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Aerial Bridge: Model Planes And Pilots
title Aerial Bridge: Model Planes And Pilotsdescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Aeronautics Play Flight Humor Hobbies Political Art San Diego (Calif.) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Model Airplane Racing Rockets (Aeronautics) Performance Art Uniforms Contests Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Art Riverscontributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Landing With Drunken Figure And Lamppost
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Landing With Drunken Figure And Lamppostdescription "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 211) [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 -
Aerial Bridge: Model Planes And Pilots
title Aerial Bridge: Model Planes And Pilotsdescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Aeronautics Play Flight Humor Hobbies Political Art San Diego (Calif.) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Model Airplane Racing Rockets (Aeronautics) Performance Art Uniforms Contests Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Art Riverscontributor Calisphere -
Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Cruising Object): Project Documentation
title Alien Toy Uco (Unidentified Cruising Object): Project Documentationdescription Barrio Logan (San Diego, Calif.) Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art For inSITE97 Rubén Ortiz Torres collaborated with Salvador "Chava" Munoz to construct Alien Toy UCO (Unidentified Cruising Object)/La ranfla cosmica ORNI (Objeto rodante no identificado), a lowrider car that was converted into a dancing hydraulics wonder in the form of a Border Patrol vehicle. Chava, a world champion in radical bed dancing, reworked each section of the car to move and spin on its own set of hydraulics and arms. Ortiz Torres produced a film with alien imagery and clips of the car in action to accompany the installation. Ortiz Torres stated that the car was a product of cultural migration and exchange, a visual manifestation of the cultural hybridization in Southern California. --inSITE97 Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This video file was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 256, DVD 97-10) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Ortiz Torres, Rubénsubject Popular Culture Unidentified Flying Objects Automobiles Documentaries Humor Political Art Sculpture (Visual Work) Marionettes Mexican-American Border Region Logos (Symbols) Performance Art Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Mid-Level Left Turn With Toltec, Guadalupe
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Mid-Level Left Turn With Toltec, Guadalupedescription "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 212) [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 -
Aerial Bridge: Model Helicopter In Flight
title Aerial Bridge: Model Helicopter In Flightdescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Aeronautics Play Flight Humor Hobbies Political Art San Diego (Calif.) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Model Airplane Racing Performance Art Contests Helicopters Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor Calisphere -
Border Capsule Ritual Black Star
title Border Capsule Ritual Black Stardescription Eduardo Abaroa's project for inSITE97, Cápsulas santánicas black star/Border Capsule Ritual Black Star, was installed at five locations in downtown San Diego, defining a black star on the city map. At each site was a gumball vending machine containing sculptural elements that reflected the machine's location. The work operated as a mini treasure hunt for the viewer, who found the machines using a map, purchased the prizes, and took them home to create their own satanic ritual. --inSITE97 Abaroa's project was located at Café Lulu, Master Tattoo Studio, The Gas Haus, William Burgett Booksellers, and La Fresqueria in downtown San Diego. San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 001) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Gambling Satanism--Rituals Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Signs And Symbols Insite97 Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Treasure Hunt (Game)contributor Calisphere -
Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Level Right With Toltec Feet, Rooster
title Stairway Of The Ancients: Upper Level Right With Toltec Feet, Roosterdescription "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 213) [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 -
Aerial Bridge: Yellow Border Line And Border Patrol
title Aerial Bridge: Yellow Border Line And Border Patroldescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Boundaries Hobbies San Diego (Calif.) Political Art Flight Insite_05 Performance Art Uniforms Contests Lines (Artistic Concept) Border Patrols Aeronautics Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Play Model Airplane Racing Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor 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 -
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 -
Aerial Bridge: Toy Helicopter Flying Over Yellow U.S. - Mexico Border Demarcation Line
title Aerial Bridge: Toy Helicopter Flying Over Yellow U.S. - Mexico Border Demarcation Linedescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Boundaries Hobbies San Diego (Calif.) Rockets (Aeronautics) Political Art Flight Insite_05 Performance Art Contests Rivers Lines (Artistic Concept) Aeronautics Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Play Model Airplane Racing Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor 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 -
Aerial Bridge: Model Planes And Pilots With Spectators
title Aerial Bridge: Model Planes And Pilots With Spectatorsdescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Hobbies San Diego (Calif.) Rockets (Aeronautics) Political Art Flight Insite_05 Performance Art Uniforms Contests Rivers Aeronautics Humor Mexican-American Border Region Spectators Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Play Model Airplane Racing Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor 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 -
Aerial Bridge: Model Plane In Flight
title Aerial Bridge: Model Plane In Flightdescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Aeronautics Play Flight Humor Hobbies Political Art San Diego (Calif.) Insite_05 Mexican-American Border Region Model Airplane Racing Performance Art Contests Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor 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 -
Aerial Bridge: Artist Gomulicki Interviewed By Television News Crew
title Aerial Bridge: Artist Gomulicki Interviewed By Television News Crewdescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 187, DVD 01) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Hobbies San Diego (Calif.) Rockets (Aeronautics) Political Art Flight Insite_05 Performance Art Contests Rivers Television Journalists Aeronautics Humor Reporters And Reporting Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Gomulicki, Maurycy Play Model Airplane Racing Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Artcontributor 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 -
Stairway Of The Ancients
title Stairway Of The Ancientsdescription "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 218) [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 -
Aerial Bridge - Video Documentation: Toy Helicopter Flying Over Yellow U.S. - Mexico Border Demarcation Line
title Aerial Bridge - Video Documentation: Toy Helicopter Flying Over Yellow U.S. - Mexico Border Demarcation Linedescription "Aerial Bridge," by Maurycy Gomulicki, brings together diverse members of model airplane clubs in San Diego and Tijuana through a creative process of personalizing model airplanes and co-creating a flying event at the border. In this piece the experience of personal fantasy that is expressed in the designing and building of model planes combines with the unique experience of forging relationships. Scheduled for September 24, 2005, the event was geld at the cemeted riverbed of the Tijuana River, at the point where the yellow border demarcation line painted down the center of the river channel is approximately level with the intersection of the Via Rápida and the border bridge. --inSite_05 Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This video file was extracted from a DVD-R from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 257, DVD 05-31) Tijuana River Tijuana River, California, United States [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Gomulicki, Maurycysubject Boundaries Hobbies San Diego (Calif.) Rockets (Aeronautics) Political Art Flight Insite_05 Performance Art Contests Rivers Lines (Artistic Concept) Aeronautics Humor Mexican-American Border Region Tijuana (Baja California, Mexico) Play Model Airplane Racing Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Border Art Video Artcontributor Calisphere -
Border Capsule Ritual Black Star
title Border Capsule Ritual Black Stardescription Eduardo Abaroa's project for inSITE97, Cápsulas santánicas black star/Border Capsule Ritual Black Star, was installed at five locations in downtown San Diego, defining a black star on the city map. At each site was a gumball vending machine containing sculptural elements that reflected the machine's location. The work operated as a mini treasure hunt for the viewer, who found the machines using a map, purchased the prizes, and took them home to create their own satanic ritual. --inSITE97 Abaroa's project was located at Café Lulu, Master Tattoo Studio, The Gas Haus, William Burgett Booksellers, and La Fresqueria in downtown San Diego. San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 002) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Gambling Satanism--Rituals Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Signs And Symbols Insite97 Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Treasure Hunt (Game)contributor Calisphere -
Ayate Car: Model
title Ayate Car: Modeldescription Betsabee Romero's inSITE97 project, "Ayate Car," was installed next to the border fence in Colonia Libertad. Romero covered a 1955 Ford Crown Victoria with floral painted fabric and filled it with roses that decayed slowly over the course of the exhibition. The residents of the colonia protected the car throughout the exhibition and saw it as their own shrine. Meant to contrast the masculine with the feminine, the car was a symbol of refuge and an altar at which residents could seek solace from the struggles that are a part of daily life in Colonia Libertad. --inSITE97 Colonia Libertad, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 310, Folder 04, Item 315) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.artist/creator Romero, Betsabeésubject Automobiles Humor Materials--Deterioration Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Assemblage (Sculpture Technique) Mexican-American Border Region Masculinity Performance Art Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Femininity Freestanding Altarscontributor Calisphere -
Piñatas Encantadas
title Piñatas Encantadasdescription 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 330) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Crosses Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Mexican-American Border Region Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Piñatas Hearts (Motifs) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Crafts (Art Genres)contributor Calisphere -
Border Capsule Ritual Black Star
title Border Capsule Ritual Black Stardescription Eduardo Abaroa's project for inSITE97, Cápsulas santánicas black star/Border Capsule Ritual Black Star, was installed at five locations in downtown San Diego, defining a black star on the city map. At each site was a gumball vending machine containing sculptural elements that reflected the machine's location. The work operated as a mini treasure hunt for the viewer, who found the machines using a map, purchased the prizes, and took them home to create their own satanic ritual. --inSITE97 Abaroa's project was located at Café Lulu, Master Tattoo Studio, The Gas Haus, William Burgett Booksellers, and La Fresqueria in downtown San Diego. San Diego (Calif.) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 01, Item 003) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Gambling Satanism--Rituals Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Rituals (Events) Signs And Symbols Insite97 Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Treasure Hunt (Game)contributor Calisphere -
Piñatas Encantadas
title Piñatas Encantadasdescription 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 331) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Humor Crosses Boundaries Sculpture (Visual Work) Half Moons (Motifs) Skull Mexican-American Border Region Suns (Stars) Insite97 Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Piñatas Hearts (Motifs) Installations (Visual Works) Border Art Crafts (Art Genres)contributor Calisphere -
El Round Nuestro De Cada Día: Detail Of Boxers
title El Round Nuestro De Cada Día: Detail Of Boxersdescription Manolo Escutia's inSITE97 work, "El round nuestro de cada día/Our Daily Rounds," consisted of four monumentally scaled boxing figures in the style of traditional small wooden Mexican "thumb toys." Made to be fully operable by the viewer, the boxers were installed at the Palenque (cock-fighting pit) in Playas de Tijuana. In a statement about the work, Escutia referred to the endless fighting humans engage in, against the struggles of daily life, others, and the self. His work presented the stage for confrontation, but left it to the viewer to either realize victory or admit defeat. --inSITE97 Palenque, Cortijo San Jose, Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico Performing Arts (including Performance Art) Sculpture and Installations Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego, La Jolla, 92093-0175 (https://lib.ucsd.edu/sca) This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 04, Item 112) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.subject Boxers (Sports) Arenas Battles Political Art Cockfighting Humor Sculpture (Visual Work) Public Art Mexican-American Border Region Violence Performance Art Toys (Recreational Artifacts) Insite97 Installations (Visual Works) Border Artcontributor Calisphere