Book by Gomez-Pena, Guillermo, Sifuentes, Roberto
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Guillermo Gomz Pena is the recipient of a MacArthur Fellowship for his work investigating the frontiers of American/Mexican culture. He perfoms, reads, and lectures throughout the world and is the most in demand Mexican/American performance artist alive today. He has also authored New World Border, the winner of several awards.
A performance-and-installation piece that has appeared in museums across the country, "Temple of Confessions" features artists Gomez-Pe?a (The New World Border, LJ 8/15/96) and Sifuentes and their collaborators acting in such personae as Tex-Mex shaman and pregnant nun. Within an environment of humorous and provocative objects that serve "to open a Pandora box and let loose the colonial demons," visitors are invited to confess their secret desires either by kneeling and recording into a microphone, writing a postcard, or calling a phone number. The confessions are often emotional and reveal racism, tenderness, solidarity, or sexuality as visitors react to the Latino "other." This is art as serious social exploration and should prove a challenging addition to public, academic, or special collections. The book documents the exhibit in text and photographs, along with a selection of visitors' confessions and essays by commentators. It comes with a CD containing confessions, performance art, and commentary in the NAFTA languages. For all contemporary art collections.?Kathryn Wekselman, Univ. of Cincinnati Lib.
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Hardcover. Condition: Used - Good. A ground-breaking publication by MacArthur Fellow and American Book Award winner Guillermo Gomez-Pena and his collaborator Roberto Sifuentes: confess your innermost fears and desires about Mexicans, Latinos, and the Border. This landmark book includes an audio CD, a confessional mail-in post-card, and a temporary tattoo. Texts by Ruben Martinez, Roger Bartra, Ana Castillo, Juan Felipe Herrera, Ed Morales, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Roberto Sifuentes, and others. Book has minor shelf wear. Includes CD-ROM. Seller Inventory # 20110210129246
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