José Torres-Tama Performance Art

Aliens, Immigrants, & Other Evildoers
Wednesday, October 5
7:30 p.m.
Student Life Center Ballroom

On the move again and not for the faint of heart, radical Latino performance artist and National Public Radio guest commentator, José Torres Tama performs his Sci-fi Latino Noir Mulitimedia Solo. The work satirizes the status of Latinos as aliens while exploring the rise in hate crimes against these individuals in the United States. In numerous bilingual characters, Torres-Tama shape-shifts in multiple identities challenging the flaws and labor exploitation in a country that also vilifies this same population in the process.

“Torres-Tama treads that dangerously vague turf of performance art gracefully…with dexterity and daring…” –The Village Voice, New York

Other Residency activities

Multimedia Lecture, Aliens Are Coming
Monday, October 3
4:30p.m.
Ingram Studio Arts Center
1204 25th Avenue South at Garland

This program is made possible in part by funding from Alternate ROOTS and the Ford Foundation through the ROOTS Tour & Residency Program.

José Torres-Tama: UNPLUGGED PERFORMANCE

Aliens, Immigrants, and Other Evildoers

Tuesday, October 4
11:45am

Global Education Center
4822 Charlotte Avenue
Nashville, TN 37209-3423
615-292-3023; 615-292-4843(fax)
www.globaleducationcenter.net

Co-sponsored by Vanderbilt Center for Latin Studies and Conexión Americas