To Osvaldo Sanchez

Osvaldo Sanchez
Mexico City, Mexico

San Francisco, California
20 July 2014

Dear Osvaldo,

I’m going to be in DF at the end of next month, and I wanted to ask if we could meet up. Lucía Sanromán told me a bit about the new manifestation of inSite: your Casa Gallina. I’m intrigued by the idea that a biennial — or a recurring, temporary exhibition platform such as inSite has been — would move to take up permanent residence somewhere, indeed permanent residence elsewhere. What does it mean for a biennial to reside in a city, or in a particular neighbourhood? And what does it mean for a biennial to move from the city, or cities, with which it’s identified (in the case of inSite: San Diego/Tijuana) to another?

Best wishes

D

PS: Thanks to Josh Kun, I now have Sueños de California, Los Tijuana Five’s cover version of the Mamas and the Papas, stuck in my head — mia California, remember? And the aural border.