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Record Nr.

UNINA9910814517903321

Autore

Gomez-Pena Guillermo

Titolo

Ethno-techno : writings on performance, activism, and pedagogy / / Guillermo Go  mez-Pen  a ; edited by Elaine Pen  a

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York ; ; London, : Routledge, 2005

ISBN

1-134-23110-5

9786610217298

1-134-23111-3

1-280-21729-4

0-203-01276-3

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

xxvi, 304 p. : ill

Classificazione

AP 61850

LH 65830

Altri autori (Persone)

PenaElaine

Disciplina

700

Soggetti

Performance art - United States - 20th century

Mexican American art

Politics in art

Minorities in art

Art and race

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

part track One INTRODUCTORY ESSAYS AND CHRONICLES -- chapter 1 On the other side of the Mexican mirror -- chapter 2 In defense of performance -- chapter 3 Culturas-in-extremis: Performing against the cultural backdrop of the mainstream bizarre -- chapter 4 An open letter to the national arts community -- part track two PEDAGOGY: A useful guide to the Pocha method -- chapter 5 Crosscontamination: The performance activism and oppositional art of La Pocha Nostra / Guillermo Gómez-Peña, with Rachel Rogers, Kari Hensley, Elaine Peña, Roberto Sifuentes, and Michelle Ceballos -- chapter 6 La Pocha Nostra’s basic methodology -- part track three PERFORMANCE RADIO -- chapter 7 Letter to an unknown thief -- chapter 8 HSAC-TV: The Home-Shopping Art Channel -- chapter 9 The imaginary effects of a Trans-American Free-Trade Zone -- chapter 10 A sad postcard from



San Francisco, Chilicon Valley -- chapter 11 Postcards from Alaska: A chilling tale of performance artists in the snow / Guillermo Gómez-Peña -- chapter 12 Touring in times of war -- chapter 13 On dual citizenship -- chapter 14 My evil twin -- chapter 15 Saddam in Hollywood -- chapter 16 Frida lite or Fat-free dah -- part track four PERFORMANCE LITERATURE: For the stage and cyberspace -- chapter 17 Brownout 2 175 / Introduction: Elaine Katzenberger -- chapter 18 Twenty-first-century Chicano newscast -- chapter 19 America’s most wanted inner demon -- chapter 20 A declaration of poetic disobedience from the new border -- chapter 21 Helpful performance tips on how to avoid xenophobia and express solidarity with innocent Arab-Americans after 9/11 / Guillermo Gómez-Peña -- chapter 22 The post-9/11 “rights and privileges” of a US citizen -- part track five Conversations with theorists -- chapter 23 Theatricalizations of postcolonial theory: A Colombian philosopher interviews a Chicano performance artist / Eduardo Mendieta -- chapter 24 The minefields of Utopia: A dialogue on the dangers of artistic collaboration / Lisa Wolford -- chapter 25 The minefields of Dystopia: The pervasive effects of 9/11 / Lisa Wolford -- chapter 26 Loose ends: The fluid borders between author and editor  / Elaine Peña.

Sommario/riassunto

Guillermo Gómez-Peña has spent many years developing his unique style of performance-activism; his theatricalizations of postcolonial theory. In Ethno-Techno: Writings on Performance, Activism and Pedagogy, he pushes the boundaries still further, exploring what's left for artists to do in a post-9/11 repressive culture of what he calls 'the mainstream bizarre'. Over forty-five photos document his artistic experiments and the text not only explores and confronts his political and philosophical parameters; it offers groundbreaking insights into his, and his company's, methods of production, development and teaching. The result is an extraordinary and inspiring glimpse into the life and work of one of the most daring, innovative and challenging performance artists of our age.