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Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art With "Brinco" (Jump) Judi Werthein has created a project that links migrants' efforts to cross the border illegally with the increasing global corporatization of goods and labor. The project is a uniquely designed sneaker, trademarked "Brinco." The design of the shoe is inspired by information and materials that are relevant, and could provide assistance to, those illagally crossing the border. Underscoring the tensions sparked by the global spread and mobility of the "maquiladora" the sneaker will be manufactured in China. In counterpoint to its potential for utilitarian use by migrants, the sneaker will be sold as a one-of-a-kind art object and will be available in the United States during inSite_05 in Blends, a high-end sneaker store located in downtown San Diego. In a single object the artist reveals the contradictions between fashion, competition in the manufacturing industry, and migratory flows, themes that lie at the heart of the dynamics of labor geography in today's world. Born digital 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 05-56) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Type
moving image
Format
Digital video (21 minutes, 11 seconds)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb1538824w
Language
English
Subject
Sneakers Border art Fashion Undocumented immigrants Emigration and immigration Consumers Shoes (footwear) Offshore assembly industry Video art Workers Mexican-American border region InSite_05
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