Public Art Projects

  Adams Avenue, A Work in Progress  
  A series of banners commissioned by the Adams Avenue Businees Disrict, San Diego, California and funded by the San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture. The banners will remain on display on the Avenue for 5 years. 1998  
     
  Friendly Fire  
  A multi-disciplnary public art project sponsored by the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. Set in San Diego, at the time of the Republican National Convention the project included a store selling mock bullet-proof vests, a home page on the World Wide Web, and a publication. An accompanying installation was housed at the Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art. 1996 (with D. Small, S. Kessler and L. Hock)  
     
  Art Rebate  
  A conceptual performance artwork that returned tax dollars to undocumented taxpayers. A $5000 commission, partially funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, was changed into $10 bills that were distributed to undocumented Mexican and Central American workers to underscore their positive economic contribution to the United States. 1993 (with L. Hock and D. Avalos)  
     
  NHI  
  A multi-disciplnary public art project addressing the low priority given to the investigation of the serial murder of 45 women in San Diego. The project included two billboards, a temporary store front gallery, book, performance and panel discussion, 1992 (with D. Small, C. Kirkwood, S. Kessler and L. Hock)  
     
  America's Finest?  
  A poster placed on the advertising panel of 25 bus benches throughout downtown San Diego. The poster spurred public dialog and debate over police misconduct in the city, 1990. (with D. Small, S. Kessler and L. Hock)  
     
  Red Emma Returns  
  A street performance and full-page newspaper advertisement celebrating San Diego's historic free speech movement and linking that movement to contemporary struggles; the project examined the consequences of municipal control of the community's cultural productions. 1989.(with D. Small, D. Avalos, L. Hock, C. Kirkwood, B. Sher and W. Weeks)  
     
  Welcome to America's Finest - a.) city, b.) tourist plantation,
c.) Convention Center
 
  A billboard in downtown San Diego that addressed the controversy in San Diego surrounding the selection of a fitting tribute for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. 1989 (with D. Small, L. Hock and D. Avalos)  
     
  Welcome to America's Finest Tourist Plantation  
  A silk-screened photo montage addressing the San Diego tourist industry's use of undocumented labor placed on the back advertising panel of 100 San Diego Transit buses during the month of San Diego's first Super Bowl, 1988 (with L. Hock and D. Avalos)  
     
  Deus Ex Machine  
  A site-specific light projection placed at downtown San Diego's largest shopping mall, Horton Plaza. The project highlighted the dual nature of the shopping cart as a symbol of consumption and survival. 1988 (with L. Hock)