outdoor projections, with "Tijuana Projection/Proyección en Tijuana" Wodiczko wanted to use progressive technology to give voice and visibility to the women who work in the maquiladora industry in Tijuana. The projections consisted of prerecorded materials interspersed with live feeds from a headset with an integrated camera and microphone designed by the artist and worn by the participating women. This was Wodiczko's first time creating a projection incorporating live segments, adding a certain immediacy and potency to the presentation of these very personal accounts. In preparation for the projection, the artist conducted nearly one year of workshops with eight participating women. His work with these eight women was facilitated through two organizations based in Tijuana, (Factor X and Yeuani), that are dedicated to helping women who face difficulties in the workplace or at home. The pre-recorded and live personal testimonies given by the eight women focused on work-related and sexual abuse, family disintegration, alcoholism, and domestic violence. The scale at which these stories were heard and witnessed in the open space of the city and by an audience of more than 1,500 on the Centro plaza over the two nights created a powerful impact and literally magnified what so often never gets spoken about. The projections took place February 23 and 24, 2001. -- inSITE2000 Centro Cultural Tijuana Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 413) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Offshore Assembly Industry Testimonies Workers Boundaries Violence Face Labor Emotions Border Art Projections (Visual Works) Suffering Collective Biographies Biography Portraits Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Untitled Depot
title Untitled Depotdescription Garden and Landscape Nari Ward's "Untitled Depot/Estacion sin titulo," installed at Playas de Tijuana, was an interactive piece that brought people together. Dedicated to the healer and child in everyone, the installation was constructed from doors, bed springs, and other found materials that visitors could walk through and experiment with. Ward felt that the physical interaction that brought visitors together inside the installation was vital for the totality of the piece. The bed springs that encouraged visitors to jump up and down on were based on Ward's interest in suspension, and the balance it implies between rest and motion -- inSITE97 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 402) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Play Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Sand Covered Floor
title Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Sand Covered Floordescription Artist Johnny Coleman described his installation "Crossroads/BAGGAGE BUILDING/Encrucijadas/BODEGA DE EQUIPAJE," located in the baggage building in the Santa Fe Depot, as a "found poem consisting of stories collected by following the tracks." The artist spent months traveling the California railroad to collect stories of migration and personal accounts of working on the railroad. These traces provided the material for the various elements in the installation, including audio narratives, music, various props, and construction elements. --inSITE94 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 071) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Memory Sculpture (Visual Work) Travel Mexican-American Border Region Travelers Poetry Insite94 Luggage Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Saline: Geveral View Toward Ocean
title Saline: Geveral View Toward Oceandescription For inSITE94, artist Nina Karavasiles created "Saline/La salina" at the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum, part of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. The artist built a salt-filled trough that extended from the aquarium-museum courtyard down the hillside towards the water, creating a visual connection to the seaside, the Scripps Pier, and the ocean beyond. Alongside the trough were Plexiglas enclosures containing salt water. Over the course of the exhibition the water evaporated leaving behind salt crystals. --inSITE94 Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 179) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Karavasiles, Ninasubject Pacific Ocean Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Views Mexican-American Border Region Piers (Marine Landings) Landscapes (Environments) Insite94 Oceans Process Art Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Perspectivecontributor Calisphere -
The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroom
title The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroomdescription João Louro's project "The Jewel / In God We Trust" traces the inverted trajectory of the recycling dynamic that characterizes the border zone. His project begins with the selection of a European car recovered from a junkyard in Tijuana and transformed into a "jewel" through the addition of a skin of gold leaf. Once this trash object is transformed into a opulent gold sculpture it will be exhibited and auctioned in San Diego. Proceeds from the sale will be given to an elementary school in Tijuana and used to support visual art workshops for children, where students will be encouraged to add further layers of imagery to the paper money. --inSite_05 La Jolla, San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 189, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Louro, Joãosubject Automobiles Junkyards Humor Junk Sculpture Sculpture (Visual Work) Consumers Automobile Showrooms Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Receptions Performance Art Wealth Recycling Parody Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
The Tower
title The Towerdescription Drawing on the tradition of the California Light and Space movement, San Diego-based artist Jim Skalman created an installation titled "The Tower/La Torre" for inSITE94 that joined these sensibilities in a minimal expression of calculated form, space, and light. Skalman chose to work at La Torre in Tijuana because of its architectural space, history, and the possibilities it offered. The artist created a sparse installation housing few constructed forms and lit the interior rooms with diffused lighting to further transform them into spaces of contemplation. -- inSITE94 La Torre de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 345) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Space (Composition Concept) Contemplation Light And Space Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Light (Energy) Insite94 Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Stairs Above Mid-Level With Girl Reading, Virgin Of Guadalupe, Bassett, Porky
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Stairs Above Mid-Level With Girl Reading, Virgin Of Guadalupe, Bassett, Porkydescription "Stairway of the Ancients" is a complex stairway, probably built in the 1920s, leading up to the Casa de la Cultura. It is in disrepair with parts that are eroded or broken. To try to keep within this context, the figurines that MacConnel has cast, purchased from street vendors, are irregular, broken and "antiqued." The "Ancients" are funny, sad, prideful, odd remnants of tourist art. La Escalinata, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 215) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Macconnel, Kimsubject Popular Culture Stairs Aesthetics Graffiti Statues Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Kitsch Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
A Lesson In Civics
title A Lesson In Civicsdescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Paintings Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 204) With her project for inSITE94, San Diego artist Jean Lowe created an installation that mirrored much of her previous work as a cunning commentary on an issue relevant to the current times. At the Casa de la Cultura Municipal in Tijuana, Lowe chose to rework the interior of one classroom. Entitled "A Lesson in Civics/Una lección de civismo," the classroom was richly outfitted with elements such as school desks, books, educational charts, and posters created by the artist in painted papier-mâché that distinctly referenced the topic of civics and how we learn to relate to other species. As the artist herself said about the work, she wanted to create an environment that encouraged a rethinking of the already known. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Libraries Political Art Humor Books Education Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Animal Culture Classrooms Insite94 Kitsch Parody Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Tijuana'S Most Wanted Painting / San Diego'S Most Wanted Painting: Exhibition Of Paintings At The San Diego Museum Of Art
title Tijuana'S Most Wanted Painting / San Diego'S Most Wanted Painting: Exhibition Of Paintings At The San Diego Museum Of Artdescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Drawings and Watercolors Paintings Russian artist collaborators Vitaly Komar and Alex Melamid continued their "Most Wanted Paintings" series for inSITE2000, a series that employs a democratic process in creating "people's art" based on the aesthetic desires of the general population in a given area or country. As in previous versions of the series, the artists used multiple-choice survey questionnaires to discern, statistically, the personal preferences in art. The surveys were conducted in San Diego and Tijuana by graduate students from San Diego State University and from the Colegio de la Frontera Norte over the course of several weeks. The artists then used the data collected to create two paintings, San Diego's Most Wanted Painting and Tijuana's Most Wanted Painting. The two paintings were on view first at the San Diego Museum of Art and subsequently at the Centro Cultural Tijuana. --inSITE2000 San Diego Museum of Art Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 194) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Conceptual Popular Culture Questionnaires Aesthetics Democracy Humor Paintings (Visual Works) Boundaries Public Art Installations (Exhibitions) Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Yin/Yang, Us/Them
title Yin/Yang, Us/Themdescription Albert Chong's project, "Yin/Yang, Us/Them/Yin/yang, nosotros/ellos," was installed at La Torre de Tijuana. Gathered on the floor of the Torre were apples and oranges arranged in the Taoist symbol of yin and yang. In the words of the artist, the fruits symbolize difference and co-existence. Surrounding this circle were half-shell coconuts containing water, wine, and rum. Evoking a space of ritual, the central circular element was balanced by a cowrie-shell jacket suspended from the ceiling, bottles of liquor, and a wall text. --inSITE94 La Torre de Tijuana, Tijuana, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 064) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Floor Pieces (Art) Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Food Taoism Nature Infinite Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Solar Collectors And Water Bottles
title Dirty Water Initiative: Solar Collectors And Water Bottlesdescription Architecture and City Planning San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) Science, Technology and Industry Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The U.S. art collective SIMPARCH began their investigative process by working with one of Tijuana's informal communties in collaboration with the Fundación Esperanza. They became especially interested in the threme of water, in particular the idea of purifying water using solar-based water distillation. The project, entitled "Dirty Water Initiative," has two phases: the first stage is to construct and install a small purification plant as a "public fountain" sited in the pedestrian walkway from San Ysidro to Tijuana at the U.S./Mexico port of entry; the second stage involves the donation of the distillation facility to an informal community in Tijuana. The deployment of these solar distillers, sealed in glass, more than an aesthetic effect at the urban scale, seeks to stimulate reflection about the problem of water, and the importance of researching ecological solutions that could achieve a direct impact at the community level within poor, informal settlements. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 197, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Water--Purification Political Art Boundaries Health Education Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Technology Water Treatment Plants Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Fountainscontributor Calisphere -
Apparitions: Detail Of Audience Member
title Apparitions: Detail Of Audience Memberdescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The collaborative group VITAL SIGNS, composed of artists and computer programmers at the University of California, San Diego, created a computer-generated virtual reality environment using video projections that combined the real with the virtual. An effort to understand and investigate the then new virtual technology and its impact of the real gave rise to the group's project for inSITE94, titled "APPARITIONS." Within the created environment of "APPARITIONS" one could interact on screen under an assumed identity with other participants who had entered the created world. VITAL SIGNS members for inSITE94 included Sheldon Brown, Kelly Coyne, Cheryl Devereaux, Jason Ditmars, Brian Duggan, Christa Erickson, Dorota Jakubowski, Tim Nohe, Eric Riel, Mark Tribe, Niklas Vollmer and Payton White. This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 395) University of California, San Diego. University Art Gallery [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Identity (Philosophical Concept) Virtual Reality (Vr) Audiences Insite94 Technology Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Aerial Bridge: Model Planes And Pilots With Spectators
title Aerial Bridge: Model Planes And Pilots With Spectatorsdescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Hobbies San Diego (Calif.) Rockets (Aeronautics) Political Art Flight Insite_05 Performance Art Uniforms Contests Rivers Aeronautics Humor Mexican-American Border Region Spectators Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Play Model Airplane Racing Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Los Vendedores De Tijuana
title Los Vendedores De Tijuanadescription Drawings and Watercolors Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College Paintings San Diego-based artist Roberto Salas created an installation titled "Los vendedores de Tijuana" for inSITE94. Drawing from his own experience of selling a variety of things as a child, Salas made a selection of the traditional items one would find being offered while waiting to cross the border from Mexico to the United states. Anyone having been through that experience will know that vendors roam the rows of cars with all their wares draped across their bodies, stacked on their heads, or filling their arms. Salas chose to use the seemingly endless plaster cast figures made to appeal to American tourists, such as Mickey Mouse, skulls, hamburgers, Madonnas, Ninja Turtles, and so on, to create what he referred to as "monumental shamans of kitsch." --inSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 05, Item 327) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Salas, Robertosubject Paintings (Visual Works) Portraits Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Totem Poles Kitsch Insite94 Street Vendors Drawings (Visual Works) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Death Perra: Television Monitor Showing The Film At The Casa De La Cultura, Tijuana
title Death Perra: Television Monitor Showing The Film At The Casa De La Cultura, Tijuanadescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97, Miguel Calderon created a short film spoofing satanic practices near the San Diego-Tijuana border, incorporating stereotypical UFO paraphernalia and imagery to emphasize the "cheesy" nature of both subjects. The film, "Death Perra," was shown on a small television at the Casa de la Cultural de Tijuana. Produced in the style of a music video, Calderon used satanic UFO records as the sound track, mixing scenes of his friends playing records on turntables with scenes of artificial UFOs in different locations. --inSITE97 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 057) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Satanism Motion Pictures Unidentified Flying Objects Music Videos Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Parody Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Furniturecontributor Calisphere