José Torres-Tama: Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers

September 13, 2017 Number Inc. 0

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When:
September 14, 2017 @ 7:00 pm – 8:30 pm
2017-09-14T19:00:00-05:00
2017-09-14T20:30:00-05:00
Where:
Venue: The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, The University of Memphis
3175 Central Avenue
Art & Communication Bldg. Rooms 230 & 240, Memphis
TN 38152
Cost:
Free
Contact:
Patricia Daigle
(901) 678-2216
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art exhibit The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art University of Memphis University of Memphis Art Department
José Torres-Tama: Aliens, Immigrants & Other Evildoers @ Venue: The Martha and Robert Fogelman Galleries of Contemporary Art, The University of Memphis

This sci-fi Latino noir performance by NEA award-winning multidisciplinary artist José Torres-Tama explores the current persecution of Latino immigrants in the U.S. Satirizing the status of immigrants as “extraterrestrials” through a sci-fi prism informed by short films that spoof The Matrix and Star Wars, the artist shape-shifts into numerous “aliens” who challenge the hypocrisy of a country built by immigrants that vilifies the same people whose labor it readily exploits.