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Title
Bird's Eye View: view of installation from across railroad tracks
Creator
Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)
Vargas, Eugenia (Chilean installation artist, born 1949)
Contributor
InSITE94
Date Created and/or Issued
1994
Contributing Institution
UC San Diego, Special Collections and Archives
Collection
inSite Archive: Selections
Rights Information
Unknown
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Description
Sculpture and Installations
Eugenia Vargas, born in Chile and currently residing in Mexico City, works in the areas of Photography, performance and installation art. Her work deals with the politically charged issues of the border and the effects of pollution on the environment. In her installations, Vargas physically engages the earth and its elements in ritualistic ways - for example, by covering herself or a space with mud, straw, palm fronds or water. Vargas' project for inSITE94 will read as a large filter extending down from the ceiling of the Depot's concourse, using materials derived from the site. - 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 311, Folder 01, Item 388)
[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Santa Fe Depot (San Diego, Calif.)
Type
image
Format
Synthetic fiber; steel (alloy); nylon mesh
Form/Genre
installations (visual works)
sculpture (visual work)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb8637886x
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Border art
Railroad stations
Political art
Filters and filtration
Installations (visual works)
Sculpture (visual work)
InSITE94

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