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Mission Revival (Colonial Californiano)
title Mission Revival (Colonial Californiano)description Rubén Ortiz Torres, Mission Revival (Colonial Californiano), ca. 1994, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.4.3, © 1994, Rubén Ortiz-Torresartist/creator Ortiz Torres, Rubéncontributor Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) -
McArthur Park Street Vendors (Gringostroika)
title McArthur Park Street Vendors (Gringostroika)description Rubén Ortiz Torres, McArthur Park Street Vendors (Gringostroika), 1992, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.4.2, © 1992, Rubén Ortiz-Torresartist/creator Ortiz Torres, Rubéncontributor Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) -
Graceland Apparition (El Vez)
title Graceland Apparition (El Vez)description Rubén Ortiz Torres, Graceland Apparition (El Vez), 1991, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.4.1, © 1991, Rubén Ortiz-Torresartist/creator Ortiz Torres, Rubéncontributor Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) -
Sombrero Tower
title Sombrero Towerdescription Rubén Ortiz Torres, Sombrero Tower, 1994, chromogenic print, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Museum purchase through the Smithsonian Latino Initiatives Pool, administered by the Smithsonian Latino Center, 2016.4.4, © 1994, Rubén Ortiz-Torresartist/creator Ortiz Torres, Rubéncontributor Smithsonian American Art Museum (SAAM) -
Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Crusing Object): Detail Of "Alien Toy" Logo
title Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Crusing Object): Detail Of "Alien Toy" Logodescription Barrio Logan (San Diego, Calif.) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97 Rubén Ortiz Torres collaborated with Salvador "Chava" Munoz to construct "Alien Toy UCO (Unidentified Cruising Object)/La ranfla cosmica ORNI (Objeto rodante no identificado)," a lowrider car that was converted into a dancing hydraulics wonder in the form of a Border Patrol vehicle. Chava, a world champion in radical bed dancing, reworked each section of the car to move and spin on its own set of hydraulics and arms. Ortiz Torres produced a film with alien imagery and clips of the car in action to accompany the installation. Ortiz Torres stated that the car was a product of cultural migration and exchange, a visual manifestation of the cultural hybridization in Southern California. --inSITE97 Http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/ruben/ruben.html 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 260) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Popular Culture Unidentified Flying Objects Automobiles Political Art Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Logos (Symbols) Performance Art Insite97 Hydraulics Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Cruising Object): Project Documentation
title Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Cruising Object): Project Documentationdescription Barrio Logan (San Diego, Calif.) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97 Rubén Ortiz Torres collaborated with Salvador "Chava" Munoz to construct Alien Toy UCO (Unidentified Cruising Object)/La ranfla cosmica ORNI (Objeto rodante no identificado), a lowrider car that was converted into a dancing hydraulics wonder in the form of a Border Patrol vehicle. Chava, a world champion in radical bed dancing, reworked each section of the car to move and spin on its own set of hydraulics and arms. Ortiz Torres produced a film with alien imagery and clips of the car in action to accompany the installation. Ortiz Torres stated that the car was a product of cultural migration and exchange, a visual manifestation of the cultural hybridization in Southern California. --inSITE97 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This video file was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 256, DVD 97-10) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ortiz Torres, Rubénsubject Popular Culture Unidentified Flying Objects Automobiles Documentaries Humor Political Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Marionettes Mexican-American Border Region Logos (Symbols) Performance Art Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Crusing Object)
title Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Crusing Object)description Barrio Logan (San Diego, Calif.) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97 Rubén Ortiz Torres collaborated with Salvador "Chava" Munoz to construct "Alien Toy UCO (Unidentified Cruising Object)/La ranfla cosmica ORNI (Objeto rodante no identificado)," a lowrider car that was converted into a dancing hydraulics wonder in the form of a Border Patrol vehicle. Chava, a world champion in radical bed dancing, reworked each section of the car to move and spin on its own set of hydraulics and arms. Ortiz Torres produced a film with alien imagery and clips of the car in action to accompany the installation. Ortiz Torres stated that the car was a product of cultural migration and exchange, a visual manifestation of the cultural hybridization in Southern California. --inSITE97 Http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/ruben/ruben.html 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 257) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ortiz Torres, Rubénsubject Popular Culture Unidentified Flying Objects Automobiles Political Art Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Crusing Object)
title Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Crusing Object)description Barrio Logan (San Diego, Calif.) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97 Rubén Ortiz Torres collaborated with Salvador "Chava" Munoz to construct "Alien Toy UCO (Unidentified Cruising Object)/La ranfla cosmica ORNI (Objeto rodante no identificado)," a lowrider car that was converted into a dancing hydraulics wonder in the form of a Border Patrol vehicle. Chava, a world champion in radical bed dancing, reworked each section of the car to move and spin on its own set of hydraulics and arms. Ortiz Torres produced a film with alien imagery and clips of the car in action to accompany the installation. Ortiz Torres stated that the car was a product of cultural migration and exchange, a visual manifestation of the cultural hybridization in Southern California. --inSITE97 Http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/ruben/ruben.html 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 258) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Popular Culture Unidentified Flying Objects Automobiles Political Art Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Crusing Object)
title Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Crusing Object)description Barrio Logan (San Diego, Calif.) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97 Rubén Ortiz Torres collaborated with Salvador "Chava" Munoz to construct "Alien Toy UCO (Unidentified Cruising Object)/La ranfla cosmica ORNI (Objeto rodante no identificado)," a lowrider car that was converted into a dancing hydraulics wonder in the form of a Border Patrol vehicle. Chava, a world champion in radical bed dancing, reworked each section of the car to move and spin on its own set of hydraulics and arms. Ortiz Torres produced a film with alien imagery and clips of the car in action to accompany the installation. Ortiz Torres stated that the car was a product of cultural migration and exchange, a visual manifestation of the cultural hybridization in Southern California. --inSITE97 Http://www.track16.com/exhibitions/ruben/ruben.html 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 259) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Popular Culture Unidentified Flying Objects Automobiles Political Art Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere