Horizonte Fronterizo: The Vitality of Community and Contemporary San Diego-Tijuana Border Art
Rubén Loza, MA, Chicana &Chicano Studies
Tuesday, July 15, 2025 | 10:15 am - 11:15 am
Max Salazar Building (MS 402) at CNM
900 University Blvd SE
About:
This presentation draws on field research conducted in 2024 with Tijuana-based (musical and visual) artists and organizers, which informed thesis work that dedicated attention to different examples of contemporary San Diego-Tijuana border-integrated art--specifically the Fandango Fronterizo, the piece El beso mortal, and the Mural de la Hermandad. Such work underlines the vitality of these artworks’ manipulation of a space like the U.S.-Mexico border wall and emphasizes community as a driving force in the elaboration and growing influence of these projects/pieces. By analyzing how they act as vehicles for response, light is also cast on greater matters that lie beyond the border zone: propagation of fear, anti-immigrant sentiment, and misinformed anxieties.
Notes:
This event is free and open to the public.
