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Contributing Institution:
Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla 92093-0175
Title: inSite Archive
Creator:
InSite (Organization)
Identifier/Call Number: MSS 0707
Physical Description:
84.4 Linear feet
(205 binder boxes, 106 archives boxes, and 1 flat box)
Physical Description:
43.5 GB
of digital files
Date (inclusive): ca. 1992-2006
Abstract: The archive of inSite, an organization that produced collaborative contemporary public art projects in the San Diego-Tijuana
region. The materials range in date from 1992 to 2006, and include publications, administrative files, audio and video materials,
and digital materials which document the numerous projects created by inSite artists, as well as the daily functions of the
organization.
Languages:
English
.
Master copies of media located in Series 3) PROJECT MEDIA, Series 4) ADMINISTRATIVE FILES, and Series 5) IMAGE FILES are not
available for use. In most cases, copies of the masters, produced by inSite and located in Series 3, Subseries A) Viewer Copies,
are available for consultation. Viewing/listening copies of recordings and digital files may be available.
Scope and Content of Collection
The inSite Archive contains materials documenting the inSite organization and the projects of its artists. The collection
contains 205 binder boxes, produced by inSite staff, which document project installations from the five inSite versions: inSITE92,
inSITE94, inSITE97, inSITE2000, and inSite_05. The final series consists entirely of digital records documenting the most
recent project, Casa Gallina. The collection also includes photographs, slides, transparencies, working files, audio and video
material, and a variety of digital files.
The inSite Archive is arranged in six series: 1) PROJECT BOXES, 2) WORKING FILES, 3) PROJECT MEDIA, 4) ADMINISTRATIVE FILES,
5) IMAGE FILES, and 6) CASA GALLINA.
In 1980, Installation Gallery was opened in San Diego with a goal to present local and regional artists. In 1992, inSite
was formed, replacing Installation Gallery. Created as a network of contemporary art programs and commissioned projects among
non-profit and public institutions, inSite explored public or contextual art practice in the specific context of the San Diego-Tijuana
border region.
For more than thirteen years inSite focused on the San Diego-Tijuana corridor as a background of unexpected political and
cultural development. During that time, inSite had five major versions: inSITE92, inSITE94, inSITE97, inSITE2000, and inSite_05.
The projects were made up of a wide variety of manifestations, ranging from the written word to performance art. Artists who
contributed to inSite include: Joyce Cutler-Shaw, Roman de Salvo, Diego Gutiérrez, Louis Hock, Allan Kaprow, Jean Lowe, Ulf
Rollof, Marcos Ramírez ERRE, and Lorna Simpson.
Acquired 2009.
inSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.
Publication rights are held by the creator of the collection.
A selection of images and videos from digital media in the collection have been reformatted and may be viewed on the Library's
Digital Collections website, along with all digital content from the most recent addition, the CASA GALLINA series.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Community arts projects -- Mexico -- Tijuana (Baja California) -- Exhibitions
Community arts projects -- California -- San Diego -- Exhibitions
InSite (Organization) -- Archives
InSite (Organization). Casa Gallina (Community arts project)