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MACLA

September 15 - September 15, 2011

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510 South First Street San Jose, CA 95113
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“A Body Parted: Shrapnel of Present Time” (Esquirlas de tiempo presente) http://www.maclaarte.org/site/
MACLA/Movimiento de Arte y Cultura Latino Americana, presents “A Body Parted: Shrapnel of Present Time” (Esquirlas de tiempo presente), an interdisciplinary work that takes a multi-layered approach to immigration and border crossing by the Secos y Mojados artist collective: Victor Cartagena, Violeta Luna, David Molina, Antigone Trimis, and Roberto Varea. Presented at MACLA as a Creative Capital world premiere, A Body Parted: Shrapnel of Present Time / Esquirlas de tiempo presente is the second performance panel of the Secos collective’s “Border (TRIP)tych.” The project aims to generate a ritual/visual narrative focused on a migrant’s journey as she leaves her home in Latin America and arrives in the US searching for a better life. Perfomance artist Violeta Luna will give three hypnotic performances which “examines the immigrant’s moment of crossing as she is compelled to leave her homeland in el Sur (the South), and the process of being divided – by the landscape, memories, dreams, and a new life on the other side - begins to take hold of her” as explained by Secos y Mojados’ member Roberto Vera. Secos y Mojados Performances Friday, September 23 7:30pm doors open, 8pm performance Saturday, September 24 7:30pm doors open, 8pm performance Sunday, September 25 1:30pm doors open, 2pm performance $10 at the door; $9:00 in advance; $8:00 with student ID To purchase tickets please visit http://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/169877 Please call (408) 938-3594 for more information.