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The Virgin Of Guadalupe
title The Virgin Of Guadalupedescription California artist Jeffrey Vallance proposed to make an intervention at the Tijuana Wax Museum for inSITE2000. Collaborating with Mexico City-based wax-figure maker Victor Hugo Yanez, Vallance produced three new figures for the museum: the Virgin of Guadalupe, Dante, and former US President Richard Nixon. Vallance started with a list of about twenty-eight names of historical and contemporary figures as potential additions to the display at the museum, and arrive at the selection of the three figures based on the existing exhibition structure. The Virgin of Guadalupe could be seen in full figure situated on her own, while Nixon was placed in the presidential room holding in his hands the symbolic element that came to define his public career, a simulated set of reel-to-reel Watergate tapes, and Dante was placed at the entrance to hell with his hand pointing the way. With his project for the Wax Museum, Vallance deepened his own interest and fascination with the three selected figures. In this way, having followed stories for years from different parts of the world detailing apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Vallance, during a residency period in San Diego, could add yet another apparition to the list - he spotted her up high on a stone column at the Courtyard by Marriott downtown hotel. -- 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 311, Folder 01, Item 386) Tijuana Wax Museum [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Wax Figures Popular Culture Religions (Concept) Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Figurative Art Mexican-American Border Region Kitsch Piety In Art Visions Prayer Waxworks Gesture Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Christianity And Artcontributor Calisphere -
Search: General View
title Search: General Viewdescription Chicago-based artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle proposed a transformation of the bullring at Playas de Tijuana for inSITE2000. Working on a scale indicative of the vast site, Manglano-Ovalle transformed the bullring into a large radio telescope searching for "aliens." Titled Search/En Busqueda the piece functioned as a listening device searching the atmosphere for any discernible noise made by aliens. A suspended antenna above a receiving dish located at ground level of the bullring would pick up sounds that in turn would be broadcast, along with the white sound of listening, on speakers surrounding the bullring, as well as on FM radio and the web. The notion of possible contact with aliens both at the border and in space made the piece, according to the artist, "a global event, possibly cosmic." --inSITE2000 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Science, Technology and Industry 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 228) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Bull Rings Sculpture (Visual Work) Antennas Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Radio Telescopes Undocumented Immigrants Extraterrestrial Beings Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
You Are Aquí: Freeway At Night
title You Are Aquí: Freeway At Nightdescription 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.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 Artcontributor Calisphere -
Project At Maclovio Rojas: Video Documentary
title Project At Maclovio Rojas: Video Documentarydescription 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 Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Maclovio Rojas, Tijuana, Baja California Sur, Mexico Paintings 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 257, DVD 00-30) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Nador, Mônicasubject Dwellings Painting (Coating) Houses Color Video Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Beautycontributor 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 408) [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 -
Mama: Video Screen
title Mama: Video Screendescription Brazilian and Swiss artist team Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg's inSITE2000 project, "MAMA," was based on work the artists undertook during several extended residencies in the region. Interested in investigating the issues of border security and immigration, the artists met with numerous groups, organizations, and individuals on either side of the border to collect materials. Through this process the artists narrowed their work to deal specifically with K-9 US customs officers on the one hand, and on the other, Mexican citizens trying to cross the border illegally. What interested Dias and Riedweg were the maternal relationships of the K-9 officers and how that informed the relationships they developed with their dogs and in turn the work they were performing daily. The work became an investigation of the border between private and public selves, and of the transgression and transference of private psychology on public situations. The project was shown as a video installation housed in two separate structures located in the San Ysidro pedestrian passage, Pasillo Turistico. Built to simulate the shape and size of ordinary cargo containers, one structure contained video of interviews with the customs officers and showed them interacting with their dogs. Each officer was asked to give his definition of "territory" and "authority." The other structure showed a looped video clip of illegal immigrants meeting up at night around a fire waiting for the "right" moment to jump the fence. --inSITE2000 Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 095) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Dogs Boundaries Border Art Mothers Sons Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Graphic Arts Border Patrol Agents Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Exhibition At Steppling Art Gallery, San Diego State University, Calexico
title Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Exhibition At Steppling Art Gallery, San Diego State University, Calexicodescription 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 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Steppling Art Gallery, San Diego State University. Imperial Valley Campus This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 232) [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 Models (Representations) Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Mass Production Signal, Mount (Calif.) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Science Museumscontributor Calisphere -
Dante Alighieri
title Dante Alighieridescription California artist Jeffrey Vallance proposed to make an intervention at the Tijuana Wax Museum for inSITE2000. Collaborating with Mexico City-based wax-figure maker Victor Hugo Yanez, Vallance produced three new figures for the museum: the Virgin of Guadalupe, Dante, and former US President Richard Nixon. Vallance started with a list of about twenty-eight names of historical and contemporary figures as potential additions to the display at the museum, and arrive at the selection of the three figures based on the existing exhibition structure. The Virgin of Guadalupe could be seen in full figure situated on her own, while Nixon was placed in the presidential room holding in his hands the symbolic element that came to define his public career, a simulated set of reel-to-reel Watergate tapes, and Dante was placed at the entrance to hell with his hand pointing the way. With his project for the Wax Museum, Vallance deepened his own interest and fascination with the three selected figures. In this way, having followed stories for years from different parts of the world detailing apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Vallance, during a residency period in San Diego, could add yet another apparition to the list - he spotted her up high on a stone column at the Courtyard by Marriott downtown hotel. -- 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 311, Folder 01, Item 387) Tijuana Wax Museum [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Authors Wax Figures Popular Culture Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Figurative Art Mexican-American Border Region Kitsch Waxworks Gesture Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Large Sand Spike Model On A Concrete Pedestal
title Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Large Sand Spike Model On A Concrete Pedestaldescription 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 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 229) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Concretions Geology Natural History Boundaries Border Art Models (Representations) Platforms Sculpture (Visual Work) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Science Museumscontributor 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 409) [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 -
Mama: Us/Mexico Pedestrian Border Crossing, San Ysidro
title Mama: Us/Mexico Pedestrian Border Crossing, San Ysidrodescription Brazilian and Swiss artist team Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg's inSITE2000 project, "MAMA," was based on work the artists undertook during several extended residencies in the region. Interested in investigating the issues of border security and immigration, the artists met with numerous groups, organizations, and individuals on either side of the border to collect materials. Through this process the artists narrowed their work to deal specifically with K-9 US customs officers on the one hand, and on the other, Mexican citizens trying to cross the border illegally. What interested Dias and Riedweg were the maternal relationships of the K-9 officers and how that informed the relationships they developed with their dogs and in turn the work they were performing daily. The work became an investigation of the border between private and public selves, and of the transgression and transference of private psychology on public situations. The project was shown as a video installation housed in two separate structures located in the San Ysidro pedestrian passage, Pasillo Turistico. Built to simulate the shape and size of ordinary cargo containers, one structure contained video of interviews with the customs officers and showed them interacting with their dogs. Each officer was asked to give his definition of "territory" and "authority." The other structure showed a looped video clip of illegal immigrants meeting up at night around a fire waiting for the "right" moment to jump the fence. --inSITE2000 Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 04, Item 096) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Dogs Boundaries Border Art Mothers Sons Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Graphic Arts Border Patrol Agents Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Exhibition At San Diego State University Art Gallery
title Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Exhibition At San Diego State University Art Gallerydescription 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 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Steppling Art Gallery, San Diego State University. Imperial Valley Campus This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 233) [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 Models (Representations) Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Mass Production Signal, Mount (Calif.) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Science Museumscontributor 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 410) [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 -
Border Stories Working Title From One Side To Another: Film Still Of Woman Carrying Suitcase Down A Road
title Border Stories Working Title From One Side To Another: Film Still Of Woman Carrying Suitcase Down A Roaddescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Former First National Bank building, San Diego (Calif.) New York City-based artist Judith Barry created a video installation for inSITE2000 that was viewable in four large windows of the old First National Bank Building on the corner of Broadway and 5th Avenue in downtown San Diego. Barry envisioned the programming on these four large screens as a simulation of a broadcast network containing elements created by the artist, as well as contributions by other inSITE artists, established film directors, and students. Barry spent weeks in the region collecting materials to create seven short films that became part of this network - a project she titled "Border stories working title from one side to another." These films were shot on both sides of the border and explored the recollected stories of border experiences. --inSITE2000 Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 036) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Suitcases Boundaries Border Art Travel Mexican-American Border Region Independent Films Roads Fences Insite2000 Video Artcontributor 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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
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 -
Mark Dion - Press Coverage
title Mark Dion - Press Coveragedescription Dan Irwin interviews inSITE2000 artist Mark Dion. With the creation of a functioning bird blind located in the Tijuana River Estuary Reserve, Mark Dion's project Blind/Hide for inSITE2000 invited investigation and closer examination not only of the biodiversity of the site but also of the less apparent signs of cultural confluence specific to the location. Camouflaged to blend into the surrounding terrain the project was sited within a view of the border. The 8 x 16 foot bird blind structure housed photographs, charts, and books on the 370 bird species found at the reserve, along with binoculars and related research tools. As Dion himself said, he wanted to make a project that illustrated the complicated elements of this particular locale. The viewer was invited to become an observer of the more subtle environmental and political issues impacting the reserve, while bearing witness to how birds and wildlife have learned to conform and adapt. --inSITE2000 Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This sound recording was extracted from a CD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 254, CD 00-63) Tijuana River Estuary (Calif.) Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (Calif.) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Dion, Marksubject Blinds (Shelters) Boundaries Education San Diego (Calif.) Bird Watching Birds Political Art Environmental Protection Ecological Art Border Art Nature Natural History Sound Recordings Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Nature Centers Sculpture (Visual Work) Dion, Mark (American Sculptor And Installation Artist, Born 1961) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor 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 -
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 -
Working Process
title Working Processdescription Artists (Anna O'Cain and Richard Keely) and curators (Tobias Ostrander) introduce inSITE2000 to a group of college and high school art students who create an exhibition of their own work. Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art 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 257, DVD 00-56) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Students Documentaries Artists Education Interviews Dion, Mark (American Sculptor And Installation Artist, Born 1961) Mexican-American Border Region School Field Trips Teachers Insite2000 Soares, Valeska (Brazilian Installation Artist, Born 1957) Border Art Salvo, Roman De (American Artist, Born 1965)contributor Calisphere -
Press Coverage, Kpbs Radio: Jeffrey Vallance
title Press Coverage, Kpbs Radio: Jeffrey Vallancedescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Radio news and arts program "The Lounge" hosted by Dirk Sutro. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This sound recording was extracted from a CD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 254, CD 00-70) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Vallance, Jeffreysubject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Vallance, Jeffrey (American Sculptor And Painter, Born 1955) Dante Alighieri, 1265-1321 Artists Interviews Border Art Sound Recordings Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Radio Programs Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Mama: Film Still With Border Patrol Dog
title Mama: Film Still With Border Patrol Dogdescription Brazilian and Swiss artist team Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg's inSITE2000 project, "MAMA," was based on work the artists undertook during several extended residencies in the region. Interested in investigating the issues of border security and immigration, the artists met with numerous groups, organizations, and individuals on either side of the border to collect materials. Through this process the artists narrowed their work to deal specifically with K-9 US customs officers on the one hand, and on the other, Mexican citizens trying to cross the border illegally. What interested Dias and Riedweg were the maternal relationships of the K-9 officers and how that informed the relationships they developed with their dogs and in turn the work they were performing daily. The work became an investigation of the border between private and public selves, and of the transgression and transference of private psychology on public situations. The project was shown as a video installation housed in two separate structures located in the San Ysidro pedestrian passage, Pasillo Turistico. Built to simulate the shape and size of ordinary cargo containers, one structure contained video of interviews with the customs officers and showed them interacting with their dogs. Each officer was asked to give his definition of "territory" and "authority." The other structure showed a looped video clip of illegal immigrants meeting up at night around a fire waiting for the "right" moment to jump the fence. --inSITE2000 Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 093) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Dogs Boundaries Border Art Mothers Sons Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Graphic Arts Border Patrol Agents Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
News Release: The Binational Art Exhibition And Festival Insite2000 Set For Fall 2000 In San Diego And Tijuana
title News Release: The Binational Art Exhibition And Festival Insite2000 Set For Fall 2000 In San Diego And Tijuanadescription Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a surrogate of a document from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 143, folder 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Insite2000subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Installation Gallery Documents Boundaries Border Art Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Instituto Nacional De Bellas Artes (Mexico) Public Spaces Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
You Are Aquí: Light Box Installed On The Puente Mexico
title You Are Aquí: Light Box Installed On 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 079) [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 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 280) [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 -
Taller Itinerante De Teatro Infantil: Rehearsal
title Taller Itinerante De Teatro Infantil: Rehearsaldescription Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 266) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) With "Taller itinerante de teatro infantile" Tijuana-based artist Ugo Palavicinio created a traveling youth theatre that bought workshops and performances to communities throughout Tijuana. Converting a large truck into a stage replete with all the needed accoutrements, the project was specifically designed to be mobile in order to reach children living in different areas of the city and to engage their participation in the art of theatrical performance. The mobile theatre truck worked in collaboration with area libraries where weeklong workshops were coordinated with groups of children, culminating in staged finished pieces performed to an audience of their community. The pieces presented as part of the project arose out of suggestions, preferences, and opinions of the participating children and included themes such as environmental preservation, family and social violence, and neighborhood anecdotes. --inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Theater, Open-Air Workshops (Seminars) Performances (Entertainment Events) Education Border Art Neighborhoods Children'S Theater Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Theater Traveling Theater Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
The Invisible Man (My Way): Wrestling Ring And Audience
title The Invisible Man (My Way): Wrestling Ring And Audiencedescription Auditoria Municipal de Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Conceived by Mexico City artist Carlos Amorales as a further elaboration of the identity of his wrestling character, Amorales, his project for inSITE2000, "The Invisible Man (My Way)/El hombre invisible (A mi manera)," took the form of two public and distinct wrestling performances. On Friday, January 19, 2001, two wrestlers from Holland, Amorales and Amorales, were featured in a fight against Mexican wrestling stars Satanico and Ultimo Guerrero. The match was part of the regular Friday night program at the Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana. The crowd of 3,500 was quiet with uncertainty as these two unknown Dutch lucha libre personalities walked into the ring. The uncertainty was transformed to excitement as the audience realized that the two Amoraleses were not impostors, but professional lucha libre wrestlers. By the end of the fight, the audience was divided between those screaming, "Amorales, Amorales!" and those who were faithful to the national wrestlers, evil as they might be. At 8:00 pm, on Saturday, January 20, 2001, the sequel of the Amorales wrestling match took place as the centerpiece of a black-tie dinner at the prestigious Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel in downtown San Diego. The fight was followed by dancing with music mixed live by Silverio. -- inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 026) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Identity (Philosophical Concept) Boundaries Wrestlers Mexican-American Border Region Audiences Performance Art Sports Auditoriums Insite2000 Border Art Wrestlingcontributor Calisphere -
Avenida Revolución: Mule Painted To Look Like A Zebra
title Avenida Revolución: Mule Painted To Look Like A Zebradescription Avenida Revolución (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 382) Venezuelan artist Meyer Vaisman's initial proposal for inSITE2000 involved a performance in which he would impersonate a "lost" Border Patrol officer, in a car painted to resemble a Border Patrol vehicle, driving through various neighborhoods in Tijuana. After the performance, Vaisman planned to park the vehicle near the border fence at Playas de Tijuana, within sight of US Border Patrol officers, leaving it there to become a site registering local opinion. Yet given some obvious safety issues related to this proposal, the artist had to reconsider his project. With his original idea in mind Vaisman transformed one of the famous Tijuana zebra-painted mule carts into Border Patrol. With himself dressed in a Border Patrol uniform and the mule cart painted to look like an official vehicle, the Burro-Patrol was situated on a corner of Avenida Revolución for one weekend and functioned as a regular tourist photo-op station. -- inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Tourist Information Centers Mule Humor Boundaries Border Art Tourism Mexican-American Border Region Satire (Artistic Device) Performance Art U.S. Border Patrol Zebras Law Enforcing Commercial Portraiture Parody Insite2000contributor 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 04, Item 281) [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 Public Spaces Multiuse Buildings Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Search: View Of Radio Antenna
title Search: View Of Radio Antennadescription Chicago-based artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle proposed a transformation of the bullring at Playas de Tijuana for inSITE2000. Working on a scale indicative of the vast site, Manglano-Ovalle transformed the bullring into a large radio telescope searching for "aliens." Titled Search/En Busqueda the piece functioned as a listening device searching the atmosphere for any discernible noise made by aliens. A suspended antenna above a receiving dish located at ground level of the bullring would pick up sounds that in turn would be broadcast, along with the white sound of listening, on speakers surrounding the bullring, as well as on FM radio and the web. The notion of possible contact with aliens both at the border and in space made the piece, according to the artist, "a global event, possibly cosmic." --inSITE2000 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Science, Technology and Industry 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 224) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Bull Rings Sculpture (Visual Work) Antennas Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Radio Telescopes Undocumented Immigrants Extraterrestrial Beings Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Border Stories Working Title From One Side To Another: Film Still Of Woman With Microphone
title Border Stories Working Title From One Side To Another: Film Still Of Woman With Microphonedescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Former First National Bank building, San Diego (Calif.) New York City-based artist Judith Barry created a video installation for inSITE2000 that was viewable in four large windows of the old First National Bank Building on the corner of Broadway and 5th Avenue in downtown San Diego. Barry envisioned the programming on these four large screens as a simulation of a broadcast network containing elements created by the artist, as well as contributions by other inSITE artists, established film directors, and students. Barry spent weeks in the region collecting materials to create seven short films that became part of this network - a project she titled "Border stories working title from one side to another." These films were shot on both sides of the border and explored the recollected stories of border experiences. --inSITE2000 Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 02, Item 037) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Automobiles Boundaries Mexican-American Border Region Independent Films Microphone Automobiles, Convertible Insite2000 Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Heat Seeking: Cell Phones
title Heat Seeking: Cell Phonesdescription "Heat-Seeking," the film Jordan Crandall produced for inSITE2000, made use of and mimicked surveillance technology deployed along the US-Mexico border. Exploring themes of Erotica and violence through five fantasy sequences woven into the overall structural narrative of mobility and monitoring, the film was shot on location in San Diego and Tijuana over the course of seven days in August 2000. Crandall stated that he wanted to use the language of cinema, advertising, and the "strategic seeing" of military systems to produce a film that would investigate interior and exterior borders. The piece was presented in two formats that each referenced mobility and ultimately established a reconfigured role of the viewer. In Tijuana, the film could be seen on the video billboard at the Cuauhtémoc Circle where scenes would be interspersed with advertising and other public media. In San Diego, Crandall's film could be seen on hand-held cell phones using streaming video technology. --inSITE2000 Cuauhtémoc Circle, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art 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 073) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boundaries Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Violence Technology Erotica Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Military Surveillance Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project: Film Still
title Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project: Film Stilldescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Los Angeles-based artist Glen Wilson's inSITE2000 project, "Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project/Intersticio 2001: El proyecto nomada" consisted of a series of improvisational digital videos produced and performed at locations throughout the Los Angeles/San Diego/Tijuana region. Conceptually focused on the ideas of migration, mobility, and rhythm, Wilson filmed these sequences over the course of several months. An emphasis was put on portraying the urban and natural landscape of the region, with the individuals who live, work, and move within them. An event was organized to present projected segments of "Interstice" at the in(fo)SITE in San Diego on February 22, 2001, and included multiple projections, hip-hop music, and graffiti artists. -- inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 404) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wilson, Glensubject Boundaries Border Art Travel Film Stills Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Performance Art Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Picturing Paradise: Border Fence With Mirrored Surfaces: View From The United States Side Of Border
title Picturing Paradise: Border Fence With Mirrored Surfaces: View From The United States Side Of Borderdescription Border Field State Park, San Diego For inSITE2000 Brazilian artist Valeska Soares was drawn to work directly with the border fence that divides the US and Mexico. Soares wanted specifically to find a way for people on either side of the border to be able to come together around a common theme or event and in some way create an exchange, or the illusion of an exchange, across the fence. Her initial proposal was for a garden project that would require a reconfiguration of the fence, yet it proved to be impossible to obtain permission to realize this idea. Soares changed her proposal but remained faithful to her concept of creating an opening in the fence. With Picturing Paradise the artist installed two highly polished large sheets of steel directly onto a section of chain-link fence at Playas de Tijuana, back to back, and as it were, creating the illusion of an opening in the fence, except what was seen was a reflection. Each mirrored surface was inscribed with an excerpt from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, a text that speaks of two mirror cities and what describes their shared reality. --inSITE2000 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 310, Folder 06, Item 365) Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Calif.) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Boundaries Border Art Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Reflections (Perceived Properties) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
News Release: How To Explore Insite2000
title News Release: How To Explore Insite2000description Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a surrogate of a document from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 143, folder 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Insite2000subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Documents Boundaries Border Art Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Public Spaces Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor 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 04, Item 282) [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 Public Spaces Multiuse Buildings Insite2000contributor 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 031) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Artigas, Gustavosubject 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 -
Picturing Paradise: Close-Up Of Text On Reflective Surface At Border Fence
title Picturing Paradise: Close-Up Of Text On Reflective Surface At Border Fencedescription Border Field State Park, San Diego For inSITE2000 Brazilian artist Valeska Soares was drawn to work directly with the border fence that divides the US and Mexico. Soares wanted specifically to find a way for people on either side of the border to be able to come together around a common theme or event and in some way create an exchange, or the illusion of an exchange, across the fence. Her initial proposal was for a garden project that would require a reconfiguration of the fence, yet it proved to be impossible to obtain permission to realize this idea. Soares changed her proposal but remained faithful to her concept of creating an opening in the fence. With Picturing Paradise the artist installed two highly polished large sheets of steel directly onto a section of chain-link fence at Playas de Tijuana, back to back, and as it were, creating the illusion of an opening in the fence, except what was seen was a reflection. Each mirrored surface was inscribed with an excerpt from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, a text that speaks of two mirror cities and what describes their shared reality. --inSITE2000 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 310, Folder 06, Item 366) Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Calif.) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Boundaries Border Art Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Reflections (Perceived Properties) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
The Cloud: White Balloons Suspended In The Sky Over The United States/Mexico Border Wall
title The Cloud: White Balloons Suspended In The Sky Over The United States/Mexico Border Walldescription New York-based Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar's project for inSITE2000 was designed as an ephemeral monument in memory of the migrants who had died during the previous ten years while trying to cross the border between Mexico and the US. Entitled La nube/The Cloud the piece centered around the ceremonial release of over one thousand white balloons. With the balloons tethered together as a large cloud positioned immediately above the border fence at Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon, not far from Playas de Tijuana, the work took the form of a ceremony that included the performance of classical pieces by Albinoni, Bach and Veracini, the reading of a poem by Tijuana poet Victor Hugo Limon, and a minute of silence. The balloons were then released from the cluster and drifted off one by one across the sky as symbols of the souls of the dead migrants. --inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 00-08) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jaar, Alfredosubject Clouds White (Color) Memory Emigration And Immigration Walls Documentaries Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Deaths Mexican-American Border Region Sky Rites And Ceremonies Insite2000 Commemorations (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
News Release: Insite2000'S Opening Weekend - Oct. 13-15 - Provides Opportunities To Participate, Investigate And Celebrate
title News Release: Insite2000'S Opening Weekend - Oct. 13-15 - Provides Opportunities To Participate, Investigate And Celebratedescription Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a surrogate of a document from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 143, folder 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Insite2000subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Exhibition Openings Public Spaces Documents Boundaries Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Celebrations Insite2000 Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Blind/Hide: View From Inside Of Blind/Hide Looking Out To The Tijuana River Estuary Preserve
title Blind/Hide: View From Inside Of Blind/Hide Looking Out To The Tijuana River Estuary Preservedescription Architecture and City Planning 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 100) Tijuana River Estuary (Calif.) Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (Calif.) With the creation of a functioning bird blind located in the Tijuana River Estuary Reserve, Mark Dion's project "Blind/Hide" for inSITE2000 invited investigation and closer examination not only of the biodiversity of the site but also of the less apparent signs of cultural confluence specific to the location. Camouflaged to blend into the surrounding terrain the project was sited within a view of the border. The 8 x 16 foot bird blind structure housed photographs, charts, and books on the 370 bird species found at the reserve, along with binoculars and related research tools. As Dion himself said, he wanted to make a project that illustrated the complicated elements of this particular locale. The viewer was invited to become an observer of the more subtle environmental and political issues impacting the reserve, while bearing witness to how birds and wildlife have learned to conform and adapt. --inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Blinds (Shelters) Political Art Natural History Environmental Protection Ecological Art Education Nature Centers Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Landscapes (Environments) Bird Watching Insite2000 Birds Nature Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Project At Maclovio Rojas: Painted And Stenciled Porch With Family
title Project At Maclovio Rojas: Painted And Stenciled Porch With Familydescription 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 244) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Dwellings Houses Color Boundaries Neighborhoods Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Families Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Beautycontributor 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 032) [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 -
The Cloud: White Balloons Being Released While Musicians Perform
title The Cloud: White Balloons Being Released While Musicians Performdescription New York-based Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar's project for inSITE2000 was designed as an ephemeral monument in memory of the migrants who had died during the previous ten years while trying to cross the border between Mexico and the US. Entitled La nube/The Cloud the piece centered around the ceremonial release of over one thousand white balloons. With the balloons tethered together as a large cloud positioned immediately above the border fence at Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon, not far from Playas de Tijuana, the work took the form of a ceremony that included the performance of classical pieces by Albinoni, Bach and Veracini, the reading of a poem by Tijuana poet Victor Hugo Limon, and a minute of silence. The balloons were then released from the cluster and drifted off one by one across the sky as symbols of the souls of the dead migrants. --inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 165) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jaar, Alfredosubject Clouds White (Color) Memory Emigration And Immigration Walls Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Music Deaths Mexican-American Border Region Sky Rites And Ceremonies Musicians Insite2000 Commemorations (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Picturing Paradise: Border Fence With Mirrored Surface
title Picturing Paradise: Border Fence With Mirrored Surfacedescription Border Field State Park, San Diego For inSITE2000 Brazilian artist Valeska Soares was drawn to work directly with the border fence that divides the US and Mexico. Soares wanted specifically to find a way for people on either side of the border to be able to come together around a common theme or event and in some way create an exchange, or the illusion of an exchange, across the fence. Her initial proposal was for a garden project that would require a reconfiguration of the fence, yet it proved to be impossible to obtain permission to realize this idea. Soares changed her proposal but remained faithful to her concept of creating an opening in the fence. With Picturing Paradise the artist installed two highly polished large sheets of steel directly onto a section of chain-link fence at Playas de Tijuana, back to back, and as it were, creating the illusion of an opening in the fence, except what was seen was a reflection. Each mirrored surface was inscribed with an excerpt from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, a text that speaks of two mirror cities and what describes their shared reality. --inSITE2000 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 310, Folder 06, Item 367) Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Calif.) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Boundaries Border Art Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Reflections (Perceived Properties) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Large Sand Spike Model On A Concrete Pedestal
title Signs Of Mount Signal: View Of Large Sand Spike Model On A Concrete Pedestaldescription 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 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 230) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Concretions Geology Natural History Boundaries Border Art Models (Representations) Platforms Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Signal, Mount (Calif.) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Science Museumscontributor Calisphere -
News Release: Alfredo Jaar'S "The Cloud" For Insite2000: An Ephemeral Monument And Moment Of Mourning For Those Who Have Died Trying To Cross The Border
title News Release: Alfredo Jaar'S "The Cloud" For Insite2000: An Ephemeral Monument And Moment Of Mourning For Those Who Have Died Trying To Cross The Borderdescription Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a surrogate of a document from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 143, folder 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jaar, Alfredosubject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Jaar, Alfredo (Chilean Sculptor And Installation Artist, Born 1956, Active In The United States) Documents Boundaries Border Art Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Public Spaces Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Blind/Hide: General View Of Blind/Hide In The Tijuana River Estuary Preserve
title Blind/Hide: General View Of Blind/Hide In The Tijuana River Estuary Preservedescription Architecture and City Planning 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 101) Tijuana River Estuary (Calif.) Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (Calif.) With the creation of a functioning bird blind located in the Tijuana River Estuary Reserve, Mark Dion's project "Blind/Hide" for inSITE2000 invited investigation and closer examination not only of the biodiversity of the site but also of the less apparent signs of cultural confluence specific to the location. Camouflaged to blend into the surrounding terrain the project was sited within a view of the border. The 8 x 16 foot bird blind structure housed photographs, charts, and books on the 370 bird species found at the reserve, along with binoculars and related research tools. As Dion himself said, he wanted to make a project that illustrated the complicated elements of this particular locale. The viewer was invited to become an observer of the more subtle environmental and political issues impacting the reserve, while bearing witness to how birds and wildlife have learned to conform and adapt. --inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Blinds (Shelters) Political Art Natural History Environmental Protection Boundaries Ecological Art Education Nature Centers Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Landscapes (Environments) Bird Watching Insite2000 Birds Nature Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Project At Maclovio Rojas: Interior With Stenciled Wall
title Project At Maclovio Rojas: Interior With Stenciled 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 245) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Dwellings Patterns (Design Elements) Houses Color Boundaries Neighborhoods Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Beautycontributor 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 033) [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 -
The Cloud: White Balloons Being Released
title The Cloud: White Balloons Being Releaseddescription New York-based Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar's project for inSITE2000 was designed as an ephemeral monument in memory of the migrants who had died during the previous ten years while trying to cross the border between Mexico and the US. Entitled La nube/The Cloud the piece centered around the ceremonial release of over one thousand white balloons. With the balloons tethered together as a large cloud positioned immediately above the border fence at Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon, not far from Playas de Tijuana, the work took the form of a ceremony that included the performance of classical pieces by Albinoni, Bach and Veracini, the reading of a poem by Tijuana poet Victor Hugo Limon, and a minute of silence. The balloons were then released from the cluster and drifted off one by one across the sky as symbols of the souls of the dead migrants. --inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 166) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jaar, Alfredosubject Clouds White (Color) Memory Emigration And Immigration Walls Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Deaths Mexican-American Border Region Sky Rites And Ceremonies Insite2000 Commemorations (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Picturing Paradise: Border Fence From U.S. Side With Mirrored Surfaces And Bullfight Stadium In The Background
title Picturing Paradise: Border Fence From U.S. Side With Mirrored Surfaces And Bullfight Stadium In The Backgrounddescription Border Field State Park, San Diego For inSITE2000 Brazilian artist Valeska Soares was drawn to work directly with the border fence that divides the US and Mexico. Soares wanted specifically to find a way for people on either side of the border to be able to come together around a common theme or event and in some way create an exchange, or the illusion of an exchange, across the fence. Her initial proposal was for a garden project that would require a reconfiguration of the fence, yet it proved to be impossible to obtain permission to realize this idea. Soares changed her proposal but remained faithful to her concept of creating an opening in the fence. With Picturing Paradise the artist installed two highly polished large sheets of steel directly onto a section of chain-link fence at Playas de Tijuana, back to back, and as it were, creating the illusion of an opening in the fence, except what was seen was a reflection. Each mirrored surface was inscribed with an excerpt from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, a text that speaks of two mirror cities and what describes their shared reality. --inSITE2000 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 310, Folder 06, Item 368) Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Calif.) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Boundaries Border Art Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Reflections (Perceived Properties) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Stadiumscontributor Calisphere -
Signs Of Mount Signal: Detail Of Models Of Mount Signal
title Signs Of Mount Signal: Detail Of Models Of Mount Signaldescription 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 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Steppling Art Gallery, San Diego State University. Imperial Valley Campus This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 231) [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 Models (Representations) Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Mass Production Signal, Mount (Calif.) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Science Museumscontributor Calisphere -
News Release: "Fugitive Sites/Parajes Fugitivos" - The Book Documenting Insite2000/01 - Is Now Available
title News Release: "Fugitive Sites/Parajes Fugitivos" - The Book Documenting Insite2000/01 - Is Now Availabledescription Architecture and City Planning Book edited by Osvaldo Sánchez 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 surrogate of a document from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 143, folder 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Insite2000subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Documents Sánchez, Osvaldo, 1958- Books Boundaries Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Public Spaces Insite2000 Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Blind/Hide: Interior View Of Blind/Hide
title Blind/Hide: Interior View Of Blind/Hidedescription Architecture and City Planning 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 102) Tijuana River Estuary (Calif.) Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (Calif.) With the creation of a functioning bird blind located in the Tijuana River Estuary Reserve, Mark Dion's project "Blind/Hide" for inSITE2000 invited investigation and closer examination not only of the biodiversity of the site but also of the less apparent signs of cultural confluence specific to the location. Camouflaged to blend into the surrounding terrain the project was sited within a view of the border. The 8 x 16 foot bird blind structure housed photographs, charts, and books on the 370 bird species found at the reserve, along with binoculars and related research tools. As Dion himself said, he wanted to make a project that illustrated the complicated elements of this particular locale. The viewer was invited to become an observer of the more subtle environmental and political issues impacting the reserve, while bearing witness to how birds and wildlife have learned to conform and adapt. --inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Dion, Marksubject Blinds (Shelters) Boundaries Education Bird Watching Birds Political Art Environmental Protection Ecological Art Border Art Silhouettes Nature Natural History Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Blackboards Nature Centers Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Project At Maclovio Rojas: Porch With Stenciled Wall
title Project At Maclovio Rojas: Porch With Stenciled 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 246) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Dwellings Patterns (Design Elements) Houses Color Boundaries Neighborhoods Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Beautycontributor 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 02, Item 034) [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 -
The Rules Of The Game
title The Rules Of The Gamedescription "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 video file was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 256, DVD 00-03) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Artigas, Gustavosubject Barriers Play Borderlands Boundaries Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Sporting Goods Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Cloud: White Balloons Suspended In The Sky Over The United States/Mexico Border Wall
title The Cloud: White Balloons Suspended In The Sky Over The United States/Mexico Border Walldescription New York-based Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar's project for inSITE2000 was designed as an ephemeral monument in memory of the migrants who had died during the previous ten years while trying to cross the border between Mexico and the US. Entitled La nube/The Cloud the piece centered around the ceremonial release of over one thousand white balloons. With the balloons tethered together as a large cloud positioned immediately above the border fence at Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon, not far from Playas de Tijuana, the work took the form of a ceremony that included the performance of classical pieces by Albinoni, Bach and Veracini, the reading of a poem by Tijuana poet Victor Hugo Limon, and a minute of silence. The balloons were then released from the cluster and drifted off one by one across the sky as symbols of the souls of the dead migrants. --inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 167) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jaar, Alfredosubject Clouds White (Color) Memory Emigration And Immigration Walls Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Deaths Mexican-American Border Region Sky Rites And Ceremonies Insite2000 Commemorations (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Picturing Paradise: Border Fence With Mirrored Surfaces At Sunset
title Picturing Paradise: Border Fence With Mirrored Surfaces At Sunsetdescription Border Field State Park, San Diego and Playas de Tijuana, Tijuana, BC. For inSITE2000 Brazilian artist Valeska Soares was drawn to work directly with the border fence that divides the US and Mexico. Soares wanted specifically to find a way for people on either side of the border to be able to come together around a common theme or event and in some way create an exchange, or the illusion of an exchange, across the fence. Her initial proposal was for a garden project that would require a reconfiguration of the fence, yet it proved to be impossible to obtain permission to realize this idea. Soares changed her proposal but remained faithful to her concept of creating an opening in the fence. With Picturing Paradise the artist installed two highly polished large sheets of steel directly onto a section of chain-link fence at Playas de Tijuana, back to back, and as it were, creating the illusion of an opening in the fence, except what was seen was a reflection. Each mirrored surface was inscribed with an excerpt from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, a text that speaks of two mirror cities and what describes their shared reality. --inSITE2000 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 310, Folder 06, Item 369) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Boundaries Border Art Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Suns (Stars) Reflections (Perceived Properties) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Avenida Revolución: "Street Vendor" Under Arrest By "Border Patrol Agent" (Meyer Vaisman)
title Avenida Revolución: "Street Vendor" Under Arrest By "Border Patrol Agent" (Meyer Vaisman)description Avenida Revolución (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 383) Venezuelan artist Meyer Vaisman's initial proposal for inSITE2000 involved a performance in which he would impersonate a "lost" Border Patrol officer, in a car painted to resemble a Border Patrol vehicle, driving through various neighborhoods in Tijuana. After the performance, Vaisman planned to park the vehicle near the border fence at Playas de Tijuana, within sight of US Border Patrol officers, leaving it there to become a site registering local opinion. Yet given some obvious safety issues related to this proposal, the artist had to reconsider his project. With his original idea in mind Vaisman transformed one of the famous Tijuana zebra-painted mule carts into Border Patrol. With himself dressed in a Border Patrol uniform and the mule cart painted to look like an official vehicle, the Burro-Patrol was situated on a corner of Avenida Revolución for one weekend and functioned as a regular tourist photo-op station. -- inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Tourist Information Centers Alleys Mule Humor Boundaries Tourism Mexican-American Border Region Satire (Artistic Device) Performance Art U.S. Border Patrol Zebras Law Enforcing Insite2000 Commercial Portraiture Parody Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Search: General View
title Search: General Viewdescription Chicago-based artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle proposed a transformation of the bullring at Playas de Tijuana for inSITE2000. Working on a scale indicative of the vast site, Manglano-Ovalle transformed the bullring into a large radio telescope searching for "aliens." Titled Search/En Busqueda the piece functioned as a listening device searching the atmosphere for any discernible noise made by aliens. A suspended antenna above a receiving dish located at ground level of the bullring would pick up sounds that in turn would be broadcast, along with the white sound of listening, on speakers surrounding the bullring, as well as on FM radio and the web. The notion of possible contact with aliens both at the border and in space made the piece, according to the artist, "a global event, possibly cosmic." --inSITE2000 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Science, Technology and Industry 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 225) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Bull Rings Sculpture (Visual Work) Antennas Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Radio Telescopes Undocumented Immigrants Extraterrestrial Beings Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Heat Seeking: Detail Of San Diego Installation
title Heat Seeking: Detail Of San Diego Installationdescription "Heat-Seeking," the film Jordan Crandall produced for inSITE2000, made use of and mimicked surveillance technology deployed along the US-Mexico border. Exploring themes of Erotica and violence through five fantasy sequences woven into the overall structural narrative of mobility and monitoring, the film was shot on location in San Diego and Tijuana over the course of seven days in August 2000. Crandall stated that he wanted to use the language of cinema, advertising, and the "strategic seeing" of military systems to produce a film that would investigate interior and exterior borders. The piece was presented in two formats that each referenced mobility and ultimately established a reconfigured role of the viewer. In Tijuana, the film could be seen on the video billboard at the Cuauhtémoc Circle where scenes would be interspersed with advertising and other public media. In San Diego, Crandall's film could be seen on hand-held cell phones using streaming video technology. --inSITE2000 Cuauhtémoc Circle, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art 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 074) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boundaries Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Violence Technology Erotica Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Military Surveillance Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project: Film Still
title Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project: Film Stilldescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Los Angeles-based artist Glen Wilson's inSITE2000 project, "Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project/Intersticio 2001: El proyecto nomada" consisted of a series of improvisational digital videos produced and performed at locations throughout the Los Angeles/San Diego/Tijuana region. Conceptually focused on the ideas of migration, mobility, and rhythm, Wilson filmed these sequences over the course of several months. An emphasis was put on portraying the urban and natural landscape of the region, with the individuals who live, work, and move within them. An event was organized to present projected segments of "Interstice" at the in(fo)SITE in San Diego on February 22, 2001, and included multiple projections, hip-hop music, and graffiti artists. -- inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 405) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wilson, Glensubject Boundaries Border Art Travel Film Stills Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Performance Art Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Picturing Paradise: Project Documentation
title Picturing Paradise: Project Documentationdescription Border Field State Park, San Diego and Playas de Tijuana, Tijuana, BC. For inSITE2000 Brazilian artist Valeska Soares was drawn to work directly with the border fence that divides the US and Mexico. Soares wanted specifically to find a way for people on either side of the border to be able to come together around a common theme or event and in some way create an exchange, or the illusion of an exchange, across the fence. Her initial proposal was for a garden project that would require a reconfiguration of the fence, yet it proved to be impossible to obtain permission to realize this idea. Soares changed her proposal but remained faithful to her concept of creating an opening in the fence. With Picturing Paradise the artist installed two highly polished large sheets of steel directly onto a section of chain-link fence at Playas de Tijuana, back to back, and as it were, creating the illusion of an opening in the fence, except what was seen was a reflection. Each mirrored surface was inscribed with an excerpt from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, a text that speaks of two mirror cities and what describes their shared reality. --inSITE2000 Garden and Landscape 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 257, DVD 00-44) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Soares, Valeskasubject Political Art Boundaries Border Art Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Reflections (Perceived Properties) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Blind/Hide: General View Of Blind/Hide And The Tijuana River Estuary Preserve
title Blind/Hide: General View Of Blind/Hide And The Tijuana River Estuary Preservedescription Architecture and City Planning 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 103) Tijuana River Estuary (Calif.) Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (Calif.) With the creation of a functioning bird blind located in the Tijuana River Estuary Reserve, Mark Dion's project "Blind/Hide" for inSITE2000 invited investigation and closer examination not only of the biodiversity of the site but also of the less apparent signs of cultural confluence specific to the location. Camouflaged to blend into the surrounding terrain the project was sited within a view of the border. The 8 x 16 foot bird blind structure housed photographs, charts, and books on the 370 bird species found at the reserve, along with binoculars and related research tools. As Dion himself said, he wanted to make a project that illustrated the complicated elements of this particular locale. The viewer was invited to become an observer of the more subtle environmental and political issues impacting the reserve, while bearing witness to how birds and wildlife have learned to conform and adapt. --inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Dion, Marksubject Blinds (Shelters) Political Art Natural History Environmental Protection Boundaries Ecological Art Education Nature Centers Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Landscapes (Environments) Bird Watching Insite2000 Birds Nature Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Duet: Film Still - Split Screen
title Duet: Film Still - Split Screendescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For New York-based artist Lorna Simpson, her inSITE2000 project Duet/Dueto was the first color film she had produced. The work was envisioned as a dual projection using two projectors to create a diptych or split-screen effect where two narratives could unfold in parallel. Filmed exclusively at sites in Tijuana and San Diego, including a hospital, bar, newspaper factory, office, and a home, with the participation of eight local actors, Simpson spent four days with her crew on the film shoot. The final film was on view at the Centro Cultural Tijuana from November 2000 through February 2001. --inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 341) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Diptychs Motion Pictures Boundaries Border Art Mexican-American Border Region Artists' Films Stoves Insite2000contributor 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 247) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Nador, Mônicasubject Dwellings Painting (Coating) Houses Color Video Art Neighborhoods Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Stripes Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Beautycontributor Calisphere -
The Cloud: White Balloons Suspended In The Sky
title The Cloud: White Balloons Suspended In The Skydescription New York-based Chilean artist Alfredo Jaar's project for inSITE2000 was designed as an ephemeral monument in memory of the migrants who had died during the previous ten years while trying to cross the border between Mexico and the US. Entitled La nube/The Cloud the piece centered around the ceremonial release of over one thousand white balloons. With the balloons tethered together as a large cloud positioned immediately above the border fence at Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon, not far from Playas de Tijuana, the work took the form of a ceremony that included the performance of classical pieces by Albinoni, Bach and Veracini, the reading of a poem by Tijuana poet Victor Hugo Limon, and a minute of silence. The balloons were then released from the cluster and drifted off one by one across the sky as symbols of the souls of the dead migrants. --inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 168) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico Valle del Matador/Goat Canyon [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jaar, Alfredosubject Clouds White (Color) Memory Emigration And Immigration Walls Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Deaths Mexican-American Border Region Sky Rites And Ceremonies Insite2000 Commemorations (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Picturing Paradise: Border Fence With Mirrored Surface
title Picturing Paradise: Border Fence With Mirrored Surfacedescription Border Field State Park, San Diego For inSITE2000 Brazilian artist Valeska Soares was drawn to work directly with the border fence that divides the US and Mexico. Soares wanted specifically to find a way for people on either side of the border to be able to come together around a common theme or event and in some way create an exchange, or the illusion of an exchange, across the fence. Her initial proposal was for a garden project that would require a reconfiguration of the fence, yet it proved to be impossible to obtain permission to realize this idea. Soares changed her proposal but remained faithful to her concept of creating an opening in the fence. With Picturing Paradise the artist installed two highly polished large sheets of steel directly onto a section of chain-link fence at Playas de Tijuana, back to back, and as it were, creating the illusion of an opening in the fence, except what was seen was a reflection. Each mirrored surface was inscribed with an excerpt from Invisible Cities by Italo Calvino, a text that speaks of two mirror cities and what describes their shared reality. --inSITE2000 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 310, Folder 06, Item 370) Tijuana River National Estuarine Research Reserve (Calif.) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Boundaries Border Art Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Reflections (Perceived Properties) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Taller Itinerante De Teatro Infantil: Performance
title Taller Itinerante De Teatro Infantil: Performancedescription Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 265) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) With "Taller itinerante de teatro infantile" Tijuana-based artist Ugo Palavicinio created a traveling youth theatre that bought workshops and performances to communities throughout Tijuana. Converting a large truck into a stage replete with all the needed accoutrements, the project was specifically designed to be mobile in order to reach children living in different areas of the city and to engage their participation in the art of theatrical performance. The mobile theatre truck worked in collaboration with area libraries where weeklong workshops were coordinated with groups of children, culminating in staged finished pieces performed to an audience of their community. The pieces presented as part of the project arose out of suggestions, preferences, and opinions of the participating children and included themes such as environmental preservation, family and social violence, and neighborhood anecdotes. --inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Theater, Open-Air Workshops (Seminars) Performances (Entertainment Events) Education Border Art Neighborhoods Children'S Theater Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Theater Traveling Theater Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Avenida Revolución: "Border Patrol Agent" (Meyer Vaisman) On Mule Painted To Look Like A Zebra
title Avenida Revolución: "Border Patrol Agent" (Meyer Vaisman) On Mule Painted To Look Like A Zebradescription Avenida Revolución (Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico) Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 384) Venezuelan artist Meyer Vaisman's initial proposal for inSITE2000 involved a performance in which he would impersonate a "lost" Border Patrol officer, in a car painted to resemble a Border Patrol vehicle, driving through various neighborhoods in Tijuana. After the performance, Vaisman planned to park the vehicle near the border fence at Playas de Tijuana, within sight of US Border Patrol officers, leaving it there to become a site registering local opinion. Yet given some obvious safety issues related to this proposal, the artist had to reconsider his project. With his original idea in mind Vaisman transformed one of the famous Tijuana zebra-painted mule carts into Border Patrol. With himself dressed in a Border Patrol uniform and the mule cart painted to look like an official vehicle, the Burro-Patrol was situated on a corner of Avenida Revolución for one weekend and functioned as a regular tourist photo-op station. -- inSITE2000 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Tourist Information Centers Alleys Mule Humor Political Art Boundaries Tourism Mexican-American Border Region Satire (Artistic Device) Performance Art U.S. Border Patrol Zebras Law Enforcing Insite2000 Commercial Portraiture Parody Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Invisible Man (My Way): Wrestlers Wrestling In Ring
title The Invisible Man (My Way): Wrestlers Wrestling In Ringdescription Conceived by Mexico City artist Carlos Amorales as a further elaboration of the identity of his wrestling character, Amorales, his project for inSITE2000, "The Invisible Man (My Way)/El hombre invisible (A mi manera)," took the form of two public and distinct wrestling performances. On Friday, January 19, 2001, two wrestlers from Holland, Amorales and Amorales, were featured in a fight against Mexican wrestling stars Satanico and Ultimo Guerrero. The match was part of the regular Friday night program at the Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana. The crowd of 3,500 was quiet with uncertainty as these two unknown Dutch lucha libre personalities walked into the ring. The uncertainty was transformed to excitement as the audience realized that the two Amoraleses were not impostors, but professional lucha libre wrestlers. By the end of the fight, the audience was divided between those screaming, "Amorales, Amorales!" and those who were faithful to the national wrestlers, evil as they might be. At 8:00 pm, on Saturday, January 20, 2001, the sequel of the Amorales wrestling match took place as the centerpiece of a black-tie dinner at the prestigious Wyndham Emerald Plaza Hotel in downtown San Diego. The fight was followed by dancing with music mixed live by Silverio. -- inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 025) Wyndam Emerald Plaza Hotel, San Diego, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Identity (Philosophical Concept) Boundaries Wrestlers Mexican-American Border Region Audiences Performance Art Sports Auditoriums Insite2000 Border Art Wrestlingcontributor Calisphere -
Search: View Under The Sailcloth
title Search: View Under The Sailclothdescription Chicago-based artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle proposed a transformation of the bullring at Playas de Tijuana for inSITE2000. Working on a scale indicative of the vast site, Manglano-Ovalle transformed the bullring into a large radio telescope searching for "aliens." Titled Search/En Busqueda the piece functioned as a listening device searching the atmosphere for any discernible noise made by aliens. A suspended antenna above a receiving dish located at ground level of the bullring would pick up sounds that in turn would be broadcast, along with the white sound of listening, on speakers surrounding the bullring, as well as on FM radio and the web. The notion of possible contact with aliens both at the border and in space made the piece, according to the artist, "a global event, possibly cosmic." --inSITE2000 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Science, Technology and Industry 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 226) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Bull Rings Sculpture (Visual Work) Antennas Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Radio Telescopes Undocumented Immigrants Extraterrestrial Beings Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Heat Seeking: Film Still
title Heat Seeking: Film Stilldescription "Heat-Seeking," the film Jordan Crandall produced for inSITE2000, made use of and mimicked surveillance technology deployed along the US-Mexico border. Exploring themes of Erotica and violence through five fantasy sequences woven into the overall structural narrative of mobility and monitoring, the film was shot on location in San Diego and Tijuana over the course of seven days in August 2000. Crandall stated that he wanted to use the language of cinema, advertising, and the "strategic seeing" of military systems to produce a film that would investigate interior and exterior borders. The piece was presented in two formats that each referenced mobility and ultimately established a reconfigured role of the viewer. In Tijuana, the film could be seen on the video billboard at the Cuauhtémoc Circle where scenes would be interspersed with advertising and other public media. In San Diego, Crandall's film could be seen on hand-held cell phones using streaming video technology. --inSITE2000 Cuauhtémoc Circle, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 075) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boundaries Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Violence Technology Erotica Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Military Surveillance Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project: Film Still
title Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project: Film Stilldescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Los Angeles-based artist Glen Wilson's inSITE2000 project, "Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project/Intersticio 2001: El proyecto nomada" consisted of a series of improvisational digital videos produced and performed at locations throughout the Los Angeles/San Diego/Tijuana region. Conceptually focused on the ideas of migration, mobility, and rhythm, Wilson filmed these sequences over the course of several months. An emphasis was put on portraying the urban and natural landscape of the region, with the individuals who live, work, and move within them. An event was organized to present projected segments of "Interstice" at the in(fo)SITE in San Diego on February 22, 2001, and included multiple projections, hip-hop music, and graffiti artists. -- inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 406) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wilson, Glensubject Boundaries Border Art Travel Film Stills Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Performance Art Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
In(Fo)Site San Diego: Interior
title In(Fo)Site San Diego: Interiordescription Architecture and City Planning 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 276) [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 -
Duet: Film Still
title Duet: Film Stilldescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For New York-based artist Lorna Simpson, her inSITE2000 project Duet/Dueto was the first color film she had produced. The work was envisioned as a dual projection using two projectors to create a diptych or split-screen effect where two narratives could unfold in parallel. Filmed exclusively at sites in Tijuana and San Diego, including a hospital, bar, newspaper factory, office, and a home, with the participation of eight local actors, Simpson spent four days with her crew on the film shoot. The final film was on view at the Centro Cultural Tijuana from November 2000 through February 2001. --inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 342) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Diptychs Motion Pictures Boundaries Mexican-American Border Region Artists' Films Gesture Insite2000 Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Richard Nixon: Wax Figure Of Richard Nixon Holding Audio Tapes
title Richard Nixon: Wax Figure Of Richard Nixon Holding Audio Tapesdescription California artist Jeffrey Vallance proposed to make an intervention at the Tijuana Wax Museum for inSITE2000. Collaborating with Mexico City-based wax-figure maker Victor Hugo Yanez, Vallance produced three new figures for the museum: the Virgin of Guadalupe, Dante, and former US President Richard Nixon. Vallance started with a list of about twenty-eight names of historical and contemporary figures as potential additions to the display at the museum, and arrive at the selection of the three figures based on the existing exhibition structure. The Virgin of Guadalupe could be seen in full figure situated on her own, while Nixon was placed in the presidential room holding in his hands the symbolic element that came to define his public career, a simulated set of reel-to-reel Watergate tapes, and Dante was placed at the entrance to hell with his hand pointing the way. With his project for the Wax Museum, Vallance deepened his own interest and fascination with the three selected figures. In this way, having followed stories for years from different parts of the world detailing apparitions of the Virgin of Guadalupe, Vallance, during a residency period in San Diego, could add yet another apparition to the list - he spotted her up high on a stone column at the Courtyard by Marriott downtown hotel. -- 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 311, Folder 01, Item 385) Tijuana Wax Museum [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Wax Figures Evidence (Law) Popular Culture Politicians Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Audiotapes Figurative Art Mexican-American Border Region Corruption Kitsch Nixon, Richard M. (Richard Milhous), 1913-1994 Waxworks Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Search: General View
title Search: General Viewdescription Chicago-based artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle proposed a transformation of the bullring at Playas de Tijuana for inSITE2000. Working on a scale indicative of the vast site, Manglano-Ovalle transformed the bullring into a large radio telescope searching for "aliens." Titled Search/En Busqueda the piece functioned as a listening device searching the atmosphere for any discernible noise made by aliens. A suspended antenna above a receiving dish located at ground level of the bullring would pick up sounds that in turn would be broadcast, along with the white sound of listening, on speakers surrounding the bullring, as well as on FM radio and the web. The notion of possible contact with aliens both at the border and in space made the piece, according to the artist, "a global event, possibly cosmic." --inSITE2000 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Science, Technology and Industry 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 227) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Bull Rings Sculpture (Visual Work) Antennas Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Radio Telescopes Undocumented Immigrants Extraterrestrial Beings Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Heat Seeking: Detail Of Cell Phones
title Heat Seeking: Detail Of Cell Phonesdescription "Heat-Seeking," the film Jordan Crandall produced for inSITE2000, made use of and mimicked surveillance technology deployed along the US-Mexico border. Exploring themes of Erotica and violence through five fantasy sequences woven into the overall structural narrative of mobility and monitoring, the film was shot on location in San Diego and Tijuana over the course of seven days in August 2000. Crandall stated that he wanted to use the language of cinema, advertising, and the "strategic seeing" of military systems to produce a film that would investigate interior and exterior borders. The piece was presented in two formats that each referenced mobility and ultimately established a reconfigured role of the viewer. In Tijuana, the film could be seen on the video billboard at the Cuauhtémoc Circle where scenes would be interspersed with advertising and other public media. In San Diego, Crandall's film could be seen on hand-held cell phones using streaming video technology. --inSITE2000 Cuauhtémoc Circle, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art 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 076) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boundaries Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Violence Technology Erotica Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Military Surveillance Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project: Film Still
title Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project: Film Stilldescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Los Angeles-based artist Glen Wilson's inSITE2000 project, "Interstice: 2001: The Nomad Project/Intersticio 2001: El proyecto nomada" consisted of a series of improvisational digital videos produced and performed at locations throughout the Los Angeles/San Diego/Tijuana region. Conceptually focused on the ideas of migration, mobility, and rhythm, Wilson filmed these sequences over the course of several months. An emphasis was put on portraying the urban and natural landscape of the region, with the individuals who live, work, and move within them. An event was organized to present projected segments of "Interstice" at the in(fo)SITE in San Diego on February 22, 2001, and included multiple projections, hip-hop music, and graffiti artists. -- inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 407) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wilson, Glensubject Boundaries Border Art Travel Film Stills Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Performance Art Insite2000 Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Mama: Border Patrol Agents
title Mama: Border Patrol Agentsdescription Brazilian and Swiss artist team Mauricio Dias and Walter Riedweg's inSITE2000 project, "MAMA," was based on work the artists undertook during several extended residencies in the region. Interested in investigating the issues of border security and immigration, the artists met with numerous groups, organizations, and individuals on either side of the border to collect materials. Through this process the artists narrowed their work to deal specifically with K-9 US customs officers on the one hand, and on the other, Mexican citizens trying to cross the border illegally. What interested Dias and Riedweg were the maternal relationships of the K-9 officers and how that informed the relationships they developed with their dogs and in turn the work they were performing daily. The work became an investigation of the border between private and public selves, and of the transgression and transference of private psychology on public situations. The project was shown as a video installation housed in two separate structures located in the San Ysidro pedestrian passage, Pasillo Turistico. Built to simulate the shape and size of ordinary cargo containers, one structure contained video of interviews with the customs officers and showed them interacting with their dogs. Each officer was asked to give his definition of "territory" and "authority." The other structure showed a looped video clip of illegal immigrants meeting up at night around a fire waiting for the "right" moment to jump the fence. --inSITE2000 Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 094) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Dogs Boundaries Border Art Mothers Sons Mexican-American Border Region Military Uniforms Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Graphic Arts Border Patrol Agents Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Public Projections
title Public Projectionsdescription 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 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) 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 00-16) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wodiczko, Krzysztofsubject Biography Emotions Offshore Assembly Industry Portraits Workers Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Violence Projections (Visual Works) Suffering Insite2000 Collective Biographies Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Labor Facecontributor Calisphere -
Duet: Film Still
title Duet: Film Stilldescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For New York-based artist Lorna Simpson, her inSITE2000 project Duet/Dueto was the first color film she had produced. The work was envisioned as a dual projection using two projectors to create a diptych or split-screen effect where two narratives could unfold in parallel. Filmed exclusively at sites in Tijuana and San Diego, including a hospital, bar, newspaper factory, office, and a home, with the participation of eight local actors, Simpson spent four days with her crew on the film shoot. The final film was on view at the Centro Cultural Tijuana from November 2000 through February 2001. --inSITE2000 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 343) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Diptychs Motion Pictures Boundaries Border Art Mexican-American Border Region Artists' Films Stoves Insite2000contributor Calisphere