Maya Escobar Roundup

melaniecervantes: “Somos de Maiz” Melanie Cervantes, 13 x 19...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 14:34:21 -0600

“Somos de Maiz” Melanie Cervantes, 13 x 19 inches, 5 - Color, Handmade Screenprint on Heavyweight White Archival Paper, Printed in San Leandro, 2013

In 2003 during my final year studying at UC Berkeley a Professor in the Microbial Ecology in the Department of Environmental Science, Ignacio Chapela, was denied tenure. David Quist, a graduate student at the time and Chapela had co-authored an article, two years earlier, about how genetically modified corn from the U.S. was being dumped into the Mexican market and contaminating native maíz crops. During the “final” days of his contract he held office hours, day and night, outside the doors of California Hall (which houses the university administration’s offices). My roommate cooked Chapela dinner and we came out to support his struggle…

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(via The Ultrasound Scream « Maya Talk)

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:35:07 -0600

(via The Ultrasound Scream « Maya Talk)

shakira: Su primera salida oficial al Camp Nou, con gol de su...

Tue, 12 Feb 2013 09:32:46 -0600

shakira:

Su primera salida oficial al Camp Nou, con gol de su papito! His first official time going out, in Camp Nou and watches his daddy score!

5 months pregnant. (via Healing on Ice | Are You My Other?)

Sun, 10 Feb 2013 12:58:00 -0600

5 months pregnant. (via Healing on Ice | Are You My Other?)

(via The struggle for workers rights continues | Are You My...

Sat, 29 Dec 2012 10:25:53 -0600

(via The struggle for workers rights continues | Are You My Other?)

College Education and Undocumented Students with Tanya Cabrera...

Thu, 08 Nov 2012 10:08:50 -0600

College Education and Undocumented Students with Tanya Cabrera (by NewFuturoVideos)

Acting as designers, distributors and promo models,...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:31:54 -0500

Acting as designers, distributors and promo models, Escobar-Morales established an online marketing and brand design agency called AMerican MEdia Output. The ad campaigns for Public Airways and Welcome to Arizona are inspired by recent news related to proposed immigration legislation in the US. Blurring the line between performance and reality, AMerican MEdia Output asks viewers and participants to imagine the economic and social consequences of laws like SB1070 through the framework of advertising. AMO is based online at AMericanMEdiaOutput.com and has disseminated their advertising over the internet using various social media tools such as Facebook, Twitter, and YouTube. Most recently, the AZ Welcome Girls hit the streets in San Antonio, TX to promote Arizona tourism by offering participants a cold drink of “Welcome Water.”

(via Don’t worry. Our girls are legal. « Maya Talk)

You’ve got the world in your hands. And I’ve got my feet off the...

Tue, 25 Sep 2012 21:28:02 -0500

You’ve got the world in your hands. And I’ve got my feet off the ground. (via Hollywood. | Are You My Other?)

PAPELES: Are we what we sign? aims to serve as a visual...

Sat, 25 Aug 2012 10:21:37 -0500

PAPELES: Are we what we sign? aims to serve as a visual examination of our social bond with papers as legal signifiers of identity that shape individual mobility, cultural acceptance, gender and sexual-orientation equality, economic access, labor opportunities, and educational attainment. Visual artists, community leaders, and arts administrators use this project to reflect upon the socio-cultural impact of documentation processes present in American society.

This exhibition gathers twelve influential—established and emerging—artists working in drawing, painting, installation, printmaking, photography, and mixed media. Participating artists include Andrea Rincon, Andria Morales, Carlos Nuñez, Doris Nogueira-Rogers, Erika Ristovski, the duo Escobar-Morales, Jonas Dos Santos, Jorge Figueroa, Lina Cedeño, Michelle Ortiz, Paula Meninato, and Susana Amundaraín. They propose social-visual experiments from their positions as immigrants and/or descendants of immigrants from Latin American nations. New and existing works in this exhibition illuminate the concept of documentation into powerful narratives of critique, ambiguity, longing, and resilience.

The Painted Bride
230 Vine Street | Philadelphia, PA 19106 | 215.925.9914

September 7 – October 21, 2012
Gallery hours: 12pm – 6pm, Tues – Sat
First Friday receptions: September 7, October 5 | 5-7:30pm
Guest Curator Andreina Castillo | Co-Presented with Acción Colombia

(via Escobar-Morales at The Painted Bride in Papeles: Are we what we sign? « Maya Talk)

There I was, in the studio of our great spiritual ancestor, who...

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 21:40:30 -0500

There I was, in the studio of our great spiritual ancestor, who spent her life depicting her image in an effort to better portray her reality. Did she look in this mirror too?

Standing in Frida’s painting room and looking at the place where she used to sit down to work. Seeing myself in her mirror. Seeing myself looking back at myself, it’s confirmed that I AM not her. I’m only ME.

(via La Casa Azul in Coyoacán | Are You My Other?)

Performance artists Escobar-Morales perform a funerary ritual,...

Fri, 27 Jul 2012 00:09:10 -0500

Performance artists Escobar-Morales perform a funerary ritual, referencing the mythical Mayan tale of the Hero Twins reviving their dead father, the Maize God. In their contemporary interpretation of this ancient story, Escobar-Morales simultaneously represent the body and the soul; the God/ Goddess and twin offspring, in both physical and technological forms using live performance and web based video projection. Performed at Jolie-Laide gallery in Philadelphia.

(via Escobar-Morales: Excerpts from the Ressurection of Hun-Nal-Ye « Maya Talk)