Immigration: Art/Critique/Process

REDCAT Theater, downtown Los Angeles

Organized by James Wiltgen (School of Critical Studies, CalArts) and Beatriz Cortez (Department of Central American Studies, CSUN)

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THURSDAY, MARCH 17

4:00 – 4:30pm Opening Remarks:

James Wiltgen

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4:30 – 6:30pm Performance:

Regina José Galindo

Rafa Esparza

Nao Bustamante

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6:30-7:30pm Border Crossers

Chico MacMurtrie

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7:30 – 8:30pm Reception

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8:30pm Documentary:

Frontera: A Sketch for the Creation of a Future Society (77 min., 2014)

A Project by Laboratorio 060

Direction: Lourdes Morales, Javier Toscano, Iván Lomelí

Followed by a Q&A with: Ruth Estevez and Javier Toscano

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FRIDAY, MARCH 18

10:30 – 11:00am Opening Remarks:

Beatriz Cortez

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11:00am – 12:30pm Cultural Critique:

Michael Ned Holte

Kency Cornejo

Ricardo Roque Baldovinos

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12:30 – 2:00pm Break for lunch

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2:00 – 3:30pm Curatorial Practices:

Tyler Stallings

Pilar Tompkins Rivas

Jennifer Doyle

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3:30 – 4:00pm Coffee Break

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4:00 – 5:00pm Virtual Reality:

Use of Force (2014)

By Nonny de la Peña

Followed by a Q&A with Nonny de la Peña

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5:00 – 5:30pm Coffee Break

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5:30 – 7:30pm Visual Art:

Louis Hock

Ronald Morán

Harry Gamboa Jr.

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7:30 – 8:30pm Reception

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8:30pm Keynote: “Scale and Refuge”

Claire Colebrook