Don Bergland
University of Victoria
This is a gated area on Calle Benito Juarez. It has existed as a gate into a deserted area of land for years. I’ve never seen anyone use this gate. It is an old magnificent example of ironwork, painted, and left to weather the climate for years. When one moves closer to this structure, one can start to experience the rhythms, lines, and patterns, etched in the surface of metal and stone. Its slightly pink color blends with the setting sun to produce an epiphany of gated oblivion, a portent against the excesses of unrestricted eternity.