ABSTRACT
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.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part Track One|71 pages
Introductory Essays And Chronicles
chapter 3|20 pages
Culturas-In-Extremis
chapter 4|7 pages
An Open Letter To The National Arts Community
part Track Two|65 pages
Pedagogy
chapter 5|18 pages
Crosscontamination
chapter 6|43 pages
La Pocha Nostra's Basic Methodology
part Track Three|31 pages
Performance Radio
chapter 7|3 pages
Letter To An Unknown Thief
chapter 8|2 pages
Hsac-Tv: The Home-Shopping Art Channel
chapter 9|3 pages
The Imaginary Effects Of A Trans-American Free-Trade Zone
chapter 10|2 pages
A Sad Postcard From San Francisco, Chilicon Valley
chapter 12|2 pages
Touring In Times Of War
chapter 13|2 pages
On Dual Citizenship
chapter 14|3 pages
My Evil Twin
chapter 15|3 pages
Saddam In Hollywood
chapter 16|3 pages
Frida Lite Or Fat-Free Dah
part Track Four|69 pages
Performance Literature
chapter 17|40 pages
Brownout 2
chapter 18|6 pages
Twenty-First-Century Chicano Newscast
chapter 19|6 pages
America's Most Wanted Inner Demon
chapter 20|8 pages
A Declaration Of Poetic Disobedience From The New Border
chapter 22|3 pages
The Post-9/11 “Rights And Privileges” Of A Us Citizen
part Track Five|51 pages
Conversation With Theorists