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Like much of Southern California, San Diego County embodies the social, political and artistic extremes of the region. San Diego is a military area, a border town, a retirement community, an occupied territory and a vacation destination all in one. These sub-cultures produce and provide distinct ecosytems for the area’s residents, generating narratives that often contradict and collide with each other. The art community has responded to these contradictions for generations, ignoring them in some case as an act of political defiance, and in others, embracing them in their totality. The area’s physical and imaginary line has become a laboratory for experimentation as artists explore the militarized territory of the border.
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Tracing the U.S. / Mexico Border Wall
San Diego + Cultural Politics
Tracing the U.S. / Mexico Border Wall
Artists, art historians, and students gathered to draw the most southwestern edge of the U.S./Mexico border as part of a continued investigation by Incendiary Traces.
San Diego + Visual Arts
The Journey to Border Monument Number 140
David Taylor set out to photograph each of the 276 obelisks installed by the International Boundary Commission following the Mexican/American War.
San Diego + Cultural Politics
A Brief History of Border Walls
Incendiary Traces lists historical and contemporary border walls to provide some global and historical context for understanding Southern California's contested US/Mexico border.
Postcards from Tijuana: The Cultural Constellation and New Sounds in Bordertown
San Diego + Music
Postcards from Tijuana: The Cultural Constellation and New Sounds in Bordertown
by Jason Thomas Fritz
December 3, 2012 1:00 AM
Tijuana has quietly become an epicenter of avant-garde music in Mexico, with some of the world's most influential music makers eyeing what's happening there.
Drawing Lines and Planting Gardens at the Border
San Diego + Cultural Politics
Drawing Lines and Planting Gardens at the Border
by Kinsee Morlan
November 16, 2012 1:00 AM
On Saturday, Nov. 17, a few events will take place at Border Field State Park in San Diego that will call attention to the militarization of the US/Mexico border.
Weekender: From San Diego Architects to Tijuana Music Fests
San Diego + Multi-Disciplinary
Weekender: From San Diego Architects to Tijuana Music Fests
by Melody Soto
November 16, 2012 1:00 AM
Today on Weekender, Artbound gathers a list of art events taking place in San Diego and Tijuana.
Drawing a Line: Encounters with the U.S.-Mexico Border
San Diego + Cultural Politics
Drawing a Line: Encounters with the U.S.-Mexico Border
by Susanna Newbury
November 13, 2012 1:00 AM
Susanna Newbury examines the history of the U.S./Mexico border and its geopolitical importance to the United States.
Borderblaster: Transmission 6 'Mixtape for Crossing'
San Diego + Community Arts
Borderblaster: Transmission 6 'Mixtape for Crossing'
by Misael Diaz
November 13, 2012 1:00 AM
What song comes to mind when you think of the border? The sixth transmission of Borderblaster creates a mixtape for their final live recording event.
Borderblaster: Transmission 5
San Diego + Community Arts
Borderblaster: Transmission 5 "Open Mic/Discurso Abierto"
by Amy Sanchez
November 6, 2012 1:00 AM
The fifth transmission of Borderblaster features audio from an open mic held at the San Ysidro Port of Entry where people were asked to sing, scream, or declare something to the border at the point of crossing.
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Los Angeles + Visual Arts
Documenting Exodus: Hit Man Gurung and Nepal's Departing Youth
by Meher McArthur
Nepalese artist Hit Man Gurung's residency at 18th Street Arts Center offers a unique perspective on …
Santa Barbara + Performance
'Theater Heaven' Realized at the Pacific Conservatory of the Arts
by Sarah Linn
The Pacific Conservatory of the Arts is a professional resident theater company and a two-year vocat …
Inyo + Multi-Disciplinary
De-silvering the Mirror: Mining for Film in the Owens Valley
by William L. Fox
It is a little-known fact that some of the silver and chemicals to produce the films that made Holly …
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Los Angeles + Multi-Disciplinary
Pop-Life: Why Melrose Avenue is a Mecca for Graffiti Writers
by Chie Davis
Melrose Avenue has served as a center for local graffiti artists, including MEAR ONE, AXIS, DYTCH, a …
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