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Title
Rowing in Eden
Creator
Small, Deborah (American sculptor and installation artist, born 1948)
Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)
Contributor
InSITE97
Date Created and/or Issued
1997
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
inSite Archive: Selections
Rights Information
Unknown
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Description
Sculpture and Installations
Film, Audio, Video and Digital Art
For inSITE97, Deborah Small created an installation and digital presentation at the Santa Fe Depot in downtown San Diego, entitled "Rowing in Eden/Remando en el Eden/Pelando en el Eden/Formando Hileras." A collaboration with three other artists, the installation explored the historical relationship between women and plants, focusing on the women who became labeled as witches for their unique knowledge as herbalists or healers. The installation included dried and live plants, a digital projection with images, text and voice, and an audio installation with voice and music. It emphasized not only the women's persecution but also celebrated their extraordinary powers and insight into consciousness and divinity. --inSITE97
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 06, Item 351)
[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.)
Type
image
Format
Plantae (kingdom); herbs
Form/Genre
installations (visual works)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb1880145v
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Women
Witches
Traditional medicine
Computer-generated
Video art
Collaboration
Shamans
Healers
Herbalists
Installations (visual works)
Mexican-American border region
InSITE97
Place
Mexican-American border region

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