PH1977:0033:003
1876
photographies
PH1999:0066:002
architecture
1969
photographies
1969
architecture
photographies
PH1981:1008:023
circa 1884
photographies
circa 1884
photographies
PH1998:0099:005
architecture
1966
photographies
1966
architecture
photographies
PH1998:0099:007
architecture
1966
photographies
1966
architecture
PH1981:0583
topographique
after 1882
topographique
photographies
ARCH261211
1967?
photographies
1967?
photographies
PH2001:0057
architecture
14 August 1967 or between 8 and 10 July 1971
photographies
14 August 1967 or between 8 and 10 July 1971
architecture
photographies
PH1999:0038:009
architecture
1963
photographies
1963
architecture
PH1997:0060
Description:
The series "Running Fence 1997" focuses "on the first 14 miles of the border fence that separates the United States and Mexico, beginning at the Pacific Ocean and ending in the Otay Mountains.... [It] analyzes the "idea" of the border and explores its iconography, the border being a subject that is of extreme importance to the public as the world proceeds towards greater globalization. [Geoffrey] James has written of the project: "[The border fence] was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1994, out of recycled metal landing strip - the most visible symbol of what is known as Operation Gatekeeper. Because the steel sheets are placed in the ground so that their ridges run horizontally, a man can hop over the fence with ease; and no Mexican child ever seems to be impeded from retrieving a soccer ball from US territory. The real barrier to illegal immigration from Mexico into the USA is less visible: hundreds of buried sensors linked to a central computer, nightscopes, helicopters and Border Patrol Agents in white Broncos."" (Evans).
architecture, ingénierie, topographique
1997
View of Otay Mesa, Mexico from San Diego County, California showing the United States-Mexico border fence, from the series "Running Fence"
Actions:
PH1997:0060
Description:
The series "Running Fence 1997" focuses "on the first 14 miles of the border fence that separates the United States and Mexico, beginning at the Pacific Ocean and ending in the Otay Mountains.... [It] analyzes the "idea" of the border and explores its iconography, the border being a subject that is of extreme importance to the public as the world proceeds towards greater globalization. [Geoffrey] James has written of the project: "[The border fence] was built by the US Army Corps of Engineers in 1994, out of recycled metal landing strip - the most visible symbol of what is known as Operation Gatekeeper. Because the steel sheets are placed in the ground so that their ridges run horizontally, a man can hop over the fence with ease; and no Mexican child ever seems to be impeded from retrieving a soccer ball from US territory. The real barrier to illegal immigration from Mexico into the USA is less visible: hundreds of buried sensors linked to a central computer, nightscopes, helicopters and Border Patrol Agents in white Broncos."" (Evans).
architecture, ingénierie, topographique