The Bodies That Were Not Ours: And Other Writings

by Fusco,Coco

• ISBN13: 9780415251747
• ISBN10: 0415251745
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2001-12-07
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

The bodies that were not ours is a provocative collection of writings by an internationally recognized artist. Coco Fusco's volume is a vibrant and original sketchbook of essays, performance chronicles, scripts, interviews, and photographs. They focus on what the political history of colonialism means for Fusco herself and other artists who reflect upon this legacy in their work.

Author Biography

Coco Fusco Associate Professor in the School of the Arts at Columbia University

Table of Contents

List of plates	ix
Notes on contributors	xi
Preface	xiii
Acknowledgments	xix
SECTION ONE BORNE IN CAPTIVITY
The bodies that were not ours	8	(10)
Mexarcane International: ethnic talent for export	18	(4)
Better Yet When Dead	22	(4)
The man and the myth: Roger Guenveur Smith as Huey P. Newton, an interview	26	(11)
Captain Shit and other allegories of black stardom: the work of Chris Ofili	37	(6)
Wreaking havoc on the signified: the art of David Hammons	43	(6)
My kind of conversation: the artwork of Daniel J. Martinez	49	(12)
The unbearable weightiness of beings: art in Mexico after NAFTA	61	(17)
Votos (vows): a performance	78	(7)
SECTION 2 FOTONOVELAS
Paquita y Chata Se Arrebatan: a collaboration with Nao Bustamante	85	(4)
Pochonovela: pilot for a Chicano soap opera	89	(10)
SECTION 3 SUSPENDED IN TRANSIT
Blacks in the metropolis: Isaac Julien on Frantz Fanon, an interview	99	(6)
Rights of Pasage: a performance for South Africa	105	(6)
Stuff co-written with Nao Bustamante	111	(17)
Bad grrl bravado: a conversation with Tracey Moffatt	128	(9)
Hustling for dollars: jineteras in Cuba	137	(17)
Bridge over troubled waters: and view from the bridge four years on	154	(9)
El Ultimo Deseo (the last wish): a performance for Cuba	163	(2)
El Evento Suspendido (the postponed event): a performance for Cuba	165	(2)
Mamas, sistahs and auntie men: Hilton Als and The Women, an interview	167	(9)
Sudaca Enterprises: a collaboration with Juan Pablo Ballester and Maria Elena Escalona	176	(4)
Modernity deferred: the work of Luis Molina-Pantin	180	(6)
At your service: Latin women in the global information network	186	(16)
The incredible Disappearing Woman: a play in one act	202	(21)
SECTION 4 OTHER PERSPECTIVES
Witness for the prosecution: the writings of Coco Fusco	223	(8)
Jean Fisher
Agency and ambivalence: a reading of works by Coco Fusco	231	(16)
Caroline Vercoe
Index	247