Misael Diaz
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I was born in LA, grew up in Tijuana and now live in San Diego where I study and teach Visual Arts and Writing at UCSD. I divide my time between San Diego/Tijuana and the Imperial Valley/Mexicali working as part of the bi-national art group cog•nate collective on projects that analyze social, economic and cultural flows across the border.
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Artists and musicians are reinvigorating Tijuana's historic tourist district by opening small independent, largely self-funded art galleries and spaces.
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Louis Hock documented the experiences of his Los Analos neighbors, undocumented Mexican working class immigrant families, by filming the day-to-day lives of four families.
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Tijuana-based group Sonidero Travesura fuse cumbia, krautrock, and synth-pop to create their unique, ever-transforming sound.
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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.
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Transmission 4 takes listeners on a psycho-geographic journey through two neighborhoods that have been impacted and will continue to be shaped by the border crossing.
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Transmission 2 documents the history, evolution, and challenges facing vendors and shopowners at a market at the US/Mexico border that has served as the base of operations for cognate collective's projects.
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Borderblaster is a project consisting of a hyper-localized, short-range radio transmission that seeks to connect communities and explore new forms of public dialogue and exchange at the border.
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Feria del Libro Usado was created out of the desire to make literature and culture more accessible to Tijuana.
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Multi-disciplinary artist, Gary "GANAS" Garay navigates the border landscape in his paintings, sculptures and mixed-media installations.
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Tijuana-based Colectivo Intransigente is a poetry/performance troupe that believes speech can catalyze change.
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In order to compete with Chinese and American knock-off imports, alcancias, one of the only artisan products still produced in Tijuana, have taken on a unique pop-kitsch aesthetic that speaks volumes about cultural hybridity at the border.
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Photographer and Tijuana native Yvvone Venegas captures the tension between the authentic and the artificial that exists in places whose primary function is to entertain, mesmerize, and titillate - places like Disneyland, Las Vegas, and Tijuana.
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How do you represent and give voice to a city that is constantly convulsing and mutating, suffering from growing pains? For BULBO and POLEN, the answer lies in letting the city perform and speak for itself.
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Instead of a heart, Tijuana has the Avenida Revolucion, an adult playground for tourists. A group of artists and cultural activists are now reimagining the role of the infamous street.
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Artists and musicians are reinvigorating Tijuana's historic tourist district by opening small independent, largely self-funded art galleries and spaces.
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Louis Hock documented the experiences of his Los Analos neighbors, undocumented Mexican working class immigrant families, by filming the day-to-day lives of four families.
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Tijuana-based group Sonidero Travesura fuse cumbia, krautrock, and synth-pop to create their unique, ever-transforming sound.
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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.
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Transmission 4 takes listeners on a psycho-geographic journey through two neighborhoods that have been impacted and will continue to be shaped by the border crossing.
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Transmission 2 documents the history, evolution, and challenges facing vendors and shopowners at a market at the US/Mexico border that has served as the base of operations for cognate collective's projects.
-
Borderblaster is a project consisting of a hyper-localized, short-range radio transmission that seeks to connect communities and explore new forms of public dialogue and exchange at the border.
-
Feria del Libro Usado was created out of the desire to make literature and culture more accessible to Tijuana.
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Multi-disciplinary artist, Gary "GANAS" Garay navigates the border landscape in his paintings, sculptures and mixed-media installations.
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Tijuana-based Colectivo Intransigente is a poetry/performance troupe that believes speech can catalyze change.
