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Gomez-Peña Road Trip

Guillermo Gómez-Peña (performance artist and MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Award recipient) will be visiting Colorado State University at the end of February as the Student Organization for the Visual Arts (SOVA) visiting artist. There are two free and public events that will be held in conjunction with his stay in Ft. Collins:

Wednesday, February 27, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Lory Student Center Theatre
What: Gómez-Peña will offer The Mexorcist, a solo performance in which he explores aspects of immigration, globalization, technology, censorship, and interracial relations.

When: Thursday, February 28, 2008, 6:00 p.m.
Where: Lory Student Center Theatre
What: Ethno Techno: In Search of a New Aesthetic, will focus on Gómez-Peña’s projects over the past five years. In addition to themes addressed in The Mexorcist, Gómez-Peña here explores the “mainstream bizarre” and “multi-culturalism” as it relates to the Chicano/Latino community, and notions of the body in performance.

You can visit the CSU website for more information on the location of the Lory Student Center and to find information on parking.

From the CSU press release:

Born in Mexico, resident of San Francisco, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, whether working in performance, installation, writing, video, or the web, illuminates the cultural side effects of globalization and the commodification of identity. The world-renowned artist may also be familiar to the public as a contributor to National Public Radio’s “All Things Considered.” In 1993, he formalized the artist-collective and non-profit organization La Pocha Nostra, based in San Francisco. The group’s artwork primarily concerns the interface between Mexican and United States culture. Interdisciplinary projects and books explore borders in various realms — physical, cultural, and otherwise, between the two countries and between mainstream U.S. and Latino cultures in general: the U.S.-Mexican border itself, immigration, cross-cultural identity, and the confrontation and misunderstandings between cultures and races. Gómez-Peña’s collaborative performance art often involves elaborate costuming which ultimately engages the audience to become a part of the performance itself. He has worked in multiple media, and has published eight books in both English and Spanish. Among his many prestigious awards, he is the first Mexican-born artist to receive a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship Award (1991). He has been producing work around the world consistently since 1988.

For more information on the artist, go to www.pochanostra.com

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