Corpus Delecti: Performance Art of the Americas

by Fusco,Coco; Fusco,Coco

• ISBN13: 9780415194532
• ISBN10: 0415194539
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 1999-12-29
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

Corpus Delectiis an unprecedented event in the history of Latino performance art. Assembled and edited by one of the foremost practitioners and theorists in the field, it charts the extraordinary range of practices, narratives and theories which make up this unique area of contemporary performance. Using photos, scripts, essays and poetry,Corpus Delectiexplores the impact on performance of Latin American politics, popular culture, and syncretic religions. Nowhere else has such a vibrant and rich collection of writings and documents been fused into a comprehensive archive-volume. Fusco has brought together artists and scholars to bridge the theory/practice divide and to discuss a wide range of genres. They include: *body art *carpa *vaudeville *staged political protest *tropicalist musical comedies *the Chicano art movement *queer Latino performance Corpus Delectiprobes for the first time the specific contexts which have shaped Latino Americanperformance. It is at once a significant intervention into the history and analysis of contemporary art and an ensemble piece of textual and visual work to treasure. Contributors: Tania Bruguera, Maris Bustamante, Nao Bustamante, C. Ondine Chavoya, Rosalyn Constantino, Raquel Mendieta Costa, Angel Delgado, Ricardo Dominguez, Felipe Ehrenberg, Maria Elena Escalona, Coco Fusco, Maria Elena Gaitan, Guillermo Gomez-Pena, Maria Teresa Hincapie, May Joseph, Cesar Martinez, Aldo Menendez, Charles Merewether, Marta Minujin, Jose Munoz, Raphael Montanez Ortiz, Simone Osthoff, Silvia Pellarolo, Antonio Prieto-Stambaugh, Maria Elena Ramos, Nelly Richard, Lotty Rosenfeld, Leandro Soto, Merian Soto, Felix Gonzalez Torres, Carmelita Tropicana, Evelyn Velez-Aguayo.

Table of Contents

List of illustrations	viii
Introduction: Latin American Performance and the Reconquista of Civil Space	1	(22)
Coco Fusco
Part I Heterotopic, Homoerotic, Hyper-Exotic Cabarets
The Melodramatic Seductions of Eva Peron	23	(18)
Silvia Pellarolo
Chicas 2000: an excerpt	41	(2)
Carmelita Tropicana
Exotic Exports: The Myth of the Mulatta	43	(12)
Raquel Mendieta Costa
She is a Virgin and She Awaits You: an excerpt	55	(4)
Maria Elena Escalona
The Beach is Nice	59	(2)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres
Stuff!: an excerpt	61	(2)
Coco Fusco
Nao Bustamante
Visibility as Strategy: Jesusa Rodriguez's Body in Play	63	(16)
Roselyn Costantino
Border Brujo	79	(2)
Guillermo Gomez-Pena
Oh Goya! Goya!: an excerpt	81	(2)
Evelyn Velez-Aguayo
Camp, Carpa and Cross-Dressing in the Theater of Tito Vasconcelos	83	(14)
Antonio Prieto
Memory Performance: Luis Alfaro's ``Cuerpo Politizado''	97	(18)
Jose Esteban Munoz
The Adventures of Connie Chancla	115	(1)
Maria Elena Gaitan
Architectures of Seeing	116	(17)
May Joseph
Part II Ritualizing the Body Politic
Henny-Penny Piano Destruction Concert	133	(1)
Rapheal Montanez Ortiz
From Inscription to Dissolution: An Essay on Expenditure in the Work of Ana Mendieta	134	(19)
Charles Merewether
The Burden of Guilt	153	(2)
Tania Bruguera
Una Cosa es una Cosa (A Thing is a Thing)	155	(1)
Maria Teresa Hincapie
Lygia Clark and Helio Oiticica: A Legacy of Interactivity and Participation for a Telematic Future	156	(19)
Simone Osthoff
Todos Mis Muertos (All My Dead Ones)	175	(2)
Merian Soto
Embodying Venezuela	177	(16)
Maria Elena Ramos
PerforMANcena	193	(4)
Cesar Martinez
America the Beautiful	197	(4)
Nao Bustamante
Part III Stepping Toward An Oppositional Public Sphere
Sunday, July 25, 1965	201	(2)
Marta Minujin
Margins and Institutions: Performances of the Chilean Avanzada	203	(16)
Nelly Richard
Operations (Work in Progress) Chile-England	219	(2)
Lotty Rosenfeld
Las Yeguas del Apocalipsis (The Mares of the Apocalypse): The Equine Lips of Exile	221	(2)
Francisco Casas
The Street and Its Conditions	223	(2)
Felipe Ehrenberg
Non-Objective Arts In Mexico 1963-83	225	(15)
Maris Bustamante
Orphans of Modernism: The Performance Art of Asco	240	(26)
C. Ondine Chavoya
Baw/Taf
The End of the Line	265	(1)
Performance in Cuba in the 1980s: A Personal Testimony	266	(9)
Leandro Soto
Art Attack: The Work of ARTECALLE	275	(8)
Aldo Damian Menendez
``1242900 (Parte I)''	283	(2)
Angel Delgado
Electronic Disturbance Theater	285	(2)
Ricardo Dominguez
Index	287