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Description
Garden and Landscape Sculpture and Installations Originally created for inSITE92 by San Diego artist Michael Schnorr and Swedish artist Ulf Rollof, "Abandonado II" was renovated for inSITE94. The project was from the beginning born of the particular circumstances that describe its location. Situated on an empty lot across the street from the Pacific Ocean at Playas de Tijuana, the installation was intended to serve the numerous abandoned children who live along the border in the beach area. The installation consisted of several pieces constructed from brick and concrete, among them two pieces of fire-heated outdoor furniture, the "Fire Sofa" and "Fire Chair." It also included a shell-like echo chamber titled "Habla/Head - Cabeza/Speak" and a circle of brick school desks titled "The Bricklayers' Class." The installation became a gathering place for locals and a playground for children. - InSITE94 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 303) [Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego. Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico
Type
image
Format
Brick (clay product); concrete; 33 x 75 meters
Form/Genre
sculpture (visual work) public art installations (visual works) gardens
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Furniture Border art Homelessness Gardening Chimneys (architectural elements) Outdoor furniture Children (people by age group) Artistic collaboration Playgrounds Sculpture (visual work) Public art Installations (visual works) Gardens Mexican-American border region InSITE94 InSITE92
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