LOT #18: Debord(er): An Urbanism Beyond the Property Line by Teddy Cruz

Teddy Cruz, "Debord(er): An Urbanism Beyond the Property Line", 2006, 22” x 36” light box of aluminum, Plexiglass and Film, donated by Teddy Cruz.

Value $3,750
Bid starts at: $1,750 ($200 increments)

Created by the renowned architect + theorist, Teddy Cruz (Estudio Teddy Cruz), for the "Tijuana: Strange New World" exhibition. Over the past decade, a seismic shift in economic and political forces has transformed life in the second-largest city on the West Coast, situated at the most heavily trafficked international border crossing in the world. Tijuana's newfound wealth and haphazard expansion have changed patterns of migration for the city's many artists, who once routinely moved north to Los Angeles but are now staying or returning, and being joined by friends from Mexico City and beyond.

Teddy Cruz won the 2004-2005 James Stirling prize for Border Postcard: chronicles from the edge, a project exploring new urban strategies for the international border zone spanning San Diego and Tijuana. He has designed new mixed-use developments that reuse and adapt existing structures and recycled materials.