Mexican American Art Since 1848 (MAAS1848)

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  Ayate Car: Car Installed By The Border Fence

  title Ayate Car: Car Installed By The Border Fence 

  description Betsabee Romero's inSITE97 project, "Ayate Car," was installed next to the border fence in Colonia Libertad. Romero covered a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria with floral painted fabric and filled it with roses that decayed slowly over the course of the exhibition. The residents of the colonia protected the car throughout the exhibition and saw it as their own shrine. Meant to contrast the masculine with the feminine, the car was a symbol of refuge and an altar at which residents could seek solace from the struggles that are a part of daily life in Colonia Libertad. --inSITE97  Colonia Libertad, 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 04, Item 314)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Romero, Betsabeé  Rittermann, Philipp Scholz 

  subject Walls  Automobiles  Humor  Materials--Deterioration  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Public Art  Boundary Boundaries  Assemblage (Sculpture Technique)  Installations (Visual Works)  Mexican-American Border Region  Masculinity  Performance Art  Insite97  Femininity  Freestanding Altars 

  contributor Calisphere 
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  Ayate Car: Video

  title Ayate Car: Video 

  description Betsabee Romero's inSITE97 project, Ayate Car, was installed next to the border fence in Colonia Libertad. Romero covered a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria with floral painted fabric and filled it with roses that decayed slowly over the course of the exhibition. The residents of the colonia protected the car throughout the exhibition and saw it as their own shrine. Meant to contrast the masculine with the feminine, the car was a symbol of refuge and an altar at which residents could seek solace from the struggles that are a part of daily life in Colonia Libertad. --inSITE97  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 video file was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 256, DVD 97-12)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Romero, Betsabeé 

  subject Landscapes (Representations)  Walls  Automobiles  Humor  Boundary Boundaries  Mexican-American Border Region  Masculinity  Insite97  Femininity  Animated Films  Freestanding Altars  Border Art  Video Art 

  contributor Calisphere