Mexican American Art Since 1848 (MAAS1848)

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  Toaster Work Wagon: Wagon Situated By U.S. - Mexico Border Fence

  title Toaster Work Wagon: Wagon Situated By U.S. - Mexico Border Fence 

  description Kim Adam's for inSITE97, Toaster Work Wagon, was a grafting on existing nomadic street life (i.e. concession vehicles). The trailered unit, constructed from the hoods and ends of two Volkswagen vans, set out on daily wanderings around San Diego and Tijuana like a winged toaster. Popping open into a work-waiting station, the Wagon attracted crowds of children and bystanders with its unusual contents. Children's bicycles were grafted into two-headed tricycles that were left at the site for adoption. Children experimented with the bicycles, cooperating with one another to move in one direction or the other. Adam's project experimented with notions of form and function as well as movement and direction. During the public phase of inSITE97, the Wagon was displayed at the Centro Cultural Tijuana. --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 01, Item 011)  Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Hughes, Terri  Adams, Kim 

  subject Walls  Pacific Ocean  Boundaries  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Mexican-American Border Region  Trailers  Fences  Insite97  Public Sculpture  Street Vendors  Installations (Visual Works)  Border Art 

  contributor Calisphere