observing san diego-tijuana urban life 
Photographer Stefan Falke has been interested in the US-Mexican border for a long time, but in particular, the recent negative portrayal left him skeptical, curious, wanting to know more. Born in Germany, transplanted to Brooklyn, Falke is no stranger to crossing borders. In early 2012, Falke came to Tijuana and […]
There’s a new book coming out in October from Texas A&M University Press featuring photos and the story of our borderlands after the border wall. Photos and story by Krista Schlyer, a writer and photographer, and member of the International League of Conservation Photographers and the North American Nature Photographers […]
Today the Baja California-San Diego Son Jarocho musicians celebrate their fifth annual Fandango Fronterizo on the border of San Diego and Tijuana. The Fandango is a tradition that originated in the state of Veracruz, but draws upon a musical tradition from early modern Spain, with elements from the Arab […]
El viernes 8 de junio, a las 19:00 horas, se presentará en el Studio 2287 en Pasaje Rodriguez, Zona Centro Tijuana, la recepción de apertura de la exhibición “Rastros.” La presentación la realizará la obra de fotógrafa, Jill Marie Holslin. Fecha: 8 de junio Hora: 7:00 PM Lugar: Studio 2287, […]
Alma Berumen performing “Electronic Soul Project” May 4, 2012 at the opening of Maria Teresa Fernandez’s photo exhibition “Arquitectos a la Fuerza” at Las Hijas del Cuarto Obscuro in Pasaje Rodriguez, Tijuana “Arquitectos a la Fuerza” runs through May For more information see Las Hijas del Cuarto Obscuro on Facebook
Last summer, in the colonia Camino Verde, one of my favorite mural interventions appeared on the facade of La Suprema Tortilleria. The group Colectivo Versus covered the walls with two enormous ears of corn in the style of scientific illustration. Linking the Virgin of Guadalupe and Pachamama, the collective painted […]
Mi frontera/my border: rastros y testimonies en el muro fronterizo Fotografias por Jill Holslin Esta exhibición de mis fotos del muro fronterizo trata de los mensajes y inscripciones que he encontrado en el muro fronterizo en Baja California y San Diego. He visto mensajes grabados, pintados en el muro aun […]
In the poorest colonias along the border in Tijuana, everywhere there are traces of ingenuity and the sparks of creativity born of necessity. This is the vision Maria Teresa Fernandez brings us in her new show at Art Produce Gallery on University Avenue in North Park. “Architects by Force” documents […]
On June 14, 2011 an artist came to Tijuana to erase the border. And nobody seemed to mind. At around 11 am that Tuesday, artist Ana Teresa Fernández set an enormous ladder against the border wall separating Playas de Tijuana from San Diego’s Border Field State park, and using a […]
There’s another side to border security. And it has nothing to do with so-called spillover violence we hear about so often in the mainstream media. This is the story of the power artists can wield when they work with the community. A community mural painted on the south face of […]