Brownout: Border Pulp Stories
Date: Friday December 3
Place: Rarig Center Theater - Proscenium Stage
330 21st Ave S., West Bank Minneapolis Campus
Time: 8:00 p.m.
A Solo Performance by Guillermo Gómez-Peña / Monólogo de Guillermo Gómez-Peña
Tickets: $10 General /$5 U of M students, seniors, WAM and MMAA members Tickets available in advance at the Weisman Museum Store (612-625-9495). Tickets will be sold the night of the event at the theater.
In Brownout, the incomparable performance artist and cultural critic Guillermo Gómez-Peña explores a wide range of issues in Chicano culture and in global culture more broadly. These include immigration fears, the dark side effects of globalization, the digital divide, censorship, and interracial sexuality. Guillermo Gómez-Peña uses spoken word, multilingualism, humor, and hybrid literary genres as subversive strategies.
Guillermo Gómez-Peña was born and raised in Mexico City and came to the U.S. in 1978. He currently resides in San Francisco where he is artistic director of Pocha Nostra. His pioneering work has garnered numerous awards including a MacArthur Fellowship.
Guillermo Gómez-Peña's performance is presented by the Weisman Art Museum in conjunction with the exhibition Chicano Visions, with support from the Target Foundation and the W.K. Kellogg Foundation.
Cosponsored by "Art and Commitment: a conversation across the arts about the role in contemporary society," December 2-5, University of Minnesota West Bank Arts Quarter, sponsored by the President’s Initiative on Interdisciplinary Conferences and the College of Liberal Arts.