The Good Neighbor

Installed at the Casa de la Cultura in Tijuana, Tony Capellan's inSITE97 piece, El buen vecino/The Good Neighbor, was a symbol of the border and the consequences brought by partitioning land between two powers. The two chairs at the heads of table represented to United States and Mexican governments, and the table, covered in chili peppers, was dissected by a raucous, spinning buzz saw. Originally conceived to represent two hundred years of land treaties between the two countries, the final installation emphasized the violence and loss experienced by Mexico when the country was divested of its lands. --inSITE97

• 1997

• Rittermann, Philipp Scholz (American photographer, 1955 CE-)

• Capellán, Tony

• InSITE97

This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 03, Item 062)

Casa de la Cultura de Tijuana

circular saws; tables (architectural elements); chairs; Chili powder

• InSITE97

• Mexican-American border region

• Installations (visual works)
• Sculpture (visual work)

• Border art
• Boundaries
• Deaths
• Furniture
• Hazards
• Machinery
• Violence

• image

Shared Shelf: 16715343

Online finding aid

• inSite Archive

Performing Arts (including Performance Art)

Sculpture and Installations

[Title, Date]. InSite Archive. MSS 707. Special Collections & Archives, UC San Diego.

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