Walking in the Dust
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Walking in the Dust program
Walking in the Dust was a daylong experience centered on conversations about the aesthetic, social, and cultural circulation of landscape and nature affecting living conditions and collective imaginaries in Southern California and Baja California. The event is part of “Erratic Fields,” one of three chapters of the INSITE Commonplaces project, The Sedimentary Effect.
Beginning with a Nature Walk in selected areas of Mission Trails Regional Park, park staff guided participants through the history of this protected site of grasslands, chaparral, and oak woodlands—a place first inhabited by the Kumeyaay and later by Spanish missionaries in the 1800s.
At mid-day, a hosted Picnic was served, while participants learned about the curatorial concepts behind INSITE’s “Erratic Fields” project and had the opportunity to meet the artists that have been commissioned to make new work.
As part of the Conversations that followed, invited artists and theorists Alison B. Hirsch, Rosela del Bosque, Johnnie Chatman, Lael Corbin, and Jessica Sevilla discussed their research and projects focused on the erratic landscape of the “Californias.” All are currently collaborating on INSITE Commonplaces through artist Commissions, new writing for the INSITE Journal, and interviews for The Sedimentary Effect.
In addition, a Video produced by INSITE documenting the 2022 Expedition and Conversation at San Quintín, Baja California was presented. Participants included Alex Bazán, Rosela del Bosque, Isabel Casso, Johnnie Chatman,
Lael Corbin, Periférica Educativa Experimental (César Noyola and
Teresa Tavera), Terra Peninsular (Mirna Borrego and Claudia
Guzmán), Andrea Torreblanca, and Pastizal Zamudio.
This event was organized in collaboration with the City of San Diego Parks and Recreation Department and the Mission Trails Regional Park Foundation.