International Waters: Mexican side of the border fence

For inSITE97 San Diego artist Louis Hock constructed "International Waters/Aguas internacionales" at the Border Field State Park/Playas de Tijuana section of the border fence. Using water pumped from a well several miles northeast of the site, Hock built a double-sided drinking fountain with one head on each side of the border. People bending to drink from the heads could see each other through a hole cut in the metal fence. During the exhibition, US government authorities suddenly decided to replace the opaque metal fence with a chain link fence. "International Waters/Aguas internacionales" used the valuable resource, potable water, as an example of the flow and exchange that occurs along the border, despite the barriers and questions of ownership that try to hinder it. --inSITE97

• 1997

• Hock, Louis (American filmmaker, video artist, and photographer, contemporary)

• InSITE97

This image is a scan of a 35mm color slide from the InSite Archive (MSS 707, Box 309, Folder 06, Item 148)

Border Field State Park, San Diego, California, United States

Tijuana, Playas de, Baja California Norte, Mexico

pipes (conduits); Water filters

• InSITE97

• Mexican-American border region

• Fountains
• Installations (visual works)
• Public art
• Sculpture (visual work)

• Border art
• Boundaries
• Drinking water
• Natural resources
• Political art

• image

Shared Shelf: 16715429

Online finding aid

• inSite Archive

Architecture and City Planning

Garden and Landscape

Sculpture and Installations

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

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