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La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: Entry
title La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: Entrydescription Architecture and City Planning Colonia Altamira, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Patricia Patterson's inSITE97 project was a collaborative effort to transform a small home in Tijuana into a visually captivating space for the surrounding community to meet, talk, eat, and engage in activities with one another. Working over a period of nine months, Patterson and her team of students and craftsmen renovated, painted, and landscaped the home of the Resendiz family to create a vibrant center in the residential colonia. Once complete, "La Casita en la Colonia Altamira, Calle Rio de Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana" hosted numerous parties, brunches, and other gatherings of both local residents and visitors from San Diego, making the house a space for cross-cultural exchange and diversity. --inSITE97 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 270) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Painting (Coating) Houses Color Neighborhoods Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Gardening Insite97 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Popotla - The Wall: Assemblage Of Found Objects In The Form Of A Cowboy
title Popotla - The Wall: Assemblage Of Found Objects In The Form Of A Cowboydescription For their InSITE97 Community Engagement project, artist collective RevolucionArte (RevArte) worked with local children and residents of the fishing village Popotla to create murals constructed of found materials to soften and embellish the concrete walls surrounding their community. Popotla had recently been subjected to the development of numerous modern buildings and projects, including the kilometer-long concrete wall constructed for 20th Century Fox's production set for the film Titanic. It was on this wall that the murals were created, giving the residents a sense of ownership over their village and its landscape. "Popotla - The Wall/Popotla - El muro," was created over the course of four months, but even after the exhibition was over the community continued to add to the murals. --inSITE97 Popotla, Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 296) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Children (People By Age Group) Assemblage (Sculpture Technique) Mexican-American Border Region Murals (Any Medium) Insite97 Border Art Cowboyscontributor Calisphere -
Some Kindly Monster: Truck Interior With Driver
title Some Kindly Monster: Truck Interior With Driverdescription Chris Ferreria's project, "Some Kindly Monster," was inspired by the expressive car culture that defines much of Southern California, and in particular the communities of Southeast San Diego and National City. By bringing together two distinct car customizers, who wouldn't normally collaborate together, Ferreria sought to create a monster vehicle that would embody his co-participants divergent aesthetics. In addition, Ferreria enlisted the contribution of three locally based DJs who created new recordings based on sampled field recordings taken from specific neighborhoods in San Diego. -- inSite_05 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design East San Diego, San Diego (Calif.) Graphic Design and Illustration Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 185, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ferreria, Christophersubject Popular Culture Automobiles Political Art Color Neighborhoods Music Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite_05 Performance Art Trucks--Customizing Portable Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: View Of Concrete Platform Next To The Border Fence And Pacific Ocean
title La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: View Of Concrete Platform Next To The Border Fence And Pacific Oceandescription "La esquina/ Jardines de Playas de Tijuana" is an urban renewal initiative involving the stretch of land bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Mexico/US international border fence, the Tijuana bullring, and the Playas Tijuana tourist corridor. This piece focuses on recovering a specific site's significance as a recreational space and as an area of ecological importance. This is the only permanent project commissioned by inSite. --inSite_05 Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 186, DVD 01) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Political Art Pacific Ocean Boundaries Public Art Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Parks Urban Renewal Public Spaces Urban Planning Border Art Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
Union Market Island Front
title Union Market Island Frontdescription Architecture and City Planning Paintings San Diego-based artist Patricia Patterson's project for inSITE94 showcased her career-long engagement with color on a monumental city-block-scale. Working directly with the exterior of the entire Children's Museum of San Diego, Patterson selected a color pallet that would transform every surface of the Museum. Titled "union market island front," according to the four city streets surrounding the footprint of the museum, the block came alive through the colors chosen by the artist. The exterior transformation of the Museum was part of larger effort to establish a lasting identity for the institution and as an extension thereof. Patterson collaborated simultaneously with graphic designer Leah Roschke in designing the logo that would likewise come to represent the Museum. --inSITE94 Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 267) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Color Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Insite94 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border 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 -
Boletín De Prensa: La University Of California, San Diego (Ucsd) Ofrecera Un Curso Intensive Sobre El Espacia Publico
title Boletín De Prensa: La University Of California, San Diego (Ucsd) Ofrecera Un Curso Intensive Sobre El Espacia Publicodescription 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 82, folder 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Insite97subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Documents Boundaries Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Insite97 Public Spaces University Of California, San Diego Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
International Waters: Detail Of Pipe From Mexican Side Of The Border Fence
title International Waters: Detail Of Pipe From Mexican Side Of The Border Fencedescription Architecture and City Planning Border Field State Park, San Diego, California, United States For inSITE97 San Diego artist Louis Hock constructed International Waters/Aguas Internacionales at the Border Field State Park/Playas de Tijuana section of the border fence. Using water pumped from a well several miles northeast of the site, Hock built a double-sided drinking fountain with one head on each side of the border. People bending to drink from the heads could see each other through a hole cut in the metal fence. During the exhibition, US government authorities suddenly decided to replace the opaque metal fence with a chain link fence. International Waters/Aguas Internacionales used the valuable resource, potable water, as an example of the flow and exchange that occurs along the border, despite the barriers and questions of ownership that try to hinder it. --KB 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 309, Folder 06, Item 149) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Hock, Louissubject Drinking Water Political Art Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Natural Resources Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Fountainscontributor 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 -
La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: View Toward Entry Hall
title La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: View Toward Entry Halldescription Architecture and City Planning Colonia Altamira, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Patricia Patterson's inSITE97 project was a collaborative effort to transform a small home in Tijuana into a visually captivating space for the surrounding community to meet, talk, eat, and engage in activities with one another. Working over a period of nine months, Patterson and her team of students and craftsmen renovated, painted, and landscaped the home of the Resendiz family to create a vibrant center in the residential colonia. Once complete, "La Casita en la Colonia Altamira, Calle Rio de Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana" hosted numerous parties, brunches, and other gatherings of both local residents and visitors from San Diego, making the house a space for cross-cultural exchange and diversity. --inSITE97 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 271) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Painting (Coating) Houses Color Neighborhoods Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Gardening Insite97 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Popotla - The Wall: Crushed Beer Cans Used To Color Mural
title Popotla - The Wall: Crushed Beer Cans Used To Color Muraldescription For their InSITE97 Community Engagement project, artist collective RevolucionArte (RevArte) worked with local children and residents of the fishing village Popotla to create murals constructed of found materials to soften and embellish the concrete walls surrounding their community. Popotla had recently been subjected to the development of numerous modern buildings and projects, including the kilometer-long concrete wall constructed for 20th Century Fox's production set for the film Titanic. It was on this wall that the murals were created, giving the residents a sense of ownership over their village and its landscape. "Popotla - The Wall/Popotla - El muro," was created over the course of four months, but even after the exhibition was over the community continued to add to the murals. --inSITE97 Popotla, Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 297) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Humor Color Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Children (People By Age Group) Assemblage (Sculpture Technique) Mexican-American Border Region Murals (Any Medium) Insite97 Recyclingcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Water Purifiers Installed In Tijuana Community
title Dirty Water Initiative: Water Purifiers Installed In Tijuana Communitydescription Architecture and City Planning Science, Technology and Industry Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The U.S. art collective SIMPARCH began their investigative process by working with one of Tijuana's informal communties in collaboration with the Fundación Esperanza. They became especially interested in the threme of water, in particular the idea of purifying water using solar-based water distillation. The project, entitled "Dirty Water Initiative," has two phases: the first stage is to construct and install a small purification plant as a "public fountain" sited in the pedestrian walkway from San Ysidro to Tijuana at the U.S./Mexico port of entry; the second stage involves the donation of the distillation facility to an informal community in Tijuana. The deployment of these solar distillers, sealed in glass, more than an aesthetic effect at the urban scale, seeks to stimulate reflection about the problem of water, and the importance of researching ecological solutions that could achieve a direct impact at the community level within poor, informal settlements. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 197, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Water--Purification Political Art Boundaries Health Education Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Technology Water Treatment Plants Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Fountainscontributor Calisphere -
Maze: General View Of Cinder Block Pyramid
title Maze: General View Of Cinder Block Pyramiddescription Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 171) With his two-part environmental installation for inSITE94, artist David Jurist's impulse was to create a project that took architecture and its impact on cultural history and development as its central issue. "Maíz/Maze" was located at the Children's museum of San Diego and in the Regents Park office Complex in La Jolla's Golden Triangle area. Using corn as his primary structural element, Jurist chose a large open area of land in the Golden Triangle and "grew" the floor plan of a typical Southern California condominium. As the corn grew, the floor plan transformed slowly into a maze. At the Children's Museum, Jurist built a pyramid using concrete blocks in the hollow of which he planted corn. A video monitor was installed at the center of the pyramid that continuously showed a static overhead image of the La Jolla corn maze. The artist noted that he wanted to reference the assimilation of cultures, and the flux that occurs between north and south in the region. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jurist, Davidsubject Landscape Architecture Earthworks (Sculpture) Real Estate Development San Diego (Calif.) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Pyramids Agriculture Border Art Gardens Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: View Of Plaza And Lighthouse
title La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: View Of Plaza And Lighthousedescription "La esquina/ Jardines de Playas de Tijuana" is an urban renewal initiative involving the stretch of land bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Mexico/US international border fence, the Tijuana bullring, and the Playas Tijuana tourist corridor. This piece focuses on recovering a specific site's significance as a recreational space and as an area of ecological importance. This is the only permanent project commissioned by inSite. --inSite_05 Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 186, DVD 01) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Political Art Pacific Ocean Boundaries Public Art Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Parks Lighthouses Public Spaces Urban Renewal Urban Planning Border Art Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
Untitled Depot
title Untitled Depotdescription Garden and Landscape Nari Ward's "Untitled Depot/Estacion sin titulo," installed at Playas de Tijuana, was an interactive piece that brought people together. Dedicated to the healer and child in everyone, the installation was constructed from doors, bed springs, and other found materials that visitors could walk through and experiment with. Ward felt that the physical interaction that brought visitors together inside the installation was vital for the totality of the piece. The bed springs that encouraged visitors to jump up and down were based on Ward's interest in suspension, and the balance it implies between rest and motion -- inSITE97 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 398) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Arenas Walls Play Boundaries Bull Rings Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Heroes Of War: Veterans Museum Interior With Flags
title Heroes Of War: Veterans Museum Interior With Flagsdescription "Heroes of War," by Gonzalo Lebrija, is a video installation projected in the auditorium of the San Diego Veterans Museum in Balboa Park. Over a year before, Lebrija began working with veterans at the Veterans Home of California in Chula Vista. Gonzalo's goal was to intervene in the museum space, creating a curatorial discourse that approximates a creative group experience. Gonzalo participated in a number of reunions of former prisoners of war, or POWs. These experiences led him to explore the notion of military paraphernalia and veterans' narratives. Gonzalo filmed a number of individuals while they discussed the public recognition accorded to them and their actions as servicemen in times of war. --inSite_05 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 188, DVD 01) Veterans Museum, Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Lebrija, Gonzalo, 1972-subject Political Art Veterans Public Art Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Prisoners Of War Soldiers Memorials Military Museums Installations (Visual Works) Flags Video 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 -
Serpent Column, Auto-Sacrifice
title Serpent Column, Auto-Sacrificedescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Spring Hurlbut's work for inSITE97, "Columna serpiente, autosacrificio," was installed in the staircases of the Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana. Hurlbut designed cast-plaster Greek columns covered in coiling serpents, and column bases holding pairs of skeletal feet. Referencing symbols of victimization and bloodshed from Mexican and Greek history and mythology, Hurlbut wished to use architecture to examine the development of civilization and territories around the border. --inSITE97 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 157) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Sacrifice Insite97 Snakes Foot Columns (Architectural Elements) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Abandoned Ii
title Abandoned Iidescription Garden and Landscape Originally created for inSITE92 by San Diego artist Michael Schnorr and Swedish artist Ulf Rollof, "Abandonado II" was renovated for inSITE94. The project was from the beginning born of the particular circumstances that describe its location. Situated on an empty lot across the street from the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana, the installation was intended to serve the numerous abandoned children who live along the border in the beach area. The installation consisted of several pieces constructed from brick and concrete, among them two pieces of fire-heated outdoor furniture, the "Fire Sofa" and "Fire Chair." It also included a shell-like echo chamber titled "Habla/Head - Cabeza/Speak" and a circle of brick school desks titled "The Bricklayers' Class." The installation became a gathering place for locals and a playground for children. - InSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 312) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Furniture Homelessness Humor Bull Rings Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Outdoor Furniture Playgrounds Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite94 Insite92 Chimneys (Architectural Elements) Border Art Artistic Collaborationcontributor 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 -
Century 21: House With Tire Fence And Clothes Line
title Century 21: House With Tire Fence And Clothes Linedescription Architecture and City Planning Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 283) With "Century 21" Tijuana artist Marcos Ramirez ERRE created a piece for inSITE94 that captured significant public attention. Located prominently on the plaza of the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Ramirez replicated a common Tijuana shanty house and thereby placed the issue of socio-economic disparity where it would be difficult to avoid. The artist drew a sharp contrast to that of the modern façade of the CECUT and this apparent tension was further underscored when one ventured inside the building to find the trappings of common Mexican life. The installation included documentary photographs of five similar shanty homes. The artist stated that with this work he wanted to point to one of the sore spots of Mexican society and also posit that while some people may live in poverty they live equally with dignity and pride as members of the same society. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Dwellings Satire Shacks Real Property Temporary Housing Housing (Concept) Political Art Public Art Insite94 Squatters Settlements Homelessness Humor Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: View From Street
title La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: View From Streetdescription Architecture and City Planning Colonia Altamira, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Patricia Patterson's inSITE97 project was a collaborative effort to transform a small home in Tijuana into a visually captivating space for the surrounding community to meet, talk, eat, and engage in activities with one another. Working over a period of nine months, Patterson and her team of students and craftsmen renovated, painted, and landscaped the home of the Resendiz family to create a vibrant center in the residential colonia. Once complete, "La Casita en la Colonia Altamira, Calle Rio de Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana" hosted numerous parties, brunches, and other gatherings of both local residents and visitors from San Diego, making the house a space for cross-cultural exchange and diversity. --inSITE97 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 272) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Painting (Coating) Houses Color Neighborhoods Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Gardening Insite97 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Water Purifier Installed In Tijuana Community
title Dirty Water Initiative: Water Purifier Installed In Tijuana Communitydescription Architecture and City Planning Science, Technology and Industry Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The U.S. art collective SIMPARCH began their investigative process by working with one of Tijuana's informal communties in collaboration with the Fundación Esperanza. They became especially interested in the threme of water, in particular the idea of purifying water using solar-based water distillation. The project, entitled "Dirty Water Initiative," has two phases: the first stage is to construct and install a small purification plant as a "public fountain" sited in the pedestrian walkway from San Ysidro to Tijuana at the U.S./Mexico port of entry; the second stage involves the donation of the distillation facility to an informal community in Tijuana. The deployment of these solar distillers, sealed in glass, more than an aesthetic effect at the urban scale, seeks to stimulate reflection about the problem of water, and the importance of researching ecological solutions that could achieve a direct impact at the community level within poor, informal settlements. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 197, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Water--Purification Political Art Boundaries Health Education Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Technology Water Treatment Plants Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Fountainscontributor Calisphere -
Popotla - The Wall: Mural Of Figures On A Boat
title Popotla - The Wall: Mural Of Figures On A Boatdescription For their InSITE97 Community Engagement project, artist collective RevolucionArte (RevArte) worked with local children and residents of the fishing village Popotla to create murals constructed of found materials to soften and embellish the concrete walls surrounding their community. Popotla had recently been subjected to the development of numerous modern buildings and projects, including the kilometer-long concrete wall constructed for 20th Century Fox's production set for the film Titanic. It was on this wall that the murals were created, giving the residents a sense of ownership over their village and its landscape. "Popotla - The Wall/Popotla - El muro," was created over the course of four months, but even after the exhibition was over the community continued to add to the murals. --inSITE97 Popotla, Rosarito, Baja California Norte, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 298) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Humor Color Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Boats Murals (Any Medium) Insite97contributor Calisphere -
The Middle Of The Road
title The Middle Of The Roaddescription After her initial residency in the region, Mexico City artist Silvia Gruner was drawn to working directly on the border fence. She chose a stretch of the fence running along the residential neighborhood of Colonia Libertad in Tijuana. Entitled "The Middle of the Road/La mitad del camino," the installation consisted of more than 100 replicas of the Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl in a birthing position on metal stools, mounted directly onto the border fence. The goddess suggests fertility, a point of passage - an entering through the ritual of birth where life is being recycled or regenerated. Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego 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 05, Item 136) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gruner, Sylviasubject Childbirth Walls Goddesses Political Art Boundaries Stools Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Fertility Tlazolteotl (Aztec Deity) Insite94 Fences Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Maleteros: The Artist With A Porter
title Maleteros: The Artist With A Porterdescription Architecture and City Planning Mark Bradford's project involves an intervention into the pre-existing labor dynamic of porters (maleteros) who work along the narrow border strip linking Tijuana and San Diego. "Maleteros" aims to facilitate, and make visible, porter services that for over two decades have been offered informally, or at least without formal recognition, between various access points at the San Ysidro border crossing. 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 182, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Bradford, Marksubject Political Art Collaboration Porters Portraits Border Art Workers Public Art Insite_05 Economics Labor Mexican-American Border Region Bradford, Mark (American Installation And Conceptual Artist, Contemporary) Information Signscontributor Calisphere -
Maze: Detail View Of Corn Growing In Cinder Block Cavities
title Maze: Detail View Of Corn Growing In Cinder Block Cavitiesdescription Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 172) With his two-part environmental installation for inSITE94, artist David Jurist's impulse was to create a project that took architecture and its impact on cultural history and development as its central issue. "Maíz/Maze" was located at the Children's museum of San Diego and in the Regents Park office Complex in La Jolla's Golden Triangle area. Using corn as his primary structural element, Jurist chose a large open area of land in the Golden Triangle and "grew" the floor plan of a typical Southern California condominium. As the corn grew, the floor plan transformed slowly into a maze. At the Children's Museum, Jurist built a pyramid using concrete blocks in the hollow of which he planted corn. A video monitor was installed at the center of the pyramid that continuously showed a static overhead image of the La Jolla corn maze. The artist noted that he wanted to reference the assimilation of cultures, and the flux that occurs between north and south in the region. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jurist, Davidsubject Landscape Architecture Earthworks (Sculpture) Real Estate Development San Diego (Calif.) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Pyramids Agriculture Border Art Gardens Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Maleteros: View Of Shopping Carts In The Workshop
title Maleteros: View Of Shopping Carts In The Workshopdescription Architecture and City Planning Mark Bradford's project involves an intervention into the pre-existing labor dynamic of porters (maleteros) who work along the narrow border strip linking Tijuana and San Diego. "Maleteros" aims to facilitate, and make visible, porter services that for over two decades have been offered informally, or at least without formal recognition, between various access points at the San Ysidro border crossing. 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 182, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Bradford, Marksubject Political Art Collaboration Porters Workers Public Art Insite_05 Economics Labor Mexican-American Border Region Maps Border Art Information Signscontributor 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 -
Heroes Of War: Lightboxes Representing Ribbons, Awards And Decorations
title Heroes Of War: Lightboxes Representing Ribbons, Awards And Decorationsdescription "Heroes of War," by Gonzalo Lebrija, is a video installation projected in the auditorium of the San Diego Veterans Museum in Balboa Park. Over a year before, Lebrija began working with veterans at the Veterans Home of California in Chula Vista. Gonzalo's goal was to intervene in the museum space, creating a curatorial discourse that approximates a creative group experience. Gonzalo participated in a number of reunions of former prisoners of war, or POWs. These experiences led him to explore the notion of military paraphernalia and veterans' narratives. Gonzalo filmed a number of individuals while they discussed the public recognition accorded to them and their actions as servicemen in times of war. --inSite_05 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 188, DVD 01) Veterans Museum, Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Lebrija, Gonzalo, 1972-subject Military Decorations Political Art Color Veterans Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite_05 Prisoners Of War Soldiers Memorials Military Museums Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Human Cannonball David Smith Mid-Flight As He Is Shot From A Cannon And Across Border Fence
title One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Human Cannonball David Smith Mid-Flight As He Is Shot From A Cannon And Across Border Fencedescription Building on a collaborative process that is evident throughout his artistic practice, Javier Téllez's project "One Flew Over the Void (Bala perdida)" involved a sustained engagement with psychiatric patients from the Baja California Mental Health Center in Mexicali to co-create a public event and to document its evolution and final performance. Inspired by the traditional "human cannonball" circus performer, Téllez explored the notion of spatial and mental borders in the context of Tijuana and San Diego, and developed an event that involves sending a "human cannonball" across the border between Mexico and the United States. Through successive creative workshops and exchanges the world's most famous human cannonball, Dave Smith, the psychiatric patients and Téllez collectively devised the backdrop, music, costumes, and radio and television announcements for the event. The performance occurred on August 27 at the site where the Mexico/US border fence disappears into the sea between Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park. Finally, Téllez created a video documenting the process and the event. --inSite_05 Imperial Beach, San Diego, California, United States 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 198, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Téllez, Javiersubject Political Art Spectacular, The Flight Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Cannons (Artillery) Insite_05 Audiences Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Fences Daredevils Adventure And Adventurers Caricatures Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Good Rumor Project: Video Documentation
title The Good Rumor Project: Video Documentationdescription "The Good Rumor Project" appropriates and replicates the model of a social experiment. In seeking to invert the more common negative effects of rumor Wrange and his collaborators constructed two "good" rumors: one about people in Tijuana that was spread in San Diego and one about people in San Diego that was spread in Tijuana. In contrast to normal rumors, the "good" rumors were created in dialogue with the actual subjects of the rumors through a series of focus groups. The "good" rumors were disseminated through a multifaceted strategy that combines some of the most advanced marketing techniques - viral/ word of mouth marketing - with structures borrowed from rumor theory as well as recent research on small-world networks and social network analysis. By tracing the organization of the interdependent communication channels in the border zone, as well as the spatial and temporal development of the "good" rumor, Wrange/ OMBUD reveal how Society is predicated on an ever evolving communicative process. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This video file was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 257, DVD 05-60) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Wrange, Måns, 1961-subject Rumor Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Political Art Humor Boundaries San Diego (Calif.) Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Focus Groups Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Information Signs Video 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 -
Kiosko Esotérico: Kiosk Outside The Centro Cultural In Tijuana
title Kiosko Esotérico: Kiosk Outside The Centro Cultural In Tijuanadescription Architecture and City Planning Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design For inSITE97, Pablo Vargas Lugo constructed "Esoteric Kiosk/Kiosko Esotérico," a futuristic piece of portable architecture with fake newspapers displaying fantastical imagery. Installed outside the Centro Cultural Tijuana, the kiosk was open for public viewing everyday and folded up each night to convey a sense of secrecy about its contents. The structure was divided into four sections showing two intersecting images, each referencing scientific discoveries about extraterrestrial life and life inside the core of planet Earth. Vargas Lugo related the images of the discoveries to images of heaven and hell, creating a work that functioned as an altarpiece, advertisement, and newspaper stand. --inSITE97 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 392) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Advertisements Pavilions Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Altarpieces Mexican-American Border Region Newspaper Vendors Information Insite97 Extraterrestrial Beings Installations (Visual Works) Newspapercontributor Calisphere -
Awasinake (On The Other Side): Detail Of Photographs On Marquee
title Awasinake (On The Other Side): Detail Of Photographs On Marqueedescription Casino Theatre, San Diego (Calif.) For inSITE97, Rebecca Belmore created a large-scale photographic work installed on the abandoned marquee of the historic Casino Theatre in downtown San Diego. "Awasinake (on the Other Side)/Awasinake (en el otro lado)" was based on the ritual of waiting to cross the border from Mexico to the US. Belmore wanted the photographs of indigenous women waiting at the border fence in Tijuana to reflect the mood of the dilapidated Casino Theatre itself, waiting to be reclaimed and refurbished by the city. The size and elongated format of the portraits evoked the feel of an epic narrative unfolding before the viewer. --inSITE97 Photographs 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 043) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Refurbishment Façades Political Art Portraits Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Marquees Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Drops: Concrete Die
title Drops: Concrete Diedescription For Iran do Espírito Santo's inSITE97 project, "Drops," twenty concrete dice were scattered among sites in San Diego and Tijuana, ten in each city. The "Drops," situated in public places, could be seen or even sat upon by a number of passersby, but only chance could allow visitors to see more than one die and understand that they were viewing an artwork. Espírito Santo explained that the installation dealt with paradoxes on different levels. The entire installation could not be perceived at any one moment, and the oversized dice did not function as the objects they represented. By the end of the exhibition, many of the dice had been removed or damaged, their fate left to chance. A few dice remain in their original locations. --inSITE97 Santa Fe Depot (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 04, Item 115) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Play Gambling Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Floor Pieces (Art) Mexican-American Border Region Dice Games Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor 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 -
Century 21
title Century 21description Architecture and City Planning Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 284) With "Century 21" Tijuana artist Marcos Ramirez ERRE created a piece for inSITE94 that captured significant public attention. Located prominently on the plaza of the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Ramirez replicated a common Tijuana shanty house and thereby placed the issue of socio-economic disparity where it would be difficult to avoid. The artist drew a sharp contrast to that of the modern façade of the CECUT and this apparent tension was further underscored when one ventured inside the building to find the trappings of common Mexican life. The installation included documentary photographs of five similar shanty homes. The artist stated that with this work he wanted to point to one of the sore spots of Mexican society and also posit that while some people may live in poverty they live equally with dignity and pride as members of the same society. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ramírez Erre, Marcossubject Dwellings Satire Shacks Real Property Temporary Housing Housing (Concept) Political Art Public Art Insite94 Squatters Settlements Replicas Information Signs Homelessness Humor Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: Multi-Colored Fence And Garden
title La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: Multi-Colored Fence And Gardendescription Architecture and City Planning Colonia Altamira, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Patricia Patterson's inSITE97 project was a collaborative effort to transform a small home in Tijuana into a visually captivating space for the surrounding community to meet, talk, eat, and engage in activities with one another. Working over a period of nine months, Patterson and her team of students and craftsmen renovated, painted, and landscaped the home of the Resendiz family to create a vibrant center in the residential colonia. Once complete, "La Casita en la Colonia Altamira, Calle Rio de Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana" hosted numerous parties, brunches, and other gatherings of both local residents and visitors from San Diego, making the house a space for cross-cultural exchange and diversity. --inSITE97 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 273) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Chávez, Patriciosubject Landscape Architecture Painting (Coating) Houses Color Neighborhoods Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Gardening Fences Insite97 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Water Purifier Installed In Tijuana Community
title Dirty Water Initiative: Water Purifier Installed In Tijuana Communitydescription Architecture and City Planning Science, Technology and Industry Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The U.S. art collective SIMPARCH began their investigative process by working with one of Tijuana's informal communties in collaboration with the Fundación Esperanza. They became especially interested in the threme of water, in particular the idea of purifying water using solar-based water distillation. The project, entitled "Dirty Water Initiative," has two phases: the first stage is to construct and install a small purification plant as a "public fountain" sited in the pedestrian walkway from San Ysidro to Tijuana at the U.S./Mexico port of entry; the second stage involves the donation of the distillation facility to an informal community in Tijuana. The deployment of these solar distillers, sealed in glass, more than an aesthetic effect at the urban scale, seeks to stimulate reflection about the problem of water, and the importance of researching ecological solutions that could achieve a direct impact at the community level within poor, informal settlements. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 197, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Water--Purification Political Art Boundaries Health Education Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Technology Water Treatment Plants Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Fountainscontributor Calisphere -
Maleteros: Porters With Shopping Carts In Front Of Taxi Stand And Bus Station
title Maleteros: Porters With Shopping Carts In Front Of Taxi Stand And Bus Stationdescription Architecture and City Planning Mark Bradford's project involves an intervention into the pre-existing labor dynamic of porters (maleteros) who work along the narrow border strip linking Tijuana and San Diego. "Maleteros" aims to facilitate, and make visible, porter services that for over two decades have been offered informally, or at least without formal recognition, between various access points at the San Ysidro border crossing. 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 182, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Bradford, Marksubject Political Art Collaboration Porters Workers Public Art Insite_05 Economics Labor Border Art Information Signscontributor Calisphere -
Maze
title Mazedescription Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 173) With his two-part environmental installation for inSITE94, artist David Jurist's impulse was to create a project that took architecture and its impact on cultural history and development as its central issue. "Maíz/Maze" was located at the Children's museum of San Diego and in the Regents Park office Complex in La Jolla's Golden Triangle area. Using corn as his primary structural element, Jurist chose a large open area of land in the Golden Triangle and "grew" the floor plan of a typical Southern California condominium. As the corn grew, the floor plan transformed slowly into a maze. At the Children's Museum, Jurist built a pyramid using concrete blocks in the hollow of which he planted corn. A video monitor was installed at the center of the pyramid that continuously showed a static overhead image of the La Jolla corn maze. The artist noted that he wanted to reference the assimilation of cultures, and the flux that occurs between north and south in the region. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Jurist, Davidsubject Landscape Architecture Earthworks (Sculpture) Real Estate Development San Diego (Calif.) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Pyramids Agriculture Border Art Gardens Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Middle Of The Road: Detail Of The Aztec Goddess Tlazolteotl Against Border Fence
title The Middle Of The Road: Detail Of The Aztec Goddess Tlazolteotl Against Border Fencedescription After her initial residency in the region, Mexico City artist Silvia Gruner was drawn to working directly on the border fence. She chose a stretch of the fence running along the residential neighborhood of Colonia Libertad in Tijuana. Entitled "The Middle of the Road/La mitad del camino," the installation consisted of more than 100 replicas of the Aztec goddess Tlazolteotl in a birthing position on metal stools, mounted directly onto the border fence. The goddess suggests fertility, a point of passage - an entering through the ritual of birth where life is being recycled or regenerated. Colonia Libertad, Baja California Norte, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 05, Item 137) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gruner, Sylviasubject Childbirth Walls Goddesses Political Art Boundaries Stools Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Fertility Tlazolteotl (Aztec Deity) Insite94 Fences 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 -
One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Human Cannonball David Smith Ascends From Cannon And Across Border Fence
title One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Human Cannonball David Smith Ascends From Cannon And Across Border Fencedescription Building on a collaborative process that is evident throughout his artistic practice, Javier Téllez's project "One Flew Over the Void (Bala perdida)" involved a sustained engagement with psychiatric patients from the Baja California Mental Health Center in Mexicali to co-create a public event and to document its evolution and final performance. Inspired by the traditional "human cannonball" circus performer, Téllez explored the notion of spatial and mental borders in the context of Tijuana and San Diego, and developed an event that involves sending a "human cannonball" across the border between Mexico and the United States. Through successive creative workshops and exchanges the world's most famous human cannonball, Dave Smith, the psychiatric patients and Téllez collectively devised the backdrop, music, costumes, and radio and television announcements for the event. The performance occurred on August 27 at the site where the Mexico/US border fence disappears into the sea between Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park. Finally, Téllez created a video documenting the process and the event. --inSite_05 Imperial Beach, San Diego, California, United States 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 198, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Téllez, Javiersubject Political Art Spectacular, The Flight Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Cannons (Artillery) Insite_05 Audiences Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Fences Daredevils Adventure And Adventurers Caricatures Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Heroes Of War: Lightboxes Representing Ribbons, Awards And Decorations
title Heroes Of War: Lightboxes Representing Ribbons, Awards And Decorationsdescription "Heroes of War," by Gonzalo Lebrija, is a video installation projected in the auditorium of the San Diego Veterans Museum in Balboa Park. Over a year before, Lebrija began working with veterans at the Veterans Home of California in Chula Vista. Gonzalo's goal was to intervene in the museum space, creating a curatorial discourse that approximates a creative group experience. Gonzalo participated in a number of reunions of former prisoners of war, or POWs. These experiences led him to explore the notion of military paraphernalia and veterans' narratives. Gonzalo filmed a number of individuals while they discussed the public recognition accorded to them and their actions as servicemen in times of war. --inSite_05 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 188, DVD 01) Veterans Museum, Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Lebrija, Gonzalo, 1972-subject Military Decorations Political Art Color Veterans Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite_05 Prisoners Of War Soldiers Memorials Military Museums Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Water Purifiers Installed In Tijuana Community
title Dirty Water Initiative: Water Purifiers Installed In Tijuana Communitydescription Architecture and City Planning Science, Technology and Industry Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The U.S. art collective SIMPARCH began their investigative process by working with one of Tijuana's informal communties in collaboration with the Fundación Esperanza. They became especially interested in the threme of water, in particular the idea of purifying water using solar-based water distillation. The project, entitled "Dirty Water Initiative," has two phases: the first stage is to construct and install a small purification plant as a "public fountain" sited in the pedestrian walkway from San Ysidro to Tijuana at the U.S./Mexico port of entry; the second stage involves the donation of the distillation facility to an informal community in Tijuana. The deployment of these solar distillers, sealed in glass, more than an aesthetic effect at the urban scale, seeks to stimulate reflection about the problem of water, and the importance of researching ecological solutions that could achieve a direct impact at the community level within poor, informal settlements. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 197, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Unknownsubject Water--Purification Political Art Boundaries Health Education Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Technology Water Treatment Plants Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Fountainscontributor 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 -
Ayate Car: Car Installed By The Border Fence
title Ayate Car: Car Installed By The Border Fencedescription Betsabee Romero's inSITE97 project, "Ayate Car," was installed next to the border fence in Colonia Libertad. Romero covered a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria with floral painted fabric and filled it with roses that decayed slowly over the course of the exhibition. The residents of the colonia protected the car throughout the exhibition and saw it as their own shrine. Meant to contrast the masculine with the feminine, the car was a symbol of refuge and an altar at which residents could seek solace from the struggles that are a part of daily life in Colonia Libertad. --inSITE97 Colonia Libertad, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 314) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Automobiles Humor Materials--Deterioration Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Boundary Boundaries Assemblage (Sculpture Technique) Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Masculinity Performance Art Insite97 Femininity Freestanding Altarscontributor Calisphere -
Awasinake (On The Other Side): Theatre Facade With Marquee Photographs At Dusk
title Awasinake (On The Other Side): Theatre Facade With Marquee Photographs At Duskdescription For inSITE97, Rebecca Belmore created a large-scale photographic work installed on the abandoned marquee of the historic Casino Theatre in downtown San Diego. "Awasinake (on the Other Side)/Awasinake (en el otro lado)" was based on the ritual of waiting to cross the border from Mexico to the US. Belmore wanted the photographs of indigenous women waiting at the border fence in Tijuana to reflect the mood of the dilapidated Casino Theatre itself, waiting to be reclaimed and refurbished by the city. The size and elongated format of the portraits evoked the feel of an epic narrative unfolding before the viewer. --inSITE97 Photographs 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 044) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Refurbishment Façades Political Art Portraits Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Evening Insite97 Marquees Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Minicity: General View Of "City" From Above
title Minicity: General View Of "City" From Abovedescription For inSITE97's Community Engagement Program, Amanda Farber developed "miniCITY/miniCIUDAD," an ongoing project constructed by children visiting the San Diego Children's Museum. The miniature city was pieced together from cardboard, scrap materials, and other miscellaneous craft items gathered and donated from various local stores. The open-ended structure of the project allowed children to create their own image of a city based on their personal experiences and imagination. Farber commented that she wanted the piece to focus on the children's ideas and perceptions, not a reflection of her own opinions and preconceptions. The resulting conglomeration of buildings, parks, and spaces of "miniCITY/miniCIUDAD" became a representation not only of the children's individuality and diversity, but also the diversity within the border region of San Diego and Tijuana. --inSITE97 Paintings Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 04, Item 116) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Streets Play Collaboration Children'S Art Education Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Cities Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Crafts (Art Genres)contributor 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 -
Century 21: Fence And Entrance To House
title Century 21: Fence And Entrance To Housedescription Architecture and City Planning Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 285) With "Century 21" Tijuana artist Marcos Ramirez ERRE created a piece for inSITE94 that captured significant public attention. Located prominently on the plaza of the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Ramirez replicated a common Tijuana shanty house and thereby placed the issue of socio-economic disparity where it would be difficult to avoid. The artist drew a sharp contrast to that of the modern façade of the CECUT and this apparent tension was further underscored when one ventured inside the building to find the trappings of common Mexican life. The installation included documentary photographs of five similar shanty homes. The artist stated that with this work he wanted to point to one of the sore spots of Mexican society and also posit that while some people may live in poverty they live equally with dignity and pride as members of the same society. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ramírez Erre, Marcossubject Dwellings Satire Shacks Real Property Temporary Housing Housing (Concept) Political Art Public Art Insite94 Squatters Settlements Replicas Homelessness Humor Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: Pebble Mosaic Floor Of Courtyard
title La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: Pebble Mosaic Floor Of Courtyarddescription Architecture and City Planning Colonia Altamira, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Patricia Patterson's inSITE97 project was a collaborative effort to transform a small home in Tijuana into a visually captivating space for the surrounding community to meet, talk, eat, and engage in activities with one another. Working over a period of nine months, Patterson and her team of students and craftsmen renovated, painted, and landscaped the home of the Resendiz family to create a vibrant center in the residential colonia. Once complete, "La Casita en la Colonia Altamira, Calle Rio de Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana" hosted numerous parties, brunches, and other gatherings of both local residents and visitors from San Diego, making the house a space for cross-cultural exchange and diversity. --inSITE97 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 274) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Chávez, Patriciosubject Landscape Architecture Painting (Coating) Houses Patterns (Design Elements) Color Mosaics (Visual Works) Neighborhoods Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Gardening Insite97 Renovation Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Infosite San Diego: Interior With Raised Pathway And Video Monitors
title Infosite San Diego: Interior With Raised Pathway And Video Monitorsdescription Architecture and City Planning Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Garden and Landscape San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The "infoSites" are information centers, envisioned and designed as artist projects and conceived as ephemeral architecture for two specific locations in Tijuana and San Diego. These centers serve as places for visitors to engage in educational programs such as lectures and dialogues, as well as to peruse a variety of visual displays, archival documents, books, and multimedia (videos, music, computer based) that strive to allow audiences access to inSite_05 art projects and processes. The "infoSites" also serve as starting points for inSite_05 visitors: providing maps, pamphlets, and other materials which inform the public of dates and locations of specific inSite_05 events. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 184, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Cruz, Teddysubject Political Art Education Public Art Information Centers (Facilities) Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Information Temporary Structures (Building) Public Spaces Recycling Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Chloe: View Of Piece Installed At Linda Moore Gallery
title Chloe: View Of Piece Installed At Linda Moore Gallerydescription Linda Moore Gallery San Diego Natural History Museum Sculpture and Installations Situated at the San Diego Natural History Museum and at Linda Moore Gallery in San Diego, Nina Katchadourian's project for inSITE94, "Chloe," showcased Chloe, a taxidermic dog, propped on an embroidered silk pillow. While it was the intention of the artist to show the actual taxidermic dog at the Natural History Museum, mixed opinion on public perception of a taxidermic pet on view influenced the Museum to opt for a Chloe stand-in. On view at the Museum, in a Plexiglas vitrine, was a photograph of Chloe on an identical silk pillow, accompanied by a placard referring viewers to the Linda Moore Gallery where the actual Chloe could be seen. --inSITE94 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 185) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Katchadourian, Ninasubject Pets Taxidermy Humor Dogs Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Deaths Mexican-American Border Region Memorials Insite94 Public Spaces Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Just Passing Through
title Just Passing Throughdescription Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design For her inSITE94 project Mexico City artist Yolanda Gutierrez created a total of forty-five iron clouds, which she suspended from the ceiling of the Santa Fe Depot waiting room. Each of the clouds was covered in animal bone, delicately suggesting, according to the artist, a contemplation of the journey from life to death. The installation entitled "Just Passing Through/De Paso," composed of various sized clouds, suggests motion through space and life as constant movement. --inSITE94 Santa Fe Depot (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 05, Item 138) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gutiérrez, Yolandasubject Clouds Death Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Maze: Aerial View Of Corn Maze
title Maze: Aerial View Of Corn Mazedescription Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape La Jolla (San Diego, Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The New Children's Museum (American museum) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 174) With his two-part environmental installation for inSITE94, artist David Jurist's impulse was to create a project that took architecture and its impact on cultural history and development as its central issue. "Maíz/Maze" was located at the Children's museum of San Diego and in the Regents Park office Complex in La Jolla's Golden Triangle area. Using corn as his primary structural element, Jurist chose a large open area of land in the Golden Triangle and "grew" the floor plan of a typical Southern California condominium. As the corn grew, the floor plan transformed slowly into a maze. At the Children's Museum, Jurist built a pyramid using concrete blocks in the hollow of which he planted corn. A video monitor was installed at the center of the pyramid that continuously showed a static overhead image of the La Jolla corn maze. The artist noted that he wanted to reference the assimilation of cultures, and the flux that occurs between north and south in the region. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Earthworks (Sculpture) Real Estate Development San Diego (Calif.) Open Spaces Installations (Visual Works) Labyrinths Mexican-American Border Region Public Art Landscapes (Environments) Insite94 Maze Gardens Agriculture Border Art Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
Infosite San Diego: Exterior With Traffic Cones
title Infosite San Diego: Exterior With Traffic Conesdescription Architecture and City Planning Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Garden and Landscape San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The "infoSites" are information centers, envisioned and designed as artist projects and conceived as ephemeral architecture for two specific locations in Tijuana and San Diego. These centers serve as places for visitors to engage in educational programs such as lectures and dialogues, as well as to peruse a variety of visual displays, archival documents, books, and multimedia (videos, music, computer based) that strive to allow audiences access to inSite_05 art projects and processes. The "infoSites" also serve as starting points for inSite_05 visitors: providing maps, pamphlets, and other materials which inform the public of dates and locations of specific inSite_05 events. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 184, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Cruz, Teddysubject Parking Lots Political Art Color Education Public Art Information Centers (Facilities) Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Information Temporary Structures (Building) Public Spaces Recycling Portable Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor 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 -
Heroes Of War: Lightboxes Representing Ribbons, Awards And Decorations
title Heroes Of War: Lightboxes Representing Ribbons, Awards And Decorationsdescription "Heroes of War," by Gonzalo Lebrija, is a video installation projected in the auditorium of the San Diego Veterans Museum in Balboa Park. Over a year before, Lebrija began working with veterans at the Veterans Home of California in Chula Vista. Gonzalo's goal was to intervene in the museum space, creating a curatorial discourse that approximates a creative group experience. Gonzalo participated in a number of reunions of former prisoners of war, or POWs. These experiences led him to explore the notion of military paraphernalia and veterans' narratives. Gonzalo filmed a number of individuals while they discussed the public recognition accorded to them and their actions as servicemen in times of war. --inSite_05 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 188, DVD 01) Veterans Museum, Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Lebrija, Gonzalo, 1972-subject Military Decorations Political Art Color Veterans Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite_05 Prisoners Of War Soldiers Memorials Military Museums Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Border Capsule Ritual Black Star
title Border Capsule Ritual Black Stardescription Eduardo Abaroa's project for inSITE97, Cápsulas santánicas black star/Border Capsule Ritual Black Star, was installed at five locations in downtown San Diego, defining a black star on the city map. At each site was a gumball vending machine containing sculptural elements that reflected the machine's location. The work operated as a mini treasure hunt for the viewer, who found the machines using a map, purchased the prizes, and took them home to create their own satanic ritual. --inSITE97 Abaroa's project was located at Café Lulu, Master Tattoo Studio, The Gas Haus, William Burgett Booksellers, and La Fresqueria in downtown San Diego. 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 01, Item 002) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Gambling Satanism--Rituals Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Signs And Symbols Insite97 Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Treasure Hunt (Game)contributor 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 -
Ayate Car: Model
title Ayate Car: Modeldescription Betsabee Romero's inSITE97 project, "Ayate Car," was installed next to the border fence in Colonia Libertad. Romero covered a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria with floral painted fabric and filled it with roses that decayed slowly over the course of the exhibition. The residents of the colonia protected the car throughout the exhibition and saw it as their own shrine. Meant to contrast the masculine with the feminine, the car was a symbol of refuge and an altar at which residents could seek solace from the struggles that are a part of daily life in Colonia Libertad. --inSITE97 Colonia Libertad, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 315) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Romero, Betsabeésubject Automobiles Humor Materials--Deterioration Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Assemblage (Sculpture Technique) Mexican-American Border Region Masculinity Performance Art Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Femininity Freestanding Altarscontributor Calisphere -
Abandoned Ii
title Abandoned Iidescription Garden and Landscape Originally created for inSITE92 by San Diego artist Michael Schnorr and Swedish artist Ulf Rollof, "Abandonado II" was renovated for inSITE94. The project was from the beginning born of the particular circumstances that describe its location. Situated on an empty lot across the street from the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana, the installation was intended to serve the numerous abandoned children who live along the border in the beach area. The installation consisted of several pieces constructed from brick and concrete, among them two pieces of fire-heated outdoor furniture, the "Fire Sofa" and "Fire Chair." It also included a shell-like echo chamber titled "Habla/Head - Cabeza/Speak" and a circle of brick school desks titled "The Bricklayers' Class." The installation became a gathering place for locals and a playground for children. - InSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 304) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Furniture Homelessness Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Outdoor Furniture Playgrounds Insite94 Insite92 Chimneys (Architectural Elements) Border Art Artistic Collaborationcontributor Calisphere -
News Release: Unprecedented Two-City Exhibition Of International Contemporary Art Explores Moments Of Urban Crisis
title News Release: Unprecedented Two-City Exhibition Of International Contemporary Art Explores Moments Of Urban Crisisdescription 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 233, folder 04) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Insite_05subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Documents Boundaries Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Public Spaces Urban Planning Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Century 21: Chest Of Drawers With Television
title Century 21: Chest Of Drawers With Televisiondescription Architecture and City Planning Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 286) With "Century 21" Tijuana artist Marcos Ramirez ERRE created a piece for inSITE94 that captured significant public attention. Located prominently on the plaza of the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Ramirez replicated a common Tijuana shanty house and thereby placed the issue of socio-economic disparity where it would be difficult to avoid. The artist drew a sharp contrast to that of the modern façade of the CECUT and this apparent tension was further underscored when one ventured inside the building to find the trappings of common Mexican life. The installation included documentary photographs of five similar shanty homes. The artist stated that with this work he wanted to point to one of the sore spots of Mexican society and also posit that while some people may live in poverty they live equally with dignity and pride as members of the same society. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Dwellings Satire Television Receivers Shacks Real Property Temporary Housing Housing (Concept) Political Art Public Art Insite94 Squatters Settlements Replicas Living Rooms Homelessness Humor Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Children--California--Los Angelescontributor Calisphere -
La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: Bedroom
title La Casita En La Colonia Altamira Calle Rio De Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana: Bedroomdescription Architecture and City Planning Colonia Altamira, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Patricia Patterson's inSITE97 project was a collaborative effort to transform a small home in Tijuana into a visually captivating space for the surrounding community to meet, talk, eat, and engage in activities with one another. Working over a period of nine months, Patterson and her team of students and craftsmen renovated, painted, and landscaped the home of the Resendiz family to create a vibrant center in the residential colonia. Once complete, "La Casita en la Colonia Altamira, Calle Rio de Janeiro No. 6757, Tijuana" hosted numerous parties, brunches, and other gatherings of both local residents and visitors from San Diego, making the house a space for cross-cultural exchange and diversity. --inSITE97 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 275) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Painting (Coating) Houses Color Neighborhoods Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Gardening Bedrooms Insite97 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: View Of Platform Next To The Border Fence And Lighthouse
title La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: View Of Platform Next To The Border Fence And Lighthousedescription "La esquina/ Jardines de Playas de Tijuana" is an urban renewal initiative involving the stretch of land bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Mexico/US international border fence, the Tijuana bullring, and the Playas Tijuana tourist corridor. This piece focuses on recovering a specific site's significance as a recreational space and as an area of ecological importance. This is the only permanent project commissioned by inSite. --inSite_05 Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 186, DVD 01) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Political Art Boundaries Public Art Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Parks Urban Renewal Public Spaces Urban Planning Border Art Gardenscontributor 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 -
Chloe: View Of Piece With Stand-In Photograph At The San Diego Natural History Museum
title Chloe: View Of Piece With Stand-In Photograph At The San Diego Natural History Museumdescription Linda Moore Gallery San Diego Natural History Museum Sculpture and Installations Situated at the San Diego Natural History Museum and at Linda Moore Gallery in San Diego, Nina Katchadourian's project for inSITE94, "Chloe," showcased Chloe, a taxidermic dog, propped on an embroidered silk pillow. While it was the intention of the artist to sow the actual taxidermic dog at the Natural History Museum, mixed opinion on public perception of a taxidermic pet on view influenced the Museum to opt for a Chloe stand-in. On view at the Museum, in a Plexiglas vitrine, was a photograph of Chloe on an identical silk pillow, accompanied by a placard referring viewers to the Linda Moore Gallery where the actual Chloe could be seen. - inSITE94 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 186) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Katchadourian, Ninasubject Pets Taxidermy Humor Dogs Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Deaths Mexican-American Border Region Memorials Insite94 Public Spaces Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Muezzin: General View With Basketball Court And Rising Smoke From Fog Machines
title Muezzin: General View With Basketball Court And Rising Smoke From Fog Machinesdescription Centro Escolar Agua Caliente (Tijuana, Mexico) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Legendary pioneer of Happenings, Allan Kaprow, created a piece for inSITE94 that referenced his historic contribution to art in his use of the found, commonplace, and literal experience. Kaprow chose to use the minaret tower at Centro Escolar Agua Caliente as the site for his piece and elaborated on the associations it evoked, from Muslim prayer towers to rockets and war missiles. With the title MUEZZIN, Kaprow made a reference to the Islamic crier, or muezzin, who calls worshippers to prayer throughout the day. Rather than a human voice however, the artist used a recording of barking dogs calling out from the tower every hour, while a dense fog simultaneously was emitted from the base of the tower, simulating the firing of a missile. --inSITE94 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 175) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Kaprow, Allansubject City Noise Rockets San Diego (Calif.) Adhan Dogs Fog Public Art Smoke Insite94 Missiles (Weapons) Sound Recordings Dogs--Barking Sound Installations (Art) Muezzins Music Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Public Address Systems Islam Noise Architecture (Object Genre) Aleatoric Music Minarets Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Infosite San Diego: Public Information Desk
title Infosite San Diego: Public Information Deskdescription Architecture and City Planning Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Garden and Landscape San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The "infoSites" are information centers, envisioned and designed as artist projects and conceived as ephemeral architecture for two specific locations in Tijuana and San Diego. These centers serve as places for visitors to engage in educational programs such as lectures and dialogues, as well as to peruse a variety of visual displays, archival documents, books, and multimedia (videos, music, computer based) that strive to allow audiences access to inSite_05 art projects and processes. The "infoSites" also serve as starting points for inSite_05 visitors: providing maps, pamphlets, and other materials which inform the public of dates and locations of specific inSite_05 events. --inSite_05 This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 184, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Cruz, Teddysubject Political Art Education Public Art Information Centers (Facilities) Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Information Temporary Structures (Building) Public Spaces Recycling Installations (Visual Works) Border 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 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 -
Heroes Of War: Lightboxes Representing Ribbons, Awards And Decorations With Video Monitor Above
title Heroes Of War: Lightboxes Representing Ribbons, Awards And Decorations With Video Monitor Abovedescription "Heroes of War," by Gonzalo Lebrija, is a video installation projected in the auditorium of the San Diego Veterans Museum in Balboa Park. Over a year before, Lebrija began working with veterans at the Veterans Home of California in Chula Vista. Gonzalo's goal was to intervene in the museum space, creating a curatorial discourse that approximates a creative group experience. Gonzalo participated in a number of reunions of former prisoners of war, or POWs. These experiences led him to explore the notion of military paraphernalia and veterans' narratives. Gonzalo filmed a number of individuals while they discussed the public recognition accorded to them and their actions as servicemen in times of war. --inSite_05 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 188, DVD 01) Veterans Museum, Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Lebrija, Gonzalo, 1972-subject Military Decorations Political Art Color Veterans Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite_05 Prisoners Of War Soldiers Memorials Military Museums Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Border Capsule Ritual Black Star
title Border Capsule Ritual Black Stardescription Eduardo Abaroa's project for inSITE97, Cápsulas santánicas black star/Border Capsule Ritual Black Star, was installed at five locations in downtown San Diego, defining a black star on the city map. At each site was a gumball vending machine containing sculptural elements that reflected the machine's location. The work operated as a mini treasure hunt for the viewer, who found the machines using a map, purchased the prizes, and took them home to create their own satanic ritual. --inSITE97 Abaroa's project was located at Café Lulu, Master Tattoo Studio, The Gas Haus, William Burgett Booksellers, and La Fresqueria in downtown San Diego. 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 01, Item 003) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Gambling Satanism--Rituals Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Signs And Symbols Insite97 Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Treasure Hunt (Game)contributor 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 -
Abandoned Ii
title Abandoned Iidescription Garden and Landscape Originally created for inSITE92 by San Diego artist Michael Schnorr and Swedish artist Ulf Rollof, "Abandonado II" was renovated for inSITE94. The project was from the beginning born of the particular circumstances that describe its location. Situated on an empty lot across the street from the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana, the installation was intended to serve the numerous abandoned children who live along the border in the beach area. The installation consisted of several pieces constructed from brick and concrete, among them two pieces of fire-heated outdoor furniture, the "Fire Sofa" and "Fire Chair." It also included a shell-like echo chamber titled "Habla/Head - Cabeza/Speak" and a circle of brick school desks titled "The Bricklayers' Class." The installation became a gathering place for locals and a playground for children. - InSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 305) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Furniture Homelessness Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Outdoor Furniture Playgrounds Beaches Insite92 Insite94 Chimneys (Architectural Elements) Border Art Artistic Collaborationcontributor Calisphere -
News Release: Public Interventions And Collaborative Artworks Explore Complexities Of San Diego/Tijuana Border Region
title News Release: Public Interventions And Collaborative Artworks Explore Complexities Of San Diego/Tijuana Border Regiondescription 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 233, folder 04) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Insite_05subject Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Documents Sánchez, Osvaldo, 1958- Boundaries Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Public Spaces Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Sails Project
title Sails Projectdescription After a visit to California, Cuban artist Jose Bedia proposed to address the subject of cultural mythology and modes of transportation in his installation "Sails Project/Proyecto de velas para navegar." Covering the entrance façade of the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego with large yellow sails displaying silhouettes of mythological figures, Bedia's piece explored issues of Colonization and the subjugation and preservation of culture. Incorporating the names of Native American tribes and John Henry, it touched on California's past and in turn brought about a consideration of the confluence of cultures between Mexico and the US. --inSITE94 Architecture and City Planning Santa Fe Depot (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 02, Item 039) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Façades Mythology Colonization Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Insite94 Murals (Any Medium) Silhouettes Transportation Buildings Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Century 21: Bedroom
title Century 21: Bedroomdescription Architecture and City Planning Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 287) With "Century 21" Tijuana artist Marcos Ramirez ERRE created a piece for inSITE94 that captured significant public attention. Located prominently on the plaza of the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Ramirez replicated a common Tijuana shanty house and thereby placed the issue of socio-economic disparity where it would be difficult to avoid. The artist drew a sharp contrast to that of the modern façade of the CECUT and this apparent tension was further underscored when one ventured inside the building to find the trappings of common Mexican life. The installation included documentary photographs of five similar shanty homes. The artist stated that with this work he wanted to point to one of the sore spots of Mexican society and also posit that while some people may live in poverty they live equally with dignity and pride as members of the same society. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Dwellings Satire Shacks Beds (Furniture) Real Property Bedrooms Temporary Housing Housing (Concept) Political Art Public Art Insite94 Squatters Settlements Replicas Homelessness Humor Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Border 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 -
La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: View Of Plaza And Platform With Lighthouse And Bullring
title La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: View Of Plaza And Platform With Lighthouse And Bullringdescription "La esquina/ Jardines de Playas de Tijuana" is an urban renewal initiative involving the stretch of land bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Mexico/US international border fence, the Tijuana bullring, and the Playas Tijuana tourist corridor. This piece focuses on recovering a specific site's significance as a recreational space and as an area of ecological importance. This is the only permanent project commissioned by inSite. --inSite_05 Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 186, DVD 01) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Political Art Boundaries Public Art Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Parks Urban Renewal Public Spaces Urban Planning Border Art Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Audience Awaiting Launch Of Human Cannonball David Smith Across Border Fence From Mexico Into The U.S
title One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Audience Awaiting Launch Of Human Cannonball David Smith Across Border Fence From Mexico Into The U.Sdescription Building on a collaborative process that is evident throughout his artistic practice, Javier Téllez's project "One Flew Over the Void (Bala perdida)" involved a sustained engagement with psychiatric patients from the Baja California Mental Health Center in Mexicali to co-create a public event and to document its evolution and final performance. Inspired by the traditional "human cannonball" circus performer, Téllez explored the notion of spatial and mental borders in the context of Tijuana and San Diego, and developed an event that involves sending a "human cannonball" across the border between Mexico and the United States. Through successive creative workshops and exchanges the world's most famous human cannonball, Dave Smith, the psychiatric patients and Téllez collectively devised the backdrop, music, costumes, and radio and television announcements for the event. The performance occurred on August 27 at the site where the Mexico/US border fence disappears into the sea between Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park. Finally, Téllez created a video documenting the process and the event. --inSite_05 Imperial Beach, San Diego, California, United States 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 198, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Téllez, Javiersubject Political Art Spectacular, The Flight Humor Boundaries Pacific Ocean Public Art Cannons (Artillery) Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite_05 Audiences Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Fences Daredevils Adventure And Adventurers Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Untitled Depot: View Of Space Between Walls
title Untitled Depot: View Of Space Between Wallsdescription Garden and Landscape Nari Ward's "Untitled Depot/Estacion sin titulo," installed at Playas de Tijuana, was an interactive piece that brought people together. Dedicated to the healer and child in everyone, the installation was constructed from doors, bed springs, and other found materials that visitors could walk through and experiment with. Ward felt that the physical interaction that brought visitors together inside the installation was vital for the totality of the piece. The bed springs that encouraged visitors to jump up and down were based on Ward's interest in suspension, and the balance it implies between rest and motion -- inSITE97 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 399) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ward, Narisubject Walls Play Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Muezzin: General View With Sun Behind Minaret And Smoke From Fog Machines Rising
title Muezzin: General View With Sun Behind Minaret And Smoke From Fog Machines Risingdescription Centro Escolar Agua Caliente (Tijuana, Mexico) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Legendary pioneer of Happenings, Allan Kaprow, created a piece for inSITE94 that referenced his historic contribution to art in his use of the found, commonplace, and literal experience. Kaprow chose to use the minaret tower at Centro Escolar Agua Caliente as the site for his piece and elaborated on the associations it evoked, from Muslim prayer towers to rockets and war missiles. With the title "MUEZZIN," Kaprow made a reference to the Islamic crier, or muezzin, who calls worshippers to prayer throughout the day. Rather than a human voice however, the artist used a recording of barking dogs calling out from the tower every hour, while a dense fog simultaneously was emitted from the base of the tower, simulating the firing of a missile. --inSITE94 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 176) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject City Noise Rockets San Diego (Calif.) Adhan Dogs Fog Public Art Smoke Insite94 Missiles (Weapons) Sound Recordings Dogs--Barking Sound Installations (Art) Muezzins Music Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Public Address Systems Islam Noise Architecture (Object Genre) Aleatoric Music Minarets Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Spectators Seated In The Shade Of The Cannon
title One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Spectators Seated In The Shade Of The Cannondescription Building on a collaborative process that is evident throughout his artistic practice, Javier Téllez's project "One Flew Over the Void (Bala perdida)" involved a sustained engagement with psychiatric patients from the Baja California Mental Health Center in Mexicali to co-create a public event and to document its evolution and final performance. Inspired by the traditional "human cannonball" circus performer, Téllez explored the notion of spatial and mental borders in the context of Tijuana and San Diego, and developed an event that involves sending a "human cannonball" across the border between Mexico and the United States. Through successive creative workshops and exchanges the world's most famous human cannonball, Dave Smith, the psychiatric patients and Téllez collectively devised the backdrop, music, costumes, and radio and television announcements for the event. The performance occurred on August 27 at the site where the Mexico/US border fence disappears into the sea between Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park. Finally, Téllez created a video documenting the process and the event. --inSite_05 Imperial Beach, San Diego, California, United States 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 198, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Téllez, Javiersubject Political Art Spectacular, The Flight Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Cannons (Artillery) Insite_05 Audiences Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Fences Daredevils Adventure And Adventurers Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: Sidewalk With New Plantings Of Palms
title La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: Sidewalk With New Plantings Of Palmsdescription "La esquina/ Jardines de Playas de Tijuana" is an urban renewal initiative involving the stretch of land bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Mexico/US international border fence, the Tijuana bullring, and the Playas Tijuana tourist corridor. This piece focuses on recovering a specific site's significance as a recreational space and as an area of ecological importance. This is the only permanent project commissioned by inSite. --inSite_05 Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 186, DVD 01) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Political Art Boundaries Bull Rings Public Art Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Sidewalks Palms Fences Parks Urban Renewal Public Spaces Urban Planning Border Art Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
Serpent Column, Auto-Sacrifice
title Serpent Column, Auto-Sacrificedescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Spring Hurlbut's work for inSITE97, "Columna serpiente, autosacrificio," was installed in the staircases of the Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana. Hurlbut designed cast-plaster Greek columns covered in coiling serpents, and column bases holding pairs of skeletal feet. Referencing symbols of victimization and bloodshed from Mexican and Greek history and mythology, Hurlbut wished to use architecture to examine the development of civilization and territories around the border. --inSITE97 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 158) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Sacrifice Insite97 Snakes Foot Columns (Architectural Elements) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Abandoned Ii: Love Seat
title Abandoned Ii: Love Seatdescription Garden and Landscape Originally created for inSITE92 by San Diego artist Michael Schnorr and Swedish artist Ulf Rollof, "Abandonado II" was renovated for inSITE94. The project was from the beginning born of the particular circumstances that describe its location. Situated on an empty lot across the street from the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana, the installation was intended to serve the numerous abandoned children who live along the border in the beach area. The installation consisted of several pieces constructed from brick and concrete, among them two pieces of fire-heated outdoor furniture, the "Fire Sofa" and "Fire Chair." It also included a shell-like echo chamber titled "Habla/Head - Cabeza/Speak" and a circle of brick school desks titled "The Bricklayers' Class." The installation became a gathering place for locals and a playground for children. - InSITE94 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 306) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Furniture Homelessness Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Outdoor Furniture Playgrounds Insite94 Insite92 Chimneys (Architectural Elements) Border Art Artistic Collaborationcontributor Calisphere -
News Release: Insite Announces Major Gifts For Insite_05
title News Release: Insite Announces Major Gifts For Insite_05description 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 233, folder 04) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Insite_05subject Philanthropy Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Gifts Documents Boundaries Press Releases Public Art San Diego (Calif.) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Press Kits Performance Art Public Spaces Exhibitions (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Century 21: Interior With Dining Table And Roof
title Century 21: Interior With Dining Table And Roofdescription Architecture and City Planning Centro Cultural Tijuana Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 288) With "Century 21" Tijuana artist Marcos Ramirez ERRE created a piece for inSITE94 that captured significant public attention. Located prominently on the plaza of the Centro Cultural Tijuana, Ramirez replicated a common Tijuana shanty house and thereby placed the issue of socio-economic disparity where it would be difficult to avoid. The artist drew a sharp contrast to that of the modern façade of the CECUT and this apparent tension was further underscored when one ventured inside the building to find the trappings of common Mexican life. The installation included documentary photographs of five similar shanty homes. The artist stated that with this work he wanted to point to one of the sore spots of Mexican society and also posit that while some people may live in poverty they live equally with dignity and pride as members of the same society. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ramírez Erre, Marcossubject Dwellings Satire Shacks Real Property Temporary Housing Housing (Concept) Political Art Public Art Insite94 Squatters Settlements Replicas Homelessness Humor Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Dining Rooms Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
El Round Nuestro De Cada Día: Detail Of Boxers
title El Round Nuestro De Cada Día: Detail Of Boxersdescription Manolo Escutia's inSITE97 work, "El round nuestro de cada día/Our Daily Rounds," consisted of four monumentally scaled boxing figures in the style of traditional small wooden Mexican "thumb toys." Made to be fully operable by the viewer, the boxers were installed at the Palenque (cock-fighting pit) in Playas de Tijuana. In a statement about the work, Escutia referred to the endless fighting humans engage in, against the struggles of daily life, others, and the self. His work presented the stage for confrontation, but left it to the viewer to either realize victory or admit defeat. --inSITE97 Palenque, Cortijo San Jose, Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico 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 scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 04, Item 112) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boxers (Sports) Arenas Battles Political Art Cockfighting Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Violence Performance Art Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: Plaza With Lighthouse And Bullring
title La Esquina/ Jardines De Playas De Tijuana: Plaza With Lighthouse And Bullringdescription "La esquina/ Jardines de Playas de Tijuana" is an urban renewal initiative involving the stretch of land bordered by the Pacific Ocean, the Mexico/US international border fence, the Tijuana bullring, and the Playas Tijuana tourist corridor. This piece focuses on recovering a specific site's significance as a recreational space and as an area of ecological importance. This is the only permanent project commissioned by inSite. --inSite_05 Architecture and City Planning Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 186, DVD 01) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Landscape Architecture Political Art Boundaries Public Art Insite_05 Architecture (Object Genre) Mexican-American Border Region Fences Parks Urban Renewal Public Spaces Urban Planning Border Art Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
Some Kindly Monster: Truck Interior With Speakers
title Some Kindly Monster: Truck Interior With Speakersdescription Chris Ferreria's project, "Some Kindly Monster," was inspired by the expressive car culture that defines much of Southern California, and in particular the communities of Southeast San Diego and National City. By bringing together two distinct car customizers, who wouldn't normally collaborate together, Ferreria sought to create a monster vehicle that would embody his co-participants divergent aesthetics. In addition, Ferreria enlisted the contribution of three locally based DJs who created new recordings based on sampled field recordings taken from specific neighborhoods in San Diego. -- inSite_05 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design East San Diego, San Diego (Calif.) Graphic Design and Illustration Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 185, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ferreria, Christophersubject Popular Culture Automobiles Political Art Color Neighborhoods Music Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite_05 Performance Art Trucks--Customizing Portable Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Untitled Depot: Visitors Between Walls, Bouncing On Bed Springs
title Untitled Depot: Visitors Between Walls, Bouncing On Bed Springsdescription Garden and Landscape Nari Ward's "Untitled Depot/Estacion sin titulo," installed at Playas de Tijuana, was an interactive piece that brought people together. Dedicated to the healer and child in everyone, the installation was constructed from doors, bed springs, and other found materials that visitors could walk through and experiment with. Ward felt that the physical interaction that brought visitors together inside the installation was vital for the totality of the piece. The bed springs that encouraged visitors to jump up and down were based on Ward's interest in suspension, and the balance it implies between rest and motion -- inSITE97 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 311, Folder 01, Item 400) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Play Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Muezzin: General View
title Muezzin: General Viewdescription Centro Escolar Agua Caliente (Tijuana, Mexico) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Legendary pioneer of Happenings, Allan Kaprow, created a piece for inSITE94 that referenced his historic contribution to art in his use of the found, commonplace, and literal experience. Kaprow chose to use the minaret tower at Centro Escolar Agua Caliente as the site for his piece and elaborated on the associations it evoked, from Muslim prayer towers to rockets and war missiles. With the title "MUEZZIN," Kaprow made a reference to the Islamic crier, or muezzin, who calls worshippers to prayer throughout the day. Rather than a human voice however, the artist used a recording of barking dogs calling out from the tower every hour, while a dense fog simultaneously was emitted from the base of the tower, simulating the firing of a missile. --inSITE94 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 177) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject City Noise Rockets San Diego (Calif.) Adhan Dogs Fog Public Art Smoke Insite94 Missiles (Weapons) Sound Recordings Dogs--Barking Sound Installations (Art) Muezzins Music Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Public Address Systems Islam Noise Architecture (Object Genre) Aleatoric Music Minarets Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Human Cannonball David Smith Preparing To Be Shot From A Cannon And Across Border Fence
title One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Human Cannonball David Smith Preparing To Be Shot From A Cannon And Across Border Fencedescription Building on a collaborative process that is evident throughout his artistic practice, Javier Téllez's project "One Flew Over the Void (Bala perdida)" involved a sustained engagement with psychiatric patients from the Baja California Mental Health Center in Mexicali to co-create a public event and to document its evolution and final performance. Inspired by the traditional "human cannonball" circus performer, Téllez explored the notion of spatial and mental borders in the context of Tijuana and San Diego, and developed an event that involves sending a "human cannonball" across the border between Mexico and the United States. Through successive creative workshops and exchanges the world's most famous human cannonball, Dave Smith, the psychiatric patients and Téllez collectively devised the backdrop, music, costumes, and radio and television announcements for the event. The performance occurred on August 27 at the site where the Mexico/US border fence disappears into the sea between Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park. Finally, Téllez created a video documenting the process and the event. --inSite_05 Imperial Beach, San Diego, California, United States 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 was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 198, DVD 01) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Téllez, Javiersubject Boundaries Daredevils Adventure And Adventurers Political Art Flight Pacific Ocean Public Art Insite_05 Audiences Performance Art Spectacular, The Humor Cannons (Artillery) Mexican-American Border Region Caricatures Sculpture (Visual Work) Fences Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Abandoned Ii: Firesofa: Man Seated On "Firesofa"
title Abandoned Ii: Firesofa: Man Seated On "Firesofa"description Garden and Landscape Originally created for inSITE92 by San Diego artist Michael Schnorr and Swedish artist Ulf Rollof, "Abandonado II" was renovated for inSITE94. The project was from the beginning born of the particular circumstances that describe its location. Situated on an empty lot across the street from the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana, the installation was intended to serve the numerous abandoned children who live along the border in the beach area. The installation consisted of several pieces constructed from brick and concrete, among them two pieces of fire-heated outdoor furniture, the "Fire Sofa" and "Fire Chair." It also included a shell-like echo chamber titled "Habla/Head - Cabeza/Speak" and a circle of brick school desks titled "The Bricklayers' Class." The installation became a gathering place for locals and a playground for children. - InSITE94 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 05, Item 332) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Furniture Homelessness Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Installations (Visual Works) Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Outdoor Furniture Playgrounds Insite94 Insite92 Chimneys (Architectural Elements) Border Art Artistic Collaborationcontributor Calisphere