¡A Viva Voz! – Filmformance and Hacktivism: New Directions in Latin@ Performance

You are cordially invited to the tenth annual ¡A Viva Voz! celebration, “Filmformance and Hacktivism: New Directions in Latin@ Performance,” featuring performance artist Nao Bustamante (New Media and Live Art, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute) and new media activist artist Ricardo Domínguez (Visual Arts, University of California San Diego) at the Nettie Lee Benson Latin American Collection. The evening will include comments by Dr. Nicole Guidotti-Hernández (Associate Director, UT Center for Mexican American Studies). A reception with light refreshments will follow.

RSVP by April 9 to Eva McQuade at emcquade@austin.utexas.edu or 512-495-4363.

Naomi Bustamante’s work encompasses performance art, video installation, visual art, filmmaking, and writing. Popularly known for her appearance in the Bravo Network television show “A Work of Art: The Next Great Artist,” she has also exhibited at the Institute of Contemporary Arts in London, the New York Museum of Modern Arts, Sundance, and the Kiasma Museum of Helsinki.

Ricardo Domínguez is a co-founder of The Electronic Disturbance Theater, a group who developed Virtual-Sit-In technologies in 1998 in solidarity with the Zapatista communities in Chiapas, Mexico. His recent projects include the Transborder Immigrant Tool, a GPS cellphone safety net tool for crossing the Mexico/U.S border and “Drones at Home,” an exhibition on drones, drone economies and art.