Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Mextasy Coming to the University of Guelph, and the University of Western Ontario...


click to make explode (or, at the very least, make big)...


Here's the promo:

Bandit, Succubus, Gigolo, Maid, & Fiend
20th and 21st Century Latina/o Bodies in the Imagination of the Americas


William A. Nericcio
University of Guelph, October 27, 2011 | Thursday


A brief multimedia presentation examining dominant trends in the representation of Latinas and Latinos in American popular culture--from Hollywood to Madison Avenue, specific and damaging visions of Latina/o subjectivity have infected the synapses of Canadians, Americans, and Mexicans alike--these "ethnic mannequins" (Speedy Gonzales, Charo, the Frito Bandito, etc) some to dominate consciousness, leading to the renaissance on racialized hatred currently en vogue in the U.S. from New York to California, from Arizona to Georgia. If Lou Dobbs says that Mexicans are "diseased" and John McCain contends (with a straight) face the illegal immigrants are starting forest fires, and Rush Limbaugh tells his listeners to tell "Mexicans" to go back to their country, what is the result? Research would seem to suggest these collective efforts have led to a resurgence of anti-Latino hate and hate crimes at the very moment demographically that the lands of Uncle Sam are more decidedly Latino/a. The presentation will feature excerpts from Tex[t]-Mex, Eyegiene, the Tex[t]-Mex Galleryblog and art from Mextasy.



another poster version, that does not steal
from the one and only robert frank appears next




The day after the Guelph gig, I am lecturing at the University of Western Ontario--a draft of the poster here follows...



Wednesday, October 12, 2011

Mextasy on the Move! Mextasy! Seductive Hallucinations of Latinas/os Prowling the American Unconscious" Coming to Fresno, California (CSUF) and to the University of Guelph! October 2011



Mextasy is on the Move! Mextasy: Seductive Hallucinations of Latinas/os in the American Unconscious is coming to Fresno, California (CSUF) and to the University of Guelph! October 2011

More info to come--the Fresno exhibit will be part of an NEH Conference,"Ethics, Religion, and Civil Discourse", October 13-15, 2011. My presentation is entitled: ""21st Century California Writers Now: Pre- and Post-Apocalyptic Nightmares, Vociferations, and Raptures" and will focus on the work of Myriam Gurba, Michele Serros, Culture Clash, Josh Kun, Oliver Mayer and Gilbert Hernandez.

 The Guelph info is here!

Saturday, October 8, 2011

Gallery of Snapshots from the Set-up for the CENTRO CULTURAL San Diego MEXTASY SHOW | Plus promotional posters...

Click the image for the gallerylink--you will be transported
to a facebook page, but you do NOT have to be a member
of facebook to peruse the pictures.....