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“NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW”:
ARTIST-RUN SPACES & THE SPATIAL POLITICS OF TIJUANA’S PUBLIC DOMAIN
by
Cesar Garcia
A Thesis Presented to the
FACULTY OF THE USC, ROSKI SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA
In Partial Fulfillment of the
Requirements for the Degree
MASTER OF PUBLIC ART STUDIES
December 2009
Copyright 2009 Cesar Garcia
Object Description
| Title | "Necessity knows no law": artist-run spaces & the spatial politics of Tijuana's public domain |
| Author | Garcia, Cesar |
| Author email | garciace@usc.edu; cesargarcia3@mac.com |
| Degree | Master of Public Art Studies |
| Document type | Thesis |
| Degree program | Public Art Studies |
| School | School of Fine Arts |
| Date defended/completed | 2009-09-09 |
| Date submitted | 2009 |
| Restricted until | Unrestricted |
| Date published | 2009-09-21 |
| Advisor (committee chair) | Conwell, Donna |
| Advisor (committee member) |
Firstenberg, Lauri Decter, Joshua |
| Abstract | Despite Mexico's pervasive history of narcotrafficking and violence, the current situation in cities along the US-Mexico border has entered an unprecedented violent phase. This thesis is historically positioned in these conditions and analyzes the ways through which the increased militarization of Tijuana and the use of fear as a psychological mechanism of control have torn the city’s public sphere. Providing a historical analysis of artist-run spaces in Tijuana, this investigation considers how contemporary artists are using spatial strategies to respond to the city’s calamitous conditions. Using Estación Tijuana as an initial case study, this thesis initiates a proposition that positions recently founded artist-run spaces in Tijuana as generators of public domain experiences. Thus, proposing the possibility of a new ecology for the survival of public practice in Tijuana; one in which artists not only create work in the public sphere, but also generate the infrastructure of the public sphere itself. |
| Keyword | public art; public sphere; public domain; Tijuana; borders; art; alternative art spaces; U.S.-Mexico border; Estacion Tijuana |
| Geographic subject (city or populated place) | Tijuana |
| Geographic subject (country) | Mexico |
| Language | English |
| Part of collection | University of Southern California dissertations and theses |
| Publisher (of the original version) | University of Southern California |
| Place of publication (of the original version) | Los Angeles, California |
| Publisher (of the digital version) | University of Southern California. Libraries |
| Provenance | Electronically uploaded by the author |
| Type | texts |
| Legacy record ID | usctheses-m2606 |
| Rights | Garcia, Cesar |
| Repository name | Libraries, University of Southern California |
| Repository address | Los Angeles, California |
| Repository email | http://www.usc.edu/isd/libraries/services/ask_a_librarian/email/ |
| Filename | etd-Garcia-3272 |
| Archival file | uscthesesreloadpub_Volume44/etd-Garcia-3272.pdf |
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| Title | Page 1 |
| Full text | “NECESSITY KNOWS NO LAW”: ARTIST-RUN SPACES & THE SPATIAL POLITICS OF TIJUANA’S PUBLIC DOMAIN by Cesar Garcia A Thesis Presented to the FACULTY OF THE USC, ROSKI SCHOOL OF FINE ARTS UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA In Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree MASTER OF PUBLIC ART STUDIES December 2009 Copyright 2009 Cesar Garcia |
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