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...
Emilio Rojas performs A VAGUE AND UNDETERMINED PLACE (A GLORIA) Boylston Place Courtyard September 23, 2022, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. This performance and installation examines what artist Emilio Rojas terms “border pedagogies,” or teaching opportunities to question and reimagine national borders. Rojas will be inviting participants to draw the U.S.-Mexican border on transparent paper,...
Emilio Rojas performs A VAGUE AND UNDETERMINED PLACE (A GLORIA) Boylston Place Courtyard Saturday, September 24, 2022, 2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. This performance and installation examines what artist Emilio Rojas terms “border pedagogies,” or teaching opportunities to question and reimagine national borders. Rojas will be inviting participants to draw...