Camp La Jolla Military Park Tour, University of California, San Diego, 2008†
The project "Camp La Jolla Military Park" involved creating a data collection system for investigating relationships of power within the Military Academic Industrial Complex in Southern California. As a case study, I studied the historical, geographic, and economic ties between the University of California, San Diego, regional defense contractors, and the U.S. Military.
In order to make the information accessible to many audiences I borrowed the vernacular language and imagery of the National Park System, and announced that a national park had been founded to appreciate the ongoing military history of the area. During an exhibition in April 2008 I converted a gallery space into a temporary museum, and distributed information about the park via National Park brochures, a website, and daily golf cart tours.
Selected images from the project...
Camp La Jolla Military Park museum installation, Marcuse Gallery, La Jolla, CA.
A page from the content management system I created. Here you can edit the details of any entry including its title, location, and taxonomy.
The remains of a structure from Camp Callan. Also see
the page in the park database or
learn more about Camp Callan.
Boeing defense contractor representatives recruiting at UCSD Triton Job & Internship Fair, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, 2007. Also see
this page in the park database.
General Atomics Sky Warrior constructed with the help of UCSD engineering students
. Also see
this page in the park database.
Operation Wigwam involved a single test of the Mark 90 Betty nuclear bomb conducted 400 miles southwest of San Diego Also see
this page in the park database.
†Photograph by Glenna Jennings
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