Image above: Emilio Rojas, Heridas Abiertas, 2013–ongoing. Performance, dimensions variable. Courtesy of the artist. The U.S-Mexican border es una herida abierta where the Third World grates against the first and bleeds. —Gloria E. Anzaldúa, Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza, 1987 tracing a wound through my body is the first traveling survey of the contemporary...
GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM! Artist Performance + Talk by Emilio Rojas Media Art Gallery October 14, 2022 12:00 p.m. to 1:00 p.m. GO BACK TO WHERE YOU CAME FROM! is a lecture/performance by artist Emilio Rojas. It moves away from this xenophobic phrase and investigates the history of colonialism and border trauma. This lecture...