Mexican American Art Since 1848 (MAAS1848)

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  Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Cruising Object): Project Documentation

  title Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Cruising Object): Project Documentation 

  description Barrio Logan (San Diego, Calif.)  Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art  For inSITE97 Rubén Ortiz Torres collaborated with Salvador "Chava" Munoz to construct Alien Toy UCO (Unidentified Cruising Object)/La ranfla cosmica ORNI (Objeto rodante no identificado), a lowrider car that was converted into a dancing hydraulics wonder in the form of a Border Patrol vehicle. Chava, a world champion in radical bed dancing, reworked each section of the car to move and spin on its own set of hydraulics and arms. Ortiz Torres produced a film with alien imagery and clips of the car in action to accompany the installation. Ortiz Torres stated that the car was a product of cultural migration and exchange, a visual manifestation of the cultural hybridization in Southern California. --inSITE97  Sculpture and Installations  Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca)  This video file was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 256, DVD 97-10)  [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. 

  artist/creator Ortiz Torres, Rubén 

  subject Popular Culture  Unidentified Flying Objects  Automobiles  Documentaries  Humor  Political Art  Sculpture (Visual Work)  Marionettes  Mexican-American Border Region  Logos (Symbols)  Performance Art  Toys (Recreational Artifacts)  Insite97  Installations (Visual Works)  Border Art  Video Art 

  contributor Calisphere 
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  Christmas Folk Art Sale

  title Christmas Folk Art Sale 

  description Cat. 3 044(26)  Photo is of several works of folk art on display for sale at a Galería de la Raza fundraiser curated by María V. Pinedo.  The artist of any work retains all rights to that work. Copyright has not been assigned to the Regents of the University of California. The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Under certain conditions specified in the law, libraries and archives are authorized to furnish a photocopy or other reproduction. One of these specified conditions is that the photocopy or reproduction is not to be "used for any purpose other than private study, scholarship, or research." If a user makes a request for, or later uses, a photocopy or reproduction for purposes in excess of "fair use," that user may be liable for copyright infringement. No further reproduction is permitted without prior written permission by the artist or copyright holder. Any requests for permission to reproduce this piece must be directed to: Galeria de la Raza 2857 24th Street San Francisco, California 94110 t: 415.826.8009 Phone: 1-415-826-8009 E-mail: info@galeriadelaraza.org Web: http://www.galeriadelaraza.org 

  artist/creator Galería De La Raza 

  subject Fund Raising  Toys In Art  Mexican American Art  Marionettes  Dolls In Art  Art - Exhibitions  Chicano Art  Hand In Art  Mexican Americans  Chicanos 

  contributor Calisphere