Route Guide - Mexico/NY - Vicencio Marquez (Guia de Ruta - México/NY - Vicencio Marquez), 2003-2006 |
Guías de Ruta - Ediciones de mapas portables (Route Guides - Portable map editions), 2003, ongoing Edición Destino Nueva York concluída en el 2006 (New York Arrival Edition concluded in 2006) Edición Destino Carolina del Norte concluida en el 2008 (North Carolina Arrival Edition concluded in 2008) Edición Destino Los Angeles, concluida en el 2011 (Los Angeles Arrival Edition concluded in 2011) |
Full view of eight weathered maps from New York Arrival Edition of
Route Guides / LATINO/A AMERICA Series, Queens Museum of Art, 2006
Premise of this version: Beginning in 2003, the artist has given two of these maps
titled Road Maps to participating individuals he knew would cross the U.S.-Mexico border.
One of the maps was for each participant to keep, and the other one for them to mail back
to the artist upon arrival at their final destination (each suite is named after this
destination). The artist has since received many maps in return that show various degrees
of exposure to weather as well as wear and tear.