Mexican American Art Since 1848 (MAAS1848)

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  You Are Aquí: Freeway At Night

  title You Are Aquí: Freeway At Night 

  description 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 077)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Stéfano, Alfredo De  Cuenca, Arturo 

  subject Political Art  Satellite Imagery  Boundaries  Night  Public Art  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Site-Specific Works  Mexican-American Border Region  Billboards (Site Elements)  Commuting  Traffic  City Planning  Express Highways  Insite2000  Bridges (Built Works)  Installations (Visual Works)  Border Art 

  contributor Calisphere 
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  You Are Aquí: Heavy Traffic Under The Puente Mexico

  title You Are Aquí: Heavy Traffic Under The Puente Mexico 

  description 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. 

  artist/creator Decker, Alan  Cuenca, Arturo 

  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 Art 

  contributor Calisphere 
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  You Are Aquí: Light Box Installed On The Puente Mexico

  title You Are Aquí: Light Box Installed On The Puente Mexico 

  description 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 079)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Decker, Alan  Cuenca, Arturo 

  subject Political Art  Satellite Imagery  Boundaries  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Public Art  Site-Specific Works  Mexican-American Border Region  Billboards (Site Elements)  Commuting  City Planning  Express Highways  Insite2000  Bridges (Built Works)  Installations (Visual Works)  Border Art 

  contributor Calisphere