Guillermo Gomez-Peña in Santa Ana Sat., Nov. 16 @ 8pm

Guillermo Gomez-Peña: The Role of the Artist in a Post-Democratic Society, Sat., Nov. 16 in Santa Ana
Celebrated performance artist and author Guillermo Gomez-Peña will deliver a special presentation on “The Role of the Artist in a Post-Democratic Society” on Saturday, Nov. 16 at 8pm at Media Arts Santa Ana’s TVGB Digital Maker Space, located at 1666 N Main in Santa Ana.
Join us for this important message to the world from Guillermo Gomez-Peña, one of the most influential performance artists of our time, as America enters a disturbing new era where the pillars of democracy risk being dismantled to form an Orwellian dystopia. What is the role of the artist in this new post-democratic era? How can artists and communities rally and respond to new social, political and cultural threats? How can we reclaim gay anthems like YMCA from co-option by a racist, homophobic movement bent on destroying civil rights? How can artists, immigrants, women and communities of color defend the ideals of democracy to forge a new Dreamocracy at the precipice of a new Trumpocalypse?
Guillermo Gómez-Peña is an internationally-renowned performance artist, writer, activist, radical pedagogue and artistic director of the performance troupe La Pocha Nostra. Born in Mexico City, he moved to the US in 1978, and since 1995, his three homes have been San Francisco, Mexico City and the "road".
Gomez-Peña is author of numerous influential books on border art and performance, including Warrior for Gringostroika (1993), The New World Border (1996), Exercises for Rebel Artists (2011), La Pocha Nostra: A Handbook for the Rebel Artist in a Post-Democratic Society (2020).
His performance work and 21 books have contributed to the debates on cultural, generational, and gender diversity, border culture and North-South relations. His artwork has been presented at over one thousand venues across the US, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Russia, South Africa and Australia. A MacArthur Fellow, USA Artists Fellow, and a Bessie, Guggenheim, and American Book Award recipient, he is a regular contributor to newspapers and magazines in the US, Mexico, and Europe and a contributing editor to The Drama Review (NYU-MIT), the Venice Performance Art Week Journal, and emisférica, the publication of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics (NYU). Gómez-Peña is currently a Patron for the London-based Live Art Development Agency, and a Senior Fellow in the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics.
Tickets to this special event are $10 and can be purchased via Eventbrite or at the door. Seating is limited, so advanced purchase is recommended.

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This special event is presented by Media Arts Santa Ana, Dreamocracy in America and La Pocha Nostra.

Host or Publisher Media Arts Santa Ana (MASA)