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Call Waiting
title Call Waitingdescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Lorna Simpson's contribution to inSITE97 is a film entitled Call Waiting, shown at the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego. The film features two women in conversation over the phone, who are interrupted by other callers speaking in different languages. The result is an indecipherable web of open-ended stories and conversations that are carried out between the various speakers. --inSITE97 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) 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 255, DVD 97-03) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Simpson, Lornacontributor Calisphere -
Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With Telephone Handset
title Crossroads/Baggage Building: General View With 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 069) [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 -
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 -
Call Waiting: Film Still: Woman In A Bar
title Call Waiting: Film Still: Woman In A Bardescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Lorna Simpson's contribution to inSITE97 was a film entitled "Call Waiting," shown at the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego. The film features two women in conversation over the phone, who are interrupted by other callers speaking in different languages. The result is an indecipherable web of open-ended stories and conversations that are carried out between the various speakers. --inSITE97 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 05, Item 339) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Simpson, Lornasubject Language Mexican-American Border Region Film Stills Insite97 Telephone Bars (Drinking Establishments)contributor Calisphere -
Call Waiting: Film Still
title Call Waiting: Film Stilldescription Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art Lorna Simpson's contribution to inSITE97 was a film entitled "Call Waiting," shown at the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego. The film features two women in conversation over the phone, who are interrupted by other callers speaking in different languages. The result is an indecipherable web of open-ended stories and conversations that are carried out between the various speakers. --inSITE97 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.) Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This film still is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 05, Item 340) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Language Mexican-American Border Region Film Stills Insite97 Telephone Bars (Drinking Establishments)contributor Calisphere -
Congressional District Representative Thomas Rees And 30Th District Representative Edward Roybal
title Congressional District Representative Thomas Rees And 30Th District Representative Edward Roybaldescription Photographer Rolland Curtis accompanied Congressional District Representative Rees, center, as he met with influential Mexican-American Representative Edward Roybal, left, and an unidentified man to the right. Photograph circa 1965. See images 00119143 through 00119145 and 00137907 through 00137941 for additional photos in this series. Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park.; Thomas Mankell Rees was born on March 26, 1925. He served in the California State Assembly and Senate. Rees introduced the bill in the state legislature which created the Southern California Rapid Transit District. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965. Rees died in 2003.; Edward Ross Roybal was born on February 10, 1916. He is one of the country's most influential Hispanic politicians. He was the cofounder of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and its first chairman. In 1949, he became the first Hispanic to serve on the Los Angeles City Council since 1881. In 1962, due to eight additional seats becoming available in the U.S. House, Roybal entered and won the newly created 30th District Democratic nomination by a three to one margin. His daughter is also Lucille Roybal-Allard, U.S. Representative for California's 40th Congressional District. Title supplied by cataloger.artist/creator Made Accessible Through A Grant From The John Randolph Haynes And Dora Haynes Foundation Curtis, Rolland Jsubject Washington (D.C.) Office Buildings Roybal, Edward Ross,--1916-2005 Office Equipment And Supplies Men Office Furniture Telephone Rees, Thomas M.,--1925- Legislators Mexican Americans Cigars Men--Political Activitycontributor Digital Public Library of America (DPLA) -
Congressional District Representative Thomas Rees And 30Th District Representative Edward Roybal
title Congressional District Representative Thomas Rees And 30Th District Representative Edward Roybaldescription Photographer Rolland Curtis accompanied Congressional District Representative Rees, center, as he met with influential Mexican-American Representative Edward Roybal, left, and an unidentified man to the right. Photograph circa 1965. See images 00119143 through 00119145 and 00137907 through 00137941 for additional photos in this series. Rolland Joseph 'Speedy' Curtis was born in Louisiana in 1922. After serving three years in the Marines during World War II, he and his wife, Gloria, relocated from New Orleans to Los Angeles in 1946. Curtis served four years with the Los Angeles Police Department, but resigned from the force in order to pursue both a Bachelor's and Master's degree from USC. He later became involved in city politics, as an associate of Sam Yorty, and later a field deputy to City Council members Billy Mills and Tom Bradley. He was briefly director of the Model Cities program in 1973. Rolland J. Curtis died in his home in 1979, the victim of a homicide. An affordable housing complex on Exposition Blvd. near Vermont Ave. was named in his honor in 1981, along with a nearby street and park.; Thomas Mankell Rees was born on March 26, 1925. He served in the California State Assembly and Senate. Rees introduced the bill in the state legislature which created the Southern California Rapid Transit District. He was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1965. Rees died in 2003.; Edward Ross Roybal was born on February 10, 1916. He is one of the country's most influential Hispanic politicians. He was the cofounder of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC) and its first chairman. In 1949, he became the first Hispanic to serve on the Los Angeles City Council since 1881. In 1962, due to eight additional seats becoming available in the U.S. House, Roybal entered and won the newly created 30th District Democratic nomination by a three to one margin. His daughter is also Lucille Roybal-Allard, U.S. Representative for California's 40th Congressional District. Title supplied by cataloger.artist/creator Made Accessible Through A Grant From The John Randolph Haynes And Dora Haynes Foundation Curtis, Rolland Jsubject Washington (D.C.) Office Buildings Roybal, Edward Ross,--1916-2005 Office Equipment And Supplies Men Office Furniture Telephone Rees, Thomas M.,--1925- Legislators Mexican Americans Cigars Men--Political Activitycontributor Digital Public Library of America (DPLA)