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The inSite Archive contains materials documenting the inSite organization and the projects of its artists. The digital collection contains a selection of documents, images, videos, and sound files detailing project installations from six inSite iterations. The most recent collaboration, Casa Gallina, consists entirely of digital records.

Created as a network of contemporary art programs and commissioned projects among non-profit and public institutions, inSite explored public or contextual art practice in the specific context of the San Diego-Tijuana border region. In 1980, Installation Gallery was opened in San Diego with a goal to present local and regional artists. In 1992, inSite was formed, replacing Installation Gallery. InSite has had five major versions: inSITE92, inSITE94, inSITE97, inSITE2000, and inSite_05, plus the Casa Gallina project in Mexico City dating from 2013-2018.

This 'finding aid' serves as the inventory of the archive of inSite, an organization that produced collaborative contemporary public art projects in the San Diego-Tijuana region. The materials range in date from 1992 to 2006, and include publications, administrative files, audio and video materials, and digital materials which document the numerous projects created by inSite artists, as well as the daily functions of the organization. The finding aid is how you locate and request specific materials from the collection, to use in the Special Collections & Archives reading room in Geisel Library.

The collection contains 205 binder boxes, produced by inSite staff, which document project installations from the five inSite versions: inSITE92, inSITE94, inSITE97, inSITE2000, and inSite_05. These Project Boxes should provide you with what you need, but some in depth researchers also look through the additional boxes that document administrative functions in the Working Files and Administrative Files Series, or may wish to explore the additional Media and Images Series.

Published since 2019