brinco

"Brinco is a new, high-top tennis shoe inspired by the border region of Mexico and the USA. Designed by Werthein and distributed to a group of Mexicans preparing to illegally “jump” the border into the USA, Brinco is fashionably designed, well made, and practically equipped for the trek of an illegal immigrant. Setting a tension between the functionality and uselessness of this artwork, as well as its paradoxical struggle for both uniqueness and ubiquity, Brinco is also displayed under a labeled vitrine in Blends, a tennis shoe boutique in downtown San Diego. "









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