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David Flores, a founding member of the REZIZTE collective has put together a really great art event on Friday and Saturday of next week, January 21 and 22, with 13 crews from around the city (see photos and post on my page). Artists, DJ's and others are donating their time, the INBA art museum in Juarez is donating refreshments and a freshly painted wall that stretches around the museum and is highly visible in downtown Juarez, but the crews themselves have to provide the materials, and he's realized over the past week that many can't afford to do that.

We are trying to raise money for 150 cans of graffiti-quality spray paint, @ $5 a can that's $750 dollars. We are working with Making Graffity store in Juarez who are donating the special caps used by the artists in their work.

Can you help? $5 to donate a can/ $50 to support a "crew", any amount welcome.

Click here to donate to the project!

Most viewed video of 2010, The Lisa D Show

The El Paso Transnational Trolley Project will be live on The Lisa D Show Nov. 15

For Immediate Release
Contact: Peter Svarzbein
Email: pgsvarzbein@gmail.com
Phone: 413.512.0268

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The El Paso Transnational Trolley Project

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
EL PASO, TX—(November 8, 2010) If you've come across the mysterious black and white poster images of the trolley driver with a hat dotting various parts of downtown El Paso, then you've probably seen the work of visual artist Peter Svarzbein! The poster series titled “The El Paso Transnational Trolley Project” is a visual art campaign for a make believe transit system aimed at raising awareness of what one vision of the future could be, says Svarzbein, if commuters from El Paso and Juarez felt safe again commuting to and from both cities via a transnational trolley system. With slogans like “Here to Make The Border Safe Again” and “Let Us Take You Home On Either Side of The Border,” the objective of the project is to evoke curiosity, and stir hope for some normalcy in the border region from the surge of violence and uncertainty that has plagued El Paso’s sister-city, Juarez.

“Although I have lived in New York City for the last 6 years, I was born and raised in El Paso and have many fond memories of the area which raised me,” said Svarzbein. “My use of fictional constructions is the belief that more traditional projects exploring the border have become cliché and easy to dismiss. The viewer is likely to have become desensitized to scenes showing violence, sadness or fear to describe the border area. My project is not about the realism of actually building a trolley right now between two cities. My project is about the realism and importance in imagining, where real power comes from perceived power. The El Paso Transnational Trolley is a metaphor for a positive and hopeful future between the two cities, united.”

The uniquely-compelling art series is the first of its kind in El Paso and combines public art and performance art. “My ultimate goal is to encourage a positive attitude towards border-crossing past, present, and future. If it brings more awareness and want for a mass transit fixed-rail system in El Paso, and, hopefully Juarez then that's great.”

The artist will be at Sunland Park Mall to introduce the trolley conductor in a performance art event in front of the Greenery at Sears from 1-3 p.m. on Saturday, Nov. 27th. And, on Sunday, Nov 28th the artist will provide a media photo opportunity as he officially puts up his series posters across from 111 S. Mesa; 1-4 p.m.

7.16.10: Today's Show

Today on "The Lisa D Show" at noon on KHRO 1150 AM we'll start the show talking about this weekend's 48-Hour Film Slam brought to you by Ghost Light Creative. We'll talk to Marc Duchene of Ghost Light about how to register for the slam, what you can win and just how the contest works. On the most basic level if you make an awesome 8-minute short, you win $700. Register today at http://ghostlightcreative.com/.

During our interview segment at 12:30 p.m. MST, we'll talk to food journalist (my dream job) Elaine Corn about her recent post "Taste of Juarez in El Paso" on www.ZesterDaily.com. Click here to read the article. A former El Paso native, Corn writes about the flavors she no longer enjoys now that Juarez is shut off from American tourists by violence. But if she can't get to Juarez, Corn finds that she can at least taste Juarez on the plates of El Paso restaurants. "As Juarez's violence breaks hearts, El Paso’s food pacifies a yearning for Mexican border specialties," intros the article.

Tune in noon to 1 p.m. MST on KHRO 1150 AM or stream the show at www.talkradio1150.com.

The Border Wall 2010

I created this video while driving along the Border Highway. So many people talk about the "wall" but it is something totally different to drive along it.