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Appliances: General View
title Appliances: General Viewdescription Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The room is filled with contraptions made from wires, parachutes and other found objects. In her videos the artist animates these objects and shows her concern with "devices we employ to gain control over nature." This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 354) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Smedley, Melissasubject Sculpture (Visual Work) Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Insite92 Nature Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Setting Up The Solar Collectors
title Dirty Water Initiative: Setting Up The Solar Collectorsdescription Architecture and City Planning San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) 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 -
Under The Table: General View
title Under The Table: General Viewdescription Los Angeles-based artist Robert Therrien's work for inSITE94 was titled "Under the Table/Debajo de la mesa." Sited at the Santa Fe Depot, the work consisted of an oversized dining table and four chairs. Playing with the scale of everyday objects, the work dwarfed the viewer and proposed a reconsideration of the conventional relationship between the participants and their environment. --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 311, Folder 01, Item 379) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Scale (Relative Size) Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Colossi Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Furniturecontributor Calisphere -
The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Aztec Dance Performance
title The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Aztec Dance Performancedescription Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Cindy Zimmerman's Community Engagement project for inSITE97 was the development of a new park environment at the landfill adjacent to Florida Canyon in Balboa Park. Constructing the piece over several months, Zimmerman involved children and families in the creation and placement of straw bales and clay in the landfill to make labyrinths, temporary earthworks, and adobe structures. "The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition of 1997/La gran exposicion del relleno del Balboa Park 1997" transformed an unused and unattractive plot of land into a new community park and art installation. Zimmerman led workshops and meetings throughout the project to involve the community and collaborate with the participants to create art from organic materials. -- inSITE97 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 311, Folder 02, Item 430) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Zimmerman, Cindysubject Landfills Renovation Play Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Insite97 Dance Installations (Visual Works) Headdressescontributor Calisphere -
America: Detail Of Plexiglas Case Where Ants Bring Colored Sand From "Flags"
title America: Detail Of Plexiglas Case Where Ants Bring Colored Sand From "Flags"description For inSITE94, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi contributed two distinct installations titled "Wandering Position/Vagamundos" and "America/America," which were installed at the Santa Fe Depot and the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, respectively. Yanagi's work "America" had been installed previously in variations at different institutions around the world. For this installation the artist chose to include thirty-six flags of each country of the Americas in his elaborate ant farm. Over the course of the exhibition the ants created tunnels through the various flags and the colored sand that was used was gradually mixed, thereby creating new symbols. -- inSITE94 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 311, Folder 02, Item 419) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Sandpaintings Political Art Humor Paintings (Visual Works) Sculpture (Visual Work) Nationalism Performance Art Insite94 Drawings (Visual Works) Process Art Border Art Flagscontributor Calisphere -
El Round Nuestro De Cada Día: General View Of "Boxers" In Ring
title El Round Nuestro De Cada Día: General View Of "Boxers" In Ringdescription 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 113) [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 -
Cross The Razor: Aerial View
title Cross The Razor: Aerial Viewdescription Border Field State Park Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Terry Allen's project, "Cross the Razor/Cruzar la navaja," was located on both sides of the US-Mexico border fence. Working to establish some sort of platform for communication across the fence, Allen's proposal for a public exchange of words and music evolved from two stationary free-speech areas to two mobile units. Two vans were outfitted with wooden platforms, microphones, amplifiers, and translators, one for each side of the border. For the duration of the project the two vans met at various points along the border fence near Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park; and an open invitation was extended to all to climb onto the vans and communicate by any means to listeners on the other side. - inSITE94 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 020) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Language Public Speaking Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite94 Fences Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Toy An Horse: Installed At The U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing
title Toy An Horse: Installed At The U.S.-Mexico Border Crossingdescription For inSITE97, Marcos Ramirez ERRE collaborated with several artists to construct "Toy an Horse," a monumental wood and metal replica of the iconic Trojan Horse. Installed directly on top of the monument marking the border about 50 meters from the border cross-checkpoint at San Ysidro, the horse was visible to the 50,000 people crossing the border by car every day. Ramirez stated that the purpose of the project was to use the narrative symbolism of the Trojan horse to stimulate discussion about the border, invasion, cultural exchange, and dependency. --inSITE97 San Ysidro (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 310, Folder 04, Item 293) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Border Crossing Boundaries Satire (Artistic Device) Insite97 Horses Trojan War Political Art Public Art Economics Emigration And Immigration Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Trojan Horse (Greek Mythology) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Janus-Facedcontributor Calisphere -
One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Video Documentation: Human Cannonball David Smith Ascends From Cannon And Across Border Fence
title One Flew Over The Void (Bala Perdida): Video Documentation: 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 video file was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 257, DVD 05-49) 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 Installations (Visual Works) Psychiatric Hospitals Daredevils Adventure And Adventurers Patients Political Art Flight Public Art Insite_05 Audiences Performance Art Musicians Spectacular, The Humor Cannons (Artillery) Mexican-American Border Region Caricatures Sculpture (Visual Work) Fences Masks Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Some Kindly Monster: Left Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exterior
title Some Kindly Monster: Left Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exteriordescription 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) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Trucks--Customizing Caricatures And Cartoons Portable Border Art Flamecontributor Calisphere -
Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Sand Covered Floor
title Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Sand Covered Floordescription Artist Johnny Coleman described his installation "Crossroads/BAGGAGE BUILDING/Encrucijadas/BODEGA DE EQUIPAJE," located in the baggage building in the Santa Fe Depot, as a "found poem consisting of stories collected by following the tracks." The artist spent months traveling the California railroad to collect stories of migration and personal accounts of working on the railroad. These traces provided the material for the various elements in the installation, including audio narratives, music, various props, and construction elements. --inSITE94 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design 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 03, Item 070) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Memory Sculpture (Visual Work) Travel Mexican-American Border Region Travelers Poetry Insite94 Luggage Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Untitled Depot: View Of Space Between Walls With Bed Spring "Ring"
title Untitled Depot: View Of Space Between Walls With Bed Spring "Ring"description 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 on 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 401) 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 -
The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroom: View From Street
title The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroom: View From Streetdescription João Louro's project "The Jewel / In God We Trust" traces the inverted trajectory of the recycling dynamic that characterizes the border zone. His project begins with the selection of a European car recovered from a junkyard in Tijuana and transformed into a "jewel" through the addition of a skin of gold leaf. Once this trash object is transformed into a opulent gold sculpture it will be exhibited and auctioned in San Diego. Proceeds from the sale will be given to an elementary school in Tijuana and used to support visual art workshops for children, where students will be encouraged to add further layers of imagery to the paper money. --inSite_05 La Jolla, San Diego (Calif.) 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 189, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Louro, Joãosubject Automobiles Junkyards Humor Junk Sculpture Sculpture (Visual Work) Consumers Automobile Showrooms Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Wealth Performance Art Ferrari, S.P.A Recycling Parody Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Level View Of Tijuana With Buddha And Bart Simpson
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Level View Of Tijuana With Buddha And Bart Simpsondescription "Stairway of the Ancients" is a complex stairway, probably built in the 1920s, leading up to the Casa de la Cultura. It is in disrepair with parts that are eroded or broken. To try to keep within this context, the figurines that MacConnel has cast, purchased from street vendors, are irregular, broken and "antiqued." The "Ancients" are funny, sad, prideful, odd remnants of tourist art. La Escalinata, 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 02, Item 214) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Macconnel, Kimsubject Popular Culture Stairs Aesthetics Graffiti Statues Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Kitsch Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
A Lesson In Civics
title A Lesson In Civicsdescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Paintings 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 203) With her project for inSITE94, San Diego artist Jean Lowe created an installation that mirrored much of her previous work as a cunning commentary on an issue relevant to the current times. At the Casa de la Cultura Municipal in Tijuana, Lowe chose to rework the interior of one classroom. Entitled "A Lesson in Civics/Una lección de civismo," the classroom was richly outfitted with elements such as school desks, books, educational charts, and posters created by the artist in painted papier-mâché that distinctly referenced the topic of civics and how we learn to relate to other species. As the artist herself said about the work, she wanted to create an environment that encouraged a rethinking of the already known. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Libraries Political Art Humor Books Education Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Animal Culture Classrooms Insite94 Kitsch Parody Installations (Visual Works)contributor 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. 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 135) [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: Detail Of Wall
title Project At Maclovio Rojas: Detail Of Walldescription Brazilian artist Monica Nador began her project for inSITE2000 with a two-month residency in the community of Maclovio Rojas in Tijuana. Challenging traditional notions of the role of the artist and audience, Nador worked with ten families in the community to implement a collaborative form of decoration for the exterior of their homes. Encouraging each family to identify ancestral signs, symbols, and other imagery associated with their regional and cultural heritage, Nador and a small team of assistant artists began a process of creating stencils to be used in decorating their houses. Working in the community for approximately six months, the artist's motivation that "beauty is good for mental and spiritual health" resulted in brightly painted and decorated houses that residents in the entire community saw as unifying and adding visual wealth that could be shared by all. A video documenting Accion en Maclovio Rojas/Project at Maclovio Rojas was produced as part of the project. --inSITE2000 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Maclovio Rojas, Tijuana, Baja California Sur, Mexico Paintings Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 243) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Dwellings Painting (Coating) Houses Color Boundaries Neighborhoods Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Beautycontributor Calisphere -
Techno-Balero: Detail View Of Market
title Techno-Balero: Detail View Of Marketdescription Pasaje Gómez Market, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) San Diego-based artist Roman de Salvo created a project for inSITE2000 that followed his line of tongue-in-cheek works while at the same time cleverly pointing at issues of relevance and depth in contemporary culture and society. Using the balero, an iconic, inexpensive Mexican toy most often bought by tourists visiting Tijuana, de Salvo created the simulation of a high-tech video arcade game. With elements high and low coming together, de Salvo installed three "Techno-balero" stations in a typical downtown Tijuana market where one could play the baleros by manipulating a joystick that moved a mock "video" screen or, in actuality, a low-tech blinky image, showing the balero being played. As participants would successfully win each time the game was played, chimes connected to the joystick would ring in the background. --inSITE2000 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 092) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Salvo, Roman Desubject Humor Color Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Tops Mexican-American Border Region Insite2000 Games Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Heir Loom: Aerial View
title Heir Loom: Aerial Viewdescription California State University San Marcos Entitled "Heir Loom," Sand Diego artist Anne Mudge's project for inSITE94 consisted of a performance on the campus of California State University, San Marcos. In a courtyard of gridded grassy squares, the artist invited twenty participants to tell a story, to share a fragment of history specific to a person or event related to San Marcos. Within twenty grassy squares were carved body imprints, the grass and plant material removed, and each square was identified with a tile inscribed with the name of the participant as well as an acknowledgement of the person or event remembered. Each body recess filled with plant remains was lit on fire, symbolizing the cycle of life and death. The end of the project was marked by the planting of new growth with the body imprints, suggesting the start of a new story and with the trace of the memory of the event. --inSITE94 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 scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 03, Item 236) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Mudge, Annesubject Landscape Architecture Conceptual Memory Local Histories Sculpture (Visual Work) Narration (Rhetoric) Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Performance Art Insite94 Commemorations (Events) Installations (Visual Works) Gardenscontributor Calisphere -
Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R): General View Of Installation In Santa Fe Depot
title Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R): General View Of Installation In Santa Fe Depotdescription San Francisco artist Mildred Howard sited her inSITE94 project in the baggage building of the Santa Fe Depot. Her installation consisted of two components, "Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r)/Hogar: el santuario para lo familia(r)" and "From Cotton to Coal ... the Last Train/Del algodón al carbón ... El último tren." As a continuation of her exploration of architectural forms and everyday materials that poetically call forth issues of cultural identity and memory, Howard chose to reinstall "Abode," first created for the San Jose Museum of Art. "Abode" and "From Cotton to Coal" reference Howard's own cultural history as an African-American woman --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 06, Item 153) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject African Americans Houses Political Art Color San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture (Visual Work) History Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Blue (Color) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Setting Up The Solar Collectors
title Dirty Water Initiative: Setting Up The Solar Collectorsdescription Architecture and City Planning San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) 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 -
Appliances: Video Tower
title Appliances: Video Towerdescription Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The room is filled with contraptions made from wires, parachutes and other found objects. In her videos the artist animates these objects and shows her concern with "devices we employ to gain control over nature." This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 355) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Smedley, Melissasubject Sculpture (Visual Work) Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Insite92 Nature Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Under The Table: View From Under The Gigantic Table And Chairs
title Under The Table: View From Under The Gigantic Table And Chairsdescription Los Angeles-based artist Robert Therrien's work for inSITE94 was titled "Under the Table/Debajo de la mesa." Sited at the Santa Fe Depot, the work consisted of an oversized dining table and four chairs. Playing with the scale of everyday objects, the work dwarfed the viewer and proposed a reconsideration of the conventional relationship between the participants and their environment. --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 311, Folder 01, Item 380) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Scale (Relative Size) Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Colossi Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Furniturecontributor Calisphere -
The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Family Examining An Adobe Sculpture
title The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition Of 1997: Family Examining An Adobe Sculpturedescription Balboa Park (San Diego, Calif.) Cindy Zimmerman's Community Engagement project for inSITE97 was the development of a new park environment at the landfill adjacent to Florida Canyon in Balboa Park. Constructing the piece over several months, Zimmerman involved children and families in the creation and placement of straw bales and clay in the landfill to make labyrinths, temporary earthworks, and adobe structures. "The Great Balboa Park Landfill Exposition of 1997/La gran exposicion del relleno del Balboa Park 1997" transformed an unused and unattractive plot of land into a new community park and art installation. Zimmerman led workshops and meetings throughout the project to involve the community and collaborate with the participants to create art from organic materials. -- inSITE97 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 311, Folder 02, Item 431) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Zimmerman, Cindysubject Landfills Community Arts Projects Play Workshops (Seminars) Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Insite97 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Artistic Collaborationcontributor Calisphere -
Awasinake (On The Other Side): General View Of Theatre Facade And Marquee
title Awasinake (On The Other Side): General View Of Theatre Facade And 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 042) [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 -
America: Detail Of Canadian And United States "Flags"
title America: Detail Of Canadian And United States "Flags"description For inSITE94, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi contributed two distinct installations titled "Wandering Position/Vagamundos" and "America/America," which were installed at the Santa Fe Depot and the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, respectively. Yanagi's work "America" had been installed previously in variations at different institutions around the world. For this installation the artist chose to include thirty-six flags of each country of the Americas in his elaborate ant farm. Over the course of the exhibition the ants created tunnels through the various flags and the colored sand that was used was gradually mixed, thereby creating new symbols. -- inSITE94 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 311, Folder 02, Item 420) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Yanagi, Yukinorisubject Sandpaintings Political Art Humor Paintings (Visual Works) Sculpture (Visual Work) Nationalism Performance Art Insite94 Drawings (Visual Works) Process Art Border Art Flagscontributor Calisphere -
Drops: Gigantic Concrete Dice Installed At The Santa Fe Depot In San Diego
title Drops: Gigantic Concrete Dice Installed At The Santa Fe Depot In San Diegodescription 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 114) [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 -
You Are Aquí: Heavy Traffic Under The Puente Mexico
title You Are Aquí: Heavy Traffic Under The Puente Mexicodescription Cuban-born artist Arturo Cuenca was drawn to work with the visual language of billboards that crowd the US-Mexican border crossing at San Ysidro. With "You Are Aquí" Cuenca pointed to the obvious - locating border crossers exactly at the point of transition between the two countries. Borrowing from the visual language of the surrounding billboards. Cuenca constructed a new billboard with a manipulated satellite image of the border and had it installed on the Puente Mexico, the pedestrian bridge that crosses the lines of vehicular border traffic. Acting as a location marker, the work was seen by more than 45,000 commuters daily. --inSITE2000 Photographs Puente Mexico, San Ysidro, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 078) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Satellite Imagery Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Site-Specific Works Mexican-American Border Region Billboards (Site Elements) Commuting Traffic City Planning Express Highways Insite2000 Bridges (Built Works) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Cross The Razor
title Cross The Razordescription Border Field State Park Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Terry Allen's project, "Cross the Razor/Cruzar la navaja," was located on both sides of the US-Mexico border fence. Working to establish some sort of platform for communication across the fence, Allen's proposal for a public exchange of words and music evolved from two stationary free-speech areas to two mobile units. Two vans were outfitted with wooden platforms, microphones, amplifiers, and translators, one for each side of the border. For the duration of the project the two vans met at various points along the border fence near Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park; and an open invitation was extended to all to climb onto the vans and communicate by any means to listeners on the other side. - inSITE94 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 021) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Allen, Terrysubject Language Public Speaking Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite94 Fences Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Mark Dion - Press Coverage
title Mark Dion - Press Coveragedescription Dan Irwin interviews inSITE2000 artist Mark Dion. With the creation of a functioning bird blind located in the Tijuana River Estuary Reserve, Mark Dion's project Blind/Hide for inSITE2000 invited investigation and closer examination not only of the biodiversity of the site but also of the less apparent signs of cultural confluence specific to the location. Camouflaged to blend into the surrounding terrain the project was sited within a view of the border. The 8 x 16 foot bird blind structure housed photographs, charts, and books on the 370 bird species found at the reserve, along with binoculars and related research tools. As Dion himself said, he wanted to make a project that illustrated the complicated elements of this particular locale. The viewer was invited to become an observer of the more subtle environmental and political issues impacting the reserve, while bearing witness to how birds and wildlife have learned to conform and adapt. --inSITE2000 Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This sound recording was extracted from a CD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 254, CD 00-63) Tijuana River Estuary (Calif.) Tijuana Slough National Wildlife Refuge (Calif.) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Dion, Marksubject Blinds (Shelters) Boundaries Education San Diego (Calif.) Bird Watching Birds Political Art Environmental Protection Ecological Art Border Art Nature Natural History Sound Recordings Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Nature Centers Sculpture (Visual Work) Dion, Mark (American Sculptor And Installation Artist, Born 1961) Architecture (Object Genre) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
Union Market Island Front: View Of The Corner Of Tbe Building
title Union Market Island Front: View Of The Corner Of Tbe Buildingdescription 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 268) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Color Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Insite94 Renovation Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Toy An Horse: Installed At The U.S.-Mexico Border Crossing
title Toy An Horse: Installed At The U.S.-Mexico Border Crossingdescription For inSITE97, Marcos Ramirez ERRE collaborated with several artists to construct "Toy an Horse," a monumental wood and metal replica of the iconic Trojan Horse. Installed directly on top of the monument marking the border about 50 meters from the border cross-checkpoint at San Ysidro, the horse was visible to the 50,000 people crossing the border by car every day. Ramirez stated that the purpose of the project was to use the narrative symbolism of the Trojan horse to stimulate discussion about the border, invasion, cultural exchange, and dependency. --inSITE97 San Ysidro (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 310, Folder 04, Item 294) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Border Crossing Boundaries Satire (Artistic Device) Insite97 Horses Trojan War Political Art Public Art Economics Emigration And Immigration Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Sculpture (Visual Work) Architecture (Object Genre) Trojan Horse (Greek Mythology) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Janus-Facedcontributor Calisphere -
Some Kindly Monster: Left Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exterior: Flames
title Some Kindly Monster: Left Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exterior: Flamesdescription 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) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Trucks--Customizing Caricatures And Cartoons Portable Border Art Flamecontributor 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 on 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 402) 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 -
Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Sand Covered Floor
title Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Sand Covered Floordescription Artist Johnny Coleman described his installation "Crossroads/BAGGAGE BUILDING/Encrucijadas/BODEGA DE EQUIPAJE," located in the baggage building in the Santa Fe Depot, as a "found poem consisting of stories collected by following the tracks." The artist spent months traveling the California railroad to collect stories of migration and personal accounts of working on the railroad. These traces provided the material for the various elements in the installation, including audio narratives, music, various props, and construction elements. --inSITE94 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design 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 03, Item 071) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Memory Sculpture (Visual Work) Travel Mexican-American Border Region Travelers Poetry Insite94 Luggage Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Saline: Geveral View Toward Ocean
title Saline: Geveral View Toward Oceandescription For inSITE94, artist Nina Karavasiles created "Saline/La salina" at the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum, part of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. The artist built a salt-filled trough that extended from the aquarium-museum courtyard down the hillside towards the water, creating a visual connection to the seaside, the Scripps Pier, and the ocean beyond. Alongside the trough were Plexiglas enclosures containing salt water. Over the course of the exhibition the water evaporated leaving behind salt crystals. --inSITE94 Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 179) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Karavasiles, Ninasubject Pacific Ocean Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Views Mexican-American Border Region Piers (Marine Landings) Landscapes (Environments) Insite94 Oceans Process Art Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Perspectivecontributor Calisphere -
The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroom
title The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf In Luxury Car Dealer Showroomdescription João Louro's project "The Jewel / In God We Trust" traces the inverted trajectory of the recycling dynamic that characterizes the border zone. His project begins with the selection of a European car recovered from a junkyard in Tijuana and transformed into a "jewel" through the addition of a skin of gold leaf. Once this trash object is transformed into a opulent gold sculpture it will be exhibited and auctioned in San Diego. Proceeds from the sale will be given to an elementary school in Tijuana and used to support visual art workshops for children, where students will be encouraged to add further layers of imagery to the paper money. --inSite_05 La Jolla, San Diego (Calif.) 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 189, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Louro, Joãosubject Automobiles Junkyards Humor Junk Sculpture Sculpture (Visual Work) Consumers Automobile Showrooms Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Receptions Performance Art Wealth Recycling Parody Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
The Tower
title The Towerdescription Drawing on the tradition of the California Light and Space movement, San Diego-based artist Jim Skalman created an installation titled "The Tower/La Torre" for inSITE94 that joined these sensibilities in a minimal expression of calculated form, space, and light. Skalman chose to work at La Torre in Tijuana because of its architectural space, history, and the possibilities it offered. The artist created a sparse installation housing few constructed forms and lit the interior rooms with diffused lighting to further transform them into spaces of contemplation. -- inSITE94 La Torre de Tijuana, Tijuana, 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 06, Item 345) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Space (Composition Concept) Contemplation Light And Space Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Light (Energy) Insite94 Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Stairs Above Mid-Level With Girl Reading, Virgin Of Guadalupe, Bassett, Porky
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Stairs Above Mid-Level With Girl Reading, Virgin Of Guadalupe, Bassett, Porkydescription "Stairway of the Ancients" is a complex stairway, probably built in the 1920s, leading up to the Casa de la Cultura. It is in disrepair with parts that are eroded or broken. To try to keep within this context, the figurines that MacConnel has cast, purchased from street vendors, are irregular, broken and "antiqued." The "Ancients" are funny, sad, prideful, odd remnants of tourist art. La Escalinata, 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 02, Item 215) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Macconnel, Kimsubject Popular Culture Stairs Aesthetics Graffiti Statues Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Kitsch Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
A Lesson In Civics
title A Lesson In Civicsdescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Paintings 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 204) With her project for inSITE94, San Diego artist Jean Lowe created an installation that mirrored much of her previous work as a cunning commentary on an issue relevant to the current times. At the Casa de la Cultura Municipal in Tijuana, Lowe chose to rework the interior of one classroom. Entitled "A Lesson in Civics/Una lección de civismo," the classroom was richly outfitted with elements such as school desks, books, educational charts, and posters created by the artist in painted papier-mâché that distinctly referenced the topic of civics and how we learn to relate to other species. As the artist herself said about the work, she wanted to create an environment that encouraged a rethinking of the already known. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Libraries Political Art Humor Books Education Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Animal Culture Classrooms Insite94 Kitsch Parody Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Yin/Yang, Us/Them
title Yin/Yang, Us/Themdescription Albert Chong's project, "Yin/Yang, Us/Them/Yin/yang, nosotros/ellos," was installed at La Torre de Tijuana. Gathered on the floor of the Torre were apples and oranges arranged in the Taoist symbol of yin and yang. In the words of the artist, the fruits symbolize difference and co-existence. Surrounding this circle were half-shell coconuts containing water, wine, and rum. Evoking a space of ritual, the central circular element was balanced by a cowrie-shell jacket suspended from the ceiling, bottles of liquor, and a wall text. --inSITE94 La Torre de Tijuana, Tijuana, 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 03, Item 064) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Floor Pieces (Art) Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Food Taoism Nature Infinite Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Dirty Water Initiative: Solar Collectors And Water Bottles
title Dirty Water Initiative: Solar Collectors And Water Bottlesdescription Architecture and City Planning San Ysidro (San Diego, Calif.) 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 -
Los Vendedores De Tijuana
title Los Vendedores De Tijuanadescription Drawings and Watercolors Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College Paintings San Diego-based artist Roberto Salas created an installation titled "Los vendedores de Tijuana" for inSITE94. Drawing from his own experience of selling a variety of things as a child, Salas made a selection of the traditional items one would find being offered while waiting to cross the border from Mexico to the United states. Anyone having been through that experience will know that vendors roam the rows of cars with all their wares draped across their bodies, stacked on their heads, or filling their arms. Salas chose to use the seemingly endless plaster cast figures made to appeal to American tourists, such as Mickey Mouse, skulls, hamburgers, Madonnas, Ninja Turtles, and so on, to create what he referred to as "monumental shamans of kitsch." --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 327) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Salas, Robertosubject Paintings (Visual Works) Portraits Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Totem Poles Kitsch Insite94 Street Vendors Drawings (Visual Works) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R)
title Abode: Sanctuary For The Familia(R)description San Francisco artist Mildred Howard sited her inSITE94 project in the baggage building of the Santa Fe Depot. Her installation consisted of two components, "Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r)/Hogar: el santuario para lo familia(r)" and "From Cotton to Coal ... the Last Train/Del algodón al carbón ... El último tren." As a continuation of her exploration of architectural forms and everyday materials that poetically call forth issues of cultural identity and memory, Howard chose to reinstall "Abode," first created for the San Jose Museum of Art. "Abode" and "From Cotton to Coal" reference Howard's own cultural history as an African-American woman --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 06, Item 154) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject African Americans Houses Political Art Color San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture (Visual Work) History Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Blue (Color) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor 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 -
Appliances
title Appliancesdescription Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The room is filled with contraptions made from wires, parachutes and other found objects. In her videos the artist animates these objects and shows her concern with "devices we employ to gain control over nature." This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 356) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Smedley, Melissasubject Parachutes Sculpture (Visual Work) Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Insite92 Nature Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Public Hearing
title Public Hearingdescription Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.) Puerto Rican artist Pepón Osorio's project for inSITE94 was a continuation of his exploration of the issues particular to the experience Latin immigrants have as they settle and integrate into the culture of the United States. Entitled "Vista pública/Public Hearing," the installation dealt specifically with the frustrations and misunderstandings arising from interactions with government agencies. According to the artist the piece evolves each time it is presented at a new site within a new community facing issues that describe the immigrant experience. --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 03, Item 262) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Osorio, Pepónsubject Hearings Place Settings Race Discrimination Sculpture (Visual Work) Clothing Insite94 Puerto Rico Immigrants Installations (Visual Works) Bronx (New York, N.Y.)contributor Calisphere -
Under The Table
title Under The Tabledescription Los Angeles-based artist Robert Therrien's work for inSITE94 was titled "Under the Table/Debajo de la mesa." Sited at the Santa Fe Depot, the work consisted of an oversized dining table and four chairs. Playing with the scale of everyday objects, the work dwarfed the viewer and proposed a reconsideration of the conventional relationship between the participants and their environment. --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 311, Folder 01, Item 381) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Therrien, Robertsubject Scale (Relative Size) Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Colossi Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Furniturecontributor Calisphere -
International Waters: Pipe From Mexican Side Of The Border Fence
title International Waters: 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. --inSITE97 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 147) 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 -
Green Card
title Green Carddescription Architecture and City Planning Community Engagement Program, Tijuana. Garden and Landscape Mexican-American Border Region 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 02, Item 432) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Emigration And Immigration Walls Humor Boundaries Materials--Deterioration Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Conversation Fences Insite97 Gesture Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
You Are Aquí: Light Box Installed On The Puente Mexico
title You Are Aquí: Light Box Installed On The Puente Mexicodescription Cuban-born artist Arturo Cuenca was drawn to work with the visual language of billboards that crowd the US-Mexican border crossing at San Ysidro. With "You Are Aquí" Cuenca pointed to the obvious - locating border crossers exactly at the point of transition between the two countries. Borrowing from the visual language of the surrounding billboards. Cuenca constructed a new billboard with a manipulated satellite image of the border and had it installed on the Puente Mexico, the pedestrian bridge that crosses the lines of vehicular border traffic. Acting as a location marker, the work was seen by more than 45,000 commuters daily. --inSITE2000 Photographs Puente Mexico, San Ysidro, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 079) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Satellite Imagery Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Site-Specific Works Mexican-American Border Region Billboards (Site Elements) Commuting City Planning Express Highways Insite2000 Bridges (Built Works) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Wandering Position: Detail Of Artist Following Ant With Pastel Crayon
title Wandering Position: Detail Of Artist Following Ant With Pastel Crayondescription For inSITE94, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi contributed two distinct installations titled "Wandering Position/Vagamundos" and "America/America," which were installed at the Santa Fe Depot and the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, respectively. Yanagi's work "America" had been installed previously in variations at different institutions around the world. For this installation the artist chose to include thirty-six flags of each country of the Americas in his elaborate ant farm. Over the course of the exhibition the ants created tunnels through the various flags and the colored sand that was used was gradually mixed, thereby creating new symbols. For "Wandering Position" Yanagi placed four steel angle beams in a square on the floor of the baggage building at the Santa Fe Depot. The artist then set loose one ant that he proceeded to follow for a set duration while marking its trail with a pink piece of chalk. The performance resulted in a random pattern on the floor that made visible the physical activity of one ant. -- 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 311, Folder 02, Item 421) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Yanagi, Yukinorisubject Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Measurements (Dimensions) Drawing--Technique Insite94 Performance Art Drawings (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Cross The Razor: Border Fence With Artist'S Vans On Either Side
title Cross The Razor: Border Fence With Artist'S Vans On Either Sidedescription Border Field State Park Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Terry Allen's project, "Cross the Razor/Cruzar la navaja," was located on both sides of the US-Mexico border fence. Working to establish some sort of platform for communication across the fence, Allen's proposal for a public exchange of words and music evolved from two stationary free-speech areas to two mobile units. Two vans were outfitted with wooden platforms, microphones, amplifiers, and translators, one for each side of the border. For the duration of the project the two vans met at various points along the border fence near Playas de Tijuana and Border Field State Park; and an open invitation was extended to all to climb onto the vans and communicate by any means to listeners on the other side. - inSITE94 This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 022) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Language Public Speaking Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Insite94 Fences Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Podría Haber Muchos Más Que Éstos: Detail Of Pile Of Clay Rings
title Podría Haber Muchos Más Que Éstos: Detail Of Pile Of Clay Ringsdescription Installed in the Children's Museum in downtown San Diego, Anna Maria Maiolino's work was a mass collection of clay coils placed in random piles around the room. Using similar forms and processes from her previous work, "There Could Be Many More Than These/Podria haber muchos mas que estos" focused on the gesture and repetition used to create the clay coils. Molded over the course of several weeks, the number of coils was finite, but the infinite nature of the gesture creating them made the installation an act of chance. --inSITE97 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 02, Item 223) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Repetition (Aesthetics) Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Rings Insite97 Gesture Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Some Kindly Monster: Right Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exterior
title Some Kindly Monster: Right Side Of Truck With Custom Painted Exteriordescription 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) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Performance Art Trucks--Customizing Portable Border Art Caricatures And Cartoonscontributor Calisphere -
America: Detail Of Colored Sand
title America: Detail Of Colored Sanddescription For inSITE94, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi contributed two distinct installations titled "Wandering Position/Vagamundos" and "America/America," which were installed at the Santa Fe Depot and the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, respectively. Yanagi's work "America" had been installed previously in variations at different institutions around the world. For this installation the artist chose to include thirty-six flags of each country of the Americas in his elaborate ant farm. Over the course of the exhibition the ants created tunnels through the various flags and the colored sand that was used was gradually mixed, thereby creating new symbols. -- inSITE94 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 311, Folder 02, Item 414) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Sandpaintings Political Art Humor Paintings (Visual Works) Sculpture (Visual Work) Nationalism Performance Art Insite94 Drawings (Visual Works) Process Art Border Art Flagscontributor Calisphere -
Popotla - The Wall: Mosaic Of Found Objects Representing Waves
title Popotla - The Wall: Mosaic Of Found Objects Representing Wavesdescription 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 295) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Walls Humor Color Boundaries Mosaics (Visual Works) Public Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Children (People By Age Group) Assemblage (Sculpture Technique) Mexican-American Border Region Wave Pattern Murals (Any Medium) Insite97contributor Calisphere -
Crossroads/Baggage Building: Telephone Handset
title Crossroads/Baggage Building: Telephone Handsetdescription Artist Johnny Coleman described his installation "Crossroads/BAGGAGE BUILDING/Encrucijadas/BODEGA DE EQUIPAJE," located in the baggage building in the Santa Fe Depot, as a "found poem consisting of stories collected by following the tracks." The artist spent months traveling the California railroad to collect stories of migration and personal accounts of working on the railroad. These traces provided the material for the various elements in the installation, including audio narratives, music, various props, and construction elements. --inSITE94 Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design 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 03, Item 072) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Memory Sculpture (Visual Work) Travel Mexican-American Border Region Travelers Poetry Insite94 Luggage Telephone Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Untitled Depot: Visitors Inside And Outside Bed Spring "Ring"
title Untitled Depot: Visitors Inside And Outside Bed Spring "Ring"description 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 403) 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 -
The Tower
title The Towerdescription Drawing on the tradition of the California Light and Space movement, San Diego-based artist Jim Skalman created an installation titled "The Tower/La Torre" for inSITE94 that joined these sensibilities in a minimal expression of calculated form, space, and light. Skalman chose to work at La Torre in Tijuana because of its architectural space, history, and the possibilities it offered. The artist created a sparse installation housing few constructed forms and lit the interior rooms with diffused lighting to further transform them into spaces of contemplation. -- inSITE94 La Torre de Tijuana, Tijuana, 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 06, Item 346) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Space (Composition Concept) Contemplation Light And Space Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Light (Energy) Insite94 Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Mid-Landing Right Stair With Earth Goddess, Mayan Dog, Monkey, Conch Shell
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Mid-Landing Right Stair With Earth Goddess, Mayan Dog, Monkey, Conch Shelldescription "Stairway of the Ancients" is a complex stairway, probably built in the 1920s, leading up to the Casa de la Cultura. It is in disrepair with parts that are eroded or broken. To try to keep within this context, the figurines that MacConnel has cast, purchased from street vendors, are irregular, broken and "antiqued." The "Ancients" are funny, sad, prideful, odd remnants of tourist art. La Escalinata, 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 02, Item 216) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Macconnel, Kimsubject Popular Culture Stairs Aesthetics Graffiti Statues Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Kitsch Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Saline: Geveral View Toward Ocean
title Saline: Geveral View Toward Oceandescription For inSITE94, artist Nina Karavasiles created "Saline/La salina" at the Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum, part of Scripps Institution of Oceanography at the University of California, San Diego. The artist built a salt-filled trough that extended from the aquarium-museum courtyard down the hillside towards the water, creating a visual connection to the seaside, the Scripps Pier, and the ocean beyond. Alongside the trough were Plexiglas enclosures containing salt water. Over the course of the exhibition the water evaporated leaving behind salt crystals. --inSITE94 Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) Stephen Birch Aquarium-Museum This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 180) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Karavasiles, Ninasubject Pacific Ocean Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Views Mexican-American Border Region Piers (Marine Landings) Landscapes (Environments) Insite94 Oceans Process Art Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Perspectivecontributor Calisphere -
The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf At The Haudenschild Garage: Auction Night
title The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf At The Haudenschild Garage: Auction Nightdescription Haudenschild Garage, La Jolla, San Diego (Calif.) João Louro's project "The Jewel / In God We Trust" traces the inverted trajectory of the recycling dynamic that characterizes the border zone. His project begins with the selection of a European car recovered from a junkyard in Tijuana and transformed into a "jewel" through the addition of a skin of gold leaf. Once this trash object is transformed into a opulent gold sculpture it will be exhibited and auctioned in San Diego. Proceeds from the sale will be given to an elementary school in Tijuana and used to support visual art workshops for children, where students will be encouraged to add further layers of imagery to the paper money. --inSite_05 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 189, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Louro, Joãosubject Junkyards Auctions Junk Sculpture Recycling Automobiles Insite_05 Wealth Performance Art Humor Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Receptions Parody Sculpture (Visual Work) Consumers Garages Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
Family Trees: Painting Depicting Cross Border Relationship Between Installations
title Family Trees: Painting Depicting Cross Border Relationship Between Installationsdescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Drawings and Watercolors Ernest Silva's inSITE97 Community Engagement project, "Family Trees/Arboles de familias," was a collaboration with artist Alberto Caro-Limón that linked the Children's Museum in San Diego to the Centro Cultural in Tijuana. Each site allowed children to write their own family stories and draw family portraits. Both installations were brightly colored and filled with images of houses, trees, birds, and birdhouses to symbolize the exchange of memories and stories from one museum to the other. The space at the Children's Museum was a Rain House that functioned as a studio, reading room, and exhibition space for the children's family projects. At the Centro, the space contained children-sized houses, benches and work spaces, and painted wood-picket fences and trees. The projects created at each installation then traveled to the other to be exhibited to complete the exchange of stories and perspectives. --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 310, Folder 05, Item 335) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Silva, Ernestsubject Collaboration Color Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Trees Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Families Rain Fences Insite97 Drawings (Visual Works) Multimedia Works Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Crafts (Art Genres)contributor Calisphere -
A Lesson In Civics: Detail Of Stack Of "Books"
title A Lesson In Civics: Detail Of Stack Of "Books"description Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Paintings 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 205) With her project for inSITE94, San Diego artist Jean Lowe created an installation that mirrored much of her previous work as a cunning commentary on an issue relevant to the current times. At the Casa de la Cultura Municipal in Tijuana, Lowe chose to rework the interior of one classroom. Entitled "A Lesson in Civics/Una lección de civismo," the classroom was richly outfitted with elements such as school desks, books, educational charts, and posters created by the artist in painted papier-mâché that distinctly referenced the topic of civics and how we learn to relate to other species. As the artist herself said about the work, she wanted to create an environment that encouraged a rethinking of the already known. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Lowe, Jeansubject Libraries Political Art Humor Books Education Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Kitsch Insite94 Parody Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Ruminations: Handwritten Text On Wall
title Ruminations: Handwritten Text On Walldescription "This installation, 'Ruminations,' is a dreamscape: an exploration of shifting narratives at the crossroads. In the wake of a painful and humiliating verdict in Simi Valley, and the searing image of L.A. in flames, I find myself focusing upon thresholds: a state of being on the line. The fire ain't out." -- Johnny Coleman, August, 1992 David Zapf Gallery, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 065) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Rodney King Riots (Los Angeles, California : 1992) Texts (Document Genres) Sculpture (Visual Work) History Mexican-American Border Region Insite92 Race Relations Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Los Vendedores De Tijuana
title Los Vendedores De Tijuanadescription Drawings and Watercolors Kruglak Gallery, MiraCosta College Paintings San Diego-based artist Roberto Salas created an installation titled "Los vendedores de Tijuana" for inSITE94. Drawing from his own experience of selling a variety of things as a child, Salas made a selection of the traditional items one would find being offered while waiting to cross the border from Mexico to the United states. Anyone having been through that experience will know that vendors roam the rows of cars with all their wares draped across their bodies, stacked on their heads, or filling their arms. Salas chose to use the seemingly endless plaster cast figures made to appeal to American tourists, such as Mickey Mouse, skulls, hamburgers, Madonnas, Ninja Turtles, and so on, to create what he referred to as "monumental shamans of kitsch." --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 328) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Salas, Robertosubject Paintings (Visual Works) Portraits Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Totem Poles Kitsch Insite94 Street Vendors Drawings (Visual Works) Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Bird'S Eye View: View Of Installation From Across Railroad Tracks
title Bird'S Eye View: View Of Installation From Across Railroad Tracksdescription Eugenia Vargas, born in Chile and currently residing in Mexico City, works in the areas of Photography, performance and installation art. Her work deals with the politically charged issues of the border and the effects of pollution on the environment. In her installations, Vargas physically engages the earth and its elements in ritualistic ways - for example, by covering herself or a space with mud, straw, palm fronds or water. Vargas' project for inSITE94 will read as a large filter extending down from the ceiling of the Depot's concourse, using materials derived from the site. - 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 311, Folder 01, Item 389) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Vargas, Eugeniasubject Political Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Railroad Stations Insite94 Filters And Filtration Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
From Cotton To Coal… The Last Train
title From Cotton To Coal… The Last Traindescription Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design San Francisco artist Mildred Howard sited her inSITE94 project in the baggage building of the Santa Fe Depot. Her installation consisted of two components, "Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r)/Hogar: el santuario para lo familia(r)" and "From Cotton to Coal ... the Last Train/Del algodón al carbón ... El último tren." As a continuation of her exploration of architectural forms and everyday materials that poetically call forth issues of cultural identity and memory, Howard chose to reinstall "Abode," first created for the San Jose Museum of Art. "Abode" and "From Cotton to Coal" reference Howard's own cultural history as an African-American woman --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 06, Item 155) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Howard, Mildredsubject African Americans Political Art San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture (Visual Work) History Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Laborcontributor Calisphere -
Arrivals And Departures: Telescope With Children
title Arrivals And Departures: Telescope With Childrendescription Christina Fernandez's inSITE97 project, "Arrivals and Departres/Llegadas y salidas," consisted of two installations, one on each side of the border. Installed at the San Ysidro Bus Station in San Diego and Colonia Libertad, Tijuana, the works functioned as information and visitor centers for people passing through the space. Displaying information on historical migration patterns that have taken place over the border, the installation challenged the notion of legality as applied to immigration. --inSITE97 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 04, Item 119) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Fernandez, Christinasubject Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Views Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Landscapes (Environments) Insite97 Optical Instruments Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Animal Vegetable Mineral
title Animal Vegetable Mineraldescription Artists Nanette Yannuzzi Macias and Melissa Smedley collaborated on a two-part installation for inSITE94 at El Sotano (an abandoned mop factory) in Tijuana and the San Diego Natural History Museum. Entitled "Animal Vegetable Mineral: Comidas para los sombreros," the artists explained the installations as explorations of the rituals of communication. At El Sotano, the work consisted of a multitude of materials from a cotton loom, gourds, candles, and buckets, to a deerskin, bird cage, and eucalyptus tree stump, suggesting, according to the artists, a laboratory space that referenced the machine and ritual. The installation at the Natural History Museum acted as a response to this magical machine and incorporated video elements situating the materials in dialogues that suggested not yet considered relationships. --inSITE94 El Sotano, Tijuana Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 06, Item 357) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Manufacturing Processes Sculpture (Visual Work) Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Insite94 Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Installation: Model Wearing The Artist'S Clothes
title Installation: Model Wearing The Artist'S Clothesdescription A spoof of the fashion industry, the artist created a "design studio" with finished and unfinished garments on hangars and strewn across the floor of the exhibition space. Unconventional and even dangerous materials were used (bubble wrap, rusty nails, staples, rubber etc.) to construct the clothes and other artists modeled them for a series of photographs. Fashion, Costume and Jewelry 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 321) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ruff, Daphnesubject Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Irony Mexican-American Border Region Models (Persons) Performance Art Clothing Insite92 Fashion Parody Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Apacheta
title Apachetadescription Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art San Diego-based Argentinian artist Graciela Ovejero created an installation for inSITE94 at the Centro Cultural de la Raza entitled "Apacheta." Drawing on Ovejero's personal heritage, the installation focused on the myth of Pachamama, or Mother Earth as it still exists in the belief of natives from the northern part of Argentina. One way that Pachamama is honored is by the construction of stone mounds called apachetas. For her installation the artist built a technological apacheta out of TV monitors, situated on a floor of soil and showing a video diptych, each video respectively titled "The Journey" and "Aspects and Manifestations." The videos were in response to the artist's relationship to the earth and how her cultural background has informed that relationship. --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 03, Item 263) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Diptychs Mythology Sculpture (Visual Work) Installations (Visual Works) Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Nature Argentina Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
International Waters: Mexican Side Of The Border Fence
title International Waters: 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. --inSITE97 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 148) 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 -
Wandering Position: Detail Of Corner Of Piece With Drawing And Beam
title Wandering Position: Detail Of Corner Of Piece With Drawing And Beamdescription For inSITE94, Japanese artist Yukinori Yanagi contributed two distinct installations titled "Wandering Position/Vagamundos" and "America/America," which were installed at the Santa Fe Depot and the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, respectively. Yanagi's work "America" had been installed previously in variations at different institutions around the world. For this installation the artist chose to include thirty-six flags of each country of the Americas in his elaborate ant farm. Over the course of the exhibition the ants created tunnels through the various flags and the colored sand that was used was gradually mixed, thereby creating new symbols. For "Wandering Position" Yanagi placed four steel angle beams in a square on the floor of the baggage building at the Santa Fe Depot. The artist then set loose one ant that he proceeded to follow for a set duration while marking its trail with a pink piece of chalk. The performance resulted in a random pattern on the floor that made visible the physical activity of one ant. -- 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 311, Folder 02, Item 422) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Yanagi, Yukinorisubject Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Measurements (Dimensions) Drawing--Technique Insite94 Performance Art Drawings (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Search: View Of Radio Antenna
title Search: View Of Radio Antennadescription Chicago-based artist Inigo Manglano-Ovalle proposed a transformation of the bullring at Playas de Tijuana for inSITE2000. Working on a scale indicative of the vast site, Manglano-Ovalle transformed the bullring into a large radio telescope searching for "aliens." Titled Search/En Busqueda the piece functioned as a listening device searching the atmosphere for any discernible noise made by aliens. A suspended antenna above a receiving dish located at ground level of the bullring would pick up sounds that in turn would be broadcast, along with the white sound of listening, on speakers surrounding the bullring, as well as on FM radio and the web. The notion of possible contact with aliens both at the border and in space made the piece, according to the artist, "a global event, possibly cosmic." --inSITE2000 Plaza de Toros Monumental de Aguascalientes (Aguascalientes, Mexico) Science, Technology and Industry Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 02, Item 224) Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Bull Rings Sculpture (Visual Work) Antennas Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Radio Telescopes Undocumented Immigrants Extraterrestrial Beings Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000contributor Calisphere -
None For Political Reasons Ii
title None For Political Reasons Iidescription Carlos Aguirre's project for inSITE94, "None for Political Reasons II/Ninguno por razones politicas II," was located at the downtown space of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Incorporating human bone, soil, refuse, man-made materials, and the central object of a funerary boat, Aguirre's project spoke of the temporal, transitional, and cyclical. The installation conjured up images of ritual and ceremony, referencing the journey from life to death. --inSITE94 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 01, Item 012) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Aguirre, Carlossubject Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Deaths Rituals (Events) Funeral Rites And Ceremonies Insite94 Installations (Visual Works)contributor 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 -
The Last Dance: Detail Of "Hand"
title The Last Dance: Detail Of "Hand"description Known for his kinetic, conceptual, and highly imaginative works, New York artist Dennis Oppenheim created an installation entitled "The Last Dance/La última danza" for a gallery space at the Children's Museum of San Diego. The piece consisted of four pairs of cacti forms spinning together in a disjointed dance to a cacophony of music emitted from a number of 1940s radios, a record player, and a bass drum randomly beaten by a mechanized pedal. The seeming chaos of the disharmonious music and the spinning cacti figures - that both strive for closeness, yet at the same time present harm to each other - suggests relationship, especially between two cultures, where elements come together, sometimes clash, and always intertwine. --inSITE94 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 03, Item 249) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Kinetic (Style) Cactus Chaos Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Hands Insite94 Dance Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Information Signscontributor Calisphere -
Heat Seeking: Cell Phones
title Heat Seeking: Cell Phonesdescription "Heat-Seeking," the film Jordan Crandall produced for inSITE2000, made use of and mimicked surveillance technology deployed along the US-Mexico border. Exploring themes of Erotica and violence through five fantasy sequences woven into the overall structural narrative of mobility and monitoring, the film was shot on location in San Diego and Tijuana over the course of seven days in August 2000. Crandall stated that he wanted to use the language of cinema, advertising, and the "strategic seeing" of military systems to produce a film that would investigate interior and exterior borders. The piece was presented in two formats that each referenced mobility and ultimately established a reconfigured role of the viewer. In Tijuana, the film could be seen on the video billboard at the Cuauhtémoc Circle where scenes would be interspersed with advertising and other public media. In San Diego, Crandall's film could be seen on hand-held cell phones using streaming video technology. --inSITE2000 Cuauhtémoc Circle, Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 073) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boundaries Border Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Violence Technology Erotica Communication (Function) Installations (Visual Works) Insite2000 Military Surveillance Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
30 Years 21 Minutes 17 Tapes: Video Viewing Booth
title 30 Years 21 Minutes 17 Tapes: Video Viewing Boothdescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Mission Brewery Plaza, San Diego, California, United States Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) The artist constructed a viewing booth on a mezzanine of the brewery in which to watch videos representing different aspects of her youth and parents and growing up. The tapes are brief and offer autobiographical glimpses of the artist's early life. This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 01, Item 181) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Katchadourian, Ninasubject Memory Sculpture (Visual Work) History Mexican-American Border Region Children Families Insite92 Installations (Visual Works) Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
La Tierra Prometida: Detail Of Column With Neon Sculpture
title La Tierra Prometida: Detail Of Column With Neon Sculpturedescription Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design Gonzalo Díaz's inSITE97 project, La tierra prometida/The Promised Land, was installed in the basement of the Children's Museum in San Diego. Following the fourteen Stations of the Cross, the installation was built upon fourteen columns each distinguished by a word with multiple meanings spelled out in blue neon. Each column was also marked by an illuminated bronze Roman numeral as well as enigmatic figure at the top of the column, shrouded in dark wrappings. Playing off of the large orthogonal space, Díaz created a mythological/spiritual space for the viewer. --inSITE97 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 098) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Emigration And Immigration Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Stations Of The Cross Neon Sculpture Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf At The Haudenschild Garage: Auction Night
title The Jewel / In God We Trust: Junk Car Covered In Gold Leaf At The Haudenschild Garage: Auction Nightdescription Haudenschild Garage, La Jolla, San Diego (Calif.) João Louro's project "The Jewel / In God We Trust" traces the inverted trajectory of the recycling dynamic that characterizes the border zone. His project begins with the selection of a European car recovered from a junkyard in Tijuana and transformed into a "jewel" through the addition of a skin of gold leaf. Once this trash object is transformed into a opulent gold sculpture it will be exhibited and auctioned in San Diego. Proceeds from the sale will be given to an elementary school in Tijuana and used to support visual art workshops for children, where students will be encouraged to add further layers of imagery to the paper money. --inSite_05 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 189, DVD 01) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Louro, Joãosubject Junkyards Auctions Junk Sculpture Recycling Automobiles Insite_05 Wealth Performance Art Humor Mexican-American Border Region Poverty Receptions Parody Sculpture (Visual Work) Consumers Garages Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Ruinscontributor Calisphere -
Metamorphosis
title Metamorphosisdescription Performing Arts (including Performance Art) San Diego-based artist Deborah Small's project for inSITE94, titled Metamorphosis/Metamorfosis, explored the life and original research of seventeenth-century entomologist Maria Sybylla Merian. The installation drew on Merian's observations as a naturalist and her prolific engraved records of flora and fauna in the Dutch colony of Surinam. Apart from the work performed by Merian, the interest for Small was in the intersection of colonizer and the colonized, created by Merian's presence as a white European woman in a society and social system reliant on patriarchy, both at home and in the colony. --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 06, Item 347) Timken Museum of Art [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Small, Deborahsubject Colonization Imperialism Artifacts Sculpture (Visual Work) Merian, Maria Sibylla, 1647-1717 Patriarchy Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Natural History Museums Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Stairway Landing With Statues Of The Buddha And A Young Girl
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Stairway Landing With Statues Of The Buddha And A Young Girldescription "Stairway of the Ancients" is a complex stairway, probably built in the 1920s, leading up to the Casa de la Cultura. It is in disrepair with parts that are eroded or broken. To try to keep within this context, the figurines that MacConnel has cast, purchased from street vendors, are irregular, broken and "antiqued." The "Ancients" are funny, sad, prideful, odd remnants of tourist art. La Escalinata, 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 02, Item 217) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Popular Culture Stairs Aesthetics Graffiti Statues Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Architecture (Object Genre) Decoration And Ornament Insite94 Kitsch Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Island On The Fence: Proposal Drawing
title Island On The Fence: Proposal Drawingdescription For inSITE97, Vito Acconci proposed to extend the existing US-Mexico border fence out into the Pacific Ocean by constructing a floating island that would move with the tides. Fabricated with sand and rocks atop a fiberglass structure, the island would have Umbrellas to provide shade and space for swimmers from either side of the border to rest. Envisioned to represent a liminal space, the island would allow people to escape the border's constraints on people's lives and movement, if only temporarily. Due to various obstacles, including permissions and construction costs, Island of the Fence/Isla en la muralla remains unrealized. --inSITE97 Graphic Design and Illustration 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 01, Item 005) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Acconci, Vitosubject Artificial Islands Walls Leisure Pacific Ocean Boundaries Proposals Sculpture (Visual Work) Flotation Islands Mexican-American Border Region Fences Insite97 Public Sculpture Drawings (Visual Works) Umbrellas Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Double Take
title Double Takedescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Mexico City artist Sofia Taboas' project for inSITE94, titled "Double Take/Doble turno," was located in one of the hallways of the Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana. Taboas created a poetic installation that played with the light entering the hallway from windows at either end by breaking up the space with a minimal gesture in the form of delicate Draperies of blue glass beads strung on barely visible strings. The effect was that of space being framed by cascading lined dots of blue that seemed to vanish when looking from one end of the hallway to the other, and yet bring attention to the space and the quality of the light entering it. -- 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 06, Item 372) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Space (Composition Concept) Draperies Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Light (Energy) Insite94 Blue (Color) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Family Trees: Benches, Tables And Murals Of Trees And Birds
title Family Trees: Benches, Tables And Murals Of Trees And Birdsdescription Centro Cultural Tijuana Drawings and Watercolors Ernest Silva's inSITE97 Community Engagement project, "Family Trees/Arboles de familias," was a collaboration with artist Alberto Caro-Limón that linked the Children's Museum in San Diego to the Centro Cultural in Tijuana. Each site allowed children to write their own family stories and draw family portraits. Both installations were brightly colored and filled with images of houses, trees, birds, and birdhouses to symbolize the exchange of memories and stories from one museum to the other. The space at the Children's Museum was a Rain House that functioned as a studio, reading room, and exhibition space for the children's family projects. At the Centro, the space contained children-sized houses, benches and work spaces, and painted wood-picket fences and trees. The projects created at each installation then traveled to the other to be exhibited to complete the exchange of stories and perspectives. --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 310, Folder 05, Item 336) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Silva, Ernestsubject Collaboration Color Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Trees Children (People By Age Group) Mexican-American Border Region Families Rain Fences Insite97 Drawings (Visual Works) Multimedia Works Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Crafts (Art Genres)contributor Calisphere -
A Lesson In Civics: Detail Of "Books" On Bookshelf
title A Lesson In Civics: Detail Of "Books" On Bookshelfdescription Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana Paintings 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 206) With her project for inSITE94, San Diego artist Jean Lowe created an installation that mirrored much of her previous work as a cunning commentary on an issue relevant to the current times. At the Casa de la Cultura Municipal in Tijuana, Lowe chose to rework the interior of one classroom. Entitled "A Lesson in Civics/Una lección de civismo," the classroom was richly outfitted with elements such as school desks, books, educational charts, and posters created by the artist in painted papier-mâché that distinctly referenced the topic of civics and how we learn to relate to other species. As the artist herself said about the work, she wanted to create an environment that encouraged a rethinking of the already known. --inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Lowe, Jeansubject Libraries Political Art Humor Books Education Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Kitsch Insite94 Parody Installations (Visual Works)contributor 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 -
Piñatas Encantadas: General View
title Piñatas Encantadas: General Viewdescription Centro Cultural de la Raza (San Diego, Calif.) For his inSITE97 Community Engagement project, San Diego artist Roberto Salas collaborated with artists in Tijuana and San Diego as well as San Diego students to create a piñata installation at the Centro Cultural de la Raza. Salas designed the piñatas in reference to his perceptions of traditional, popular, and personal iconography and allowed the artists to incorporate their own perspectives as the piñatas were fabricated. With bold colors and unusual imagery, "Piñatas encantadas" visually reinterpreted the traditional Mexican piñata while celebrating its history and mythology. As part of the installation, the piñata blueprints were displayed and students painted a mural that echoed themes from the piñatas. --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 05, Item 329) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Skull Guitars Mexican-American Border Region Piñatas Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Hats Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Crafts (Art Genres)contributor Calisphere -
Bird'S Eye View
title Bird'S Eye Viewdescription Eugenia Vargas, born in Chile and currently residing in Mexico City, works in the areas of Photography, performance and installation art. Her work deals with the politically charged issues of the border and the effects of pollution on the environment. In her installations, Vargas physically engages the earth and its elements in ritualistic ways - for example, by covering herself or a space with mud, straw, palm fronds or water. Vargas' project for inSITE94 will read as a large filter extending down from the ceiling of the Depot's concourse, using materials derived from the site. -- 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 311, Folder 01, Item 390) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Insite94 Filters And Filtration Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Preserve: Maya: Detail Of Read Gerbera Daisies At The Beginning Of The Exhibition
title Preserve: Maya: Detail Of Read Gerbera Daisies At The Beginning Of The Exhibitiondescription Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego Scottish artist Anya Gallacio created two installations for inSITE94, one untitled piece located at Centro Escolar Agua Caliente, the other titled "Preserve: Maya/Preservación: maya" at the downtown location of the Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Gallacio was drawn to the site of Agua Caliente because of its history: it was built in 1929 as a resort and casino for the rich who came there to escape and play. Having been abandoned for many years, the pool was showing signs of decay with missing tiles, cracks, and broken elements. Gallacio chose to cover these exposed areas with gold foil, referencing and revealing a sense of the pool's gilded past. At MCASD, Gallacio worked with the theme of natural transformation. The artist chose a space viewable from both inside the Museum and from the bookstore, and layered red gerbera daisies between two panes of glass to create a botanical stained glass that was inserted as a window space. Over the course of the exhibition the flowers decomposed, fading to grey and revealing their own life cycle. --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 309, Folder 04, Item 120) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gallacio, Anya, 1963-subject Death Sculpture (Visual Work) Decomposition Mexican-American Border Region Time Insite94 Red (Color) Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
Installation: Model Wearing The Artist'S Clothes
title Installation: Model Wearing The Artist'S Clothesdescription A spoof of the fashion industry, the artist created a "design studio" with finished and unfinished garments on hangars and strewn across the floor of the exhibition space. Unconventional and even dangerous materials were used (bubble wrap, rusty nails, staples, rubber etc.) to construct the clothes and other artists modeled them for a series of photographs. Fashion, Costume and Jewelry Mission Brewery Plaza, 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 310, Folder 05, Item 322) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ruff, Daphnesubject Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Irony Mexican-American Border Region Models (Persons) Performance Art Clothing Insite92 Fashion Parody Installations (Visual Works)contributor Calisphere -
From Cotton To Coal… The Last Train
title From Cotton To Coal… The Last Traindescription Decorative Arts, Utilitarian Objects and Interior Design San Francisco artist Mildred Howard sited her inSITE94 project in the baggage building of the Santa Fe Depot. Her installation consisted of two components, "Abode: Sanctuary for the Familia(r)/Hogar: el santuario para lo familia(r)" and "From Cotton to Coal ... the Last Train/Del algodón al carbón ... El último tren." As a continuation of her exploration of architectural forms and everyday materials that poetically call forth issues of cultural identity and memory, Howard chose to reinstall "Abode," first created for the San Jose Museum of Art. "Abode" and "From Cotton to Coal" reference Howard's own cultural history as an African-American woman --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 06, Item 156) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Howard, Mildredsubject African Americans Political Art San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture (Visual Work) History Feminism Mexican-American Border Region Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Laborcontributor Calisphere -
23 September 1994: General View
title 23 September 1994: General Viewdescription Estación del Ferrocarril, 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 310, Folder 04, Item 311) Titled "23 September 1994" after the opening date of the entire inSITE94 exhibition, Ulf Rollof's installation consisted of a circular railroad situated at the defunct border rail-crossing site in Colonia Libertad in Tijuana. Just yards from the border fence, one could take a ride on this circular track where a single wagon with five fir trees planted in empty oil drums went around in endless circles to a dizzying effect. However, rather than being transported around on the track itself there was just a single seat at the hub of the circle and the view from the seat was directed straight at the fir trees, so that although movement occurred the outlook one had remained the same. -- inSITE94 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Humor Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Irony Machinery Mexican-American Border Region Railroad Stations Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Perspectivecontributor Calisphere -
A Tale Of Two Cities
title A Tale Of Two Citiesdescription First created in 1981, "A Tale of Two Cities/Historia de dos ciudades," was re-installed for inSITE94 at the Children's Museum, San Diego. As a room-sized miniature reconstruction of two cities at war with each other, "A Tale of Two Cities" used over 5,000 toys collected by the artist from the United States, Japan, and Europe. Set in an environment of plants, sand, and rocks, the two cities, one much larger and more powerful than the other, faced off in conflict. 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 02, Item 052) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject War Landscapes (Representations) Models (Representations) Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Violence Cities Insite94 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
The Other Side
title The Other Sidedescription ReinCarnation Project 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 310, Folder 01, Item 196) Using a room with a large wall of windows at the ReinCarnation Project in downtown San Diego, David Lamelas constructed "The Other Side/El otro lado." Dividing the room in half with a fifth wall, Lamelas plunged one side of the room into total darkness, while leaving the second half full of natural light from the window. Lamelas then cut a small hole in the fifth wall at eye level, allowing a single shaft of light to beam through into the darkness. Viewers could approach the room from either side of the fifth wall and peer into the dark or light side of the space. Positing the division of resources and rights between powers, Lamelas created his own border zone of privileged and unprivileged spaces. --inSITE97 [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Political Art Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Light (Energy) Insite97 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