Some Acknowledgements






Labels: amigos, Argentina, arte, España, exhibitions, Japan, Magdalena Jitrik, México, Photography, Rubén Ortiz-Torres
Rants about art and culture across borders in a post colonial era.






Labels: amigos, Argentina, arte, España, exhibitions, Japan, Magdalena Jitrik, México, Photography, Rubén Ortiz-Torres



Desde los territorios perdidos de el sur de la Alta California he partido en diversas expediciones al Mediterraneo maya, la Atlántida, la isla de Páscua en el imperio de el sol naciente, el Egipto Americano y diversas tierras prometidas tanto australes como en el Noreste de América, Las fotografías de magníficos palacios, templos y otros monumentos son testimonio de que los habitantes de dichas regiones descienden de grandes civilizaciones. Hay quien argumenta que estas maravillas solamente pueden haber sido realizadas por seres superiores provenientes de otro planeta. Otros argumentan que fueron realizadas por una de las tribus perdidas de Mesoamérica.
Este trabajo documenta y por lo tanto nos presenta una “falsa verdad” de lo “verdaderamente falso”. Mientras las ruinas originales reconstruidas se presentan como una falsa verdad las copias de estas son verdaderamente falsas. La fotografía digital se imprime no para poder materializar la imagen como era necesario hacer a partir de negativos sino para legitimizarla como arte y comercializarla como objeto a partir de convenciones ortodoxas. De hecho limitar las posibilidades audiovisuales digitales a la fotografía es ya de por si hacer una reconstrucción historicista.
“La originalidad de la obra de arte es que es real y falsa simultáneamente.”
Labels: Argentina, arquitecture, arte, exhibitions, México, Photography


Labels: arte, México, Panteón Virtual


Labels: arte, California, exhibitions, Los Angeles, Low Riders, Salvador "Chava" Muñoz

Labels: arte, Chicanos, Ciudad de México, exhibitions, lectures, The Border
Labels: arte, California, Chicanos, cholos, Low Riders, videos

Labels: Argentina, arte, exhibitions, La Era de la Discrepancia, Magdalena Jitrik, México, textos de otros



Labels: arte, exhibitions, Low Riders, Salvador "Chava" Muñoz

Labels: arte, beisbol, cultural politics, exhibitions, Futbol, Published Texts


Labels: arquitecture, arte, exhibitions, México, Published Texts, videos
Labels: arte, California, exhibitions, México, Published Texts

Labels: arte, collages, Mexipunx, Panteón Virtual
Labels: arte, Ciudad de México, La Era de la Discrepancia, Panteón Virtual
Labels: arte, Latin America, Low Riders, Published Texts
Labels: animation, arte, Dewey Ambrosino, Dibujos, Low Rez Crimez, New York



We worked until the late hours of the night for a couple of months welding, cutting and installing in the metal shop of the Visual Arts department at UCSD while listening to a radio horror show in Spanish called “La Mano Peluda” (the Hairy Hand). We scavenged the junkyards of San Ysidro and Chula Vista. We bought a cheap used lift from Otay Mesa Sales that came all rusty with stains of cement and bad batteries. We got our hydraulics set up from Pro Hopper, the steel from Material Sales Inc and hardware from K Surplus.Labels: arte, Low Riders, Salvador "Chava" Muñoz


Labels: arte, Dibujos, Low Riders, Salvador "Chava" Muñoz


Labels: arte, collages, Low Riders

Some time ago I met Ken Vose. He was writing a series of books for the television show Monster Garage. In them he included Alien Toy and The Garden of Earthly Delights. He asked me to propose a project to the show. On the show they customize cars to do particular unique challenges such as transforming a hot dog cart into a dragster or a Toyota into a mower. I suggested grafting a scissor lift into the bed of a pick up truck so it could be used in a museum to do the lighting or install artwork. The challenge for Jesse James (the famous biker and star of the program) would be to install art and do his antics in a museum. At the same time I was invited by Nato Thompson to participate in the exhibition The Interventionists at Mass Moca. The idea of the show was to “explore the works of artists who intervene in a greater public to bring attention to critical ideas.” This piece would have intervened the museum space with car culture as well as television and popular culture with art. At the same time this artwork would have revealed the work behind the installation of a show. At the end Jesse James did not want to do it. Apparently he wasn’t into the aesthetics and philosophy of “low n’ slow” suggested by hydraulics or being legitimized by a museum did not mean much to him.Labels: arte, collages, Low Riders

Labels: arte, Chicanos, lectures, Photography
Labels: Alien Toy, Aliens, arte, Desmothernismo, Low Riders, Salvador "Chava" Muñoz, The Border, videos

Viva Mexico! es una exposición de arte contemporaneo mexicano organizada por Magda Kardasz para la Galería Nacional de Arte Zacheta de Varsovia en Polonia. A diferencia de otras exposiciones similares sobre el mismo tema esta no solo incluye artistas de la ciudad de México. De hecho problematiza la idea de nación o de una exposición nacional al presentar artistas de mas allá de las fronteras geográficas actuales. Así pues la exposición se anuncia como una exposición de México D.F., Tijuana/San Diego, Guadalajara, Monterrey y Los Ángeles.Labels: arte, Chicanos, Los Angeles, Lourdes Grobet, México, The Border


Low & slow art show opens in Santa Fe Center for Contemporary Arts next Saturday. The show includes old school and recently passed away fiberglass master Luis Jimenez, drive by landscape photographer Alex Harris, hydraulic mechanic and transformer engineer in bikini Liz Cohen. I will be showing a collection of experimental low rider videos and models.Labels: arte, Low Riders, Rubén Ortiz-Torres

Labels: arte, España, exhibitions



Labels: anarquismo, arte, Chicanos, Dibujos, Ireland, Published Texts, Zapata