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Title
Poggi Canyon
Creator
Schnorr, Michael (American installation artist, born 1945)
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
Drawings and Watercolors
Sculpture and Installations
Architecture and City Planning
Titled "Poggi Canyon/Cañón Poggi," Schnorr's project addressed the proposed development of Poggi Canyon in Chula Vista and the impact it would have on the neighboring residents. The artist erected four billboards with images of the canyon spaced about one hundred yards apart. As one would approach the canyon by car the question "When is a Canyon Not a Canyon," written out over the four billboards, highlighted a development project then being considered by the Chula Vista City Council. Over the course of the exhibition the artist gradually covered each pristine billboard image of the canyon with drawings showing the development of street systems, housing and planned landscaping, suggesting what would happen to the natural landscape should the development be approved. --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 05, Item 333)
[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Poggi Canyon, San Diego, California, United States
Type
image
Format
Billboards (site elements)
Form/Genre
sculpture (visual work)
installations (visual works)
Identifier
ark:/20775/bb9491134r
Language
No linguistic content
Subject
Urban planning
Housing development
Environmentalism
Political art
Nature
Real estate development
Landscapes (environments)
Sculpture (visual work)
Installations (visual works)
Mexican-American border region
InSITE94
Place
Mexican-American border region

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