CONTRABAND

CONTRABAND is an exhibition that confronts cultural imperialism by reflecting on the impact that “developed” countries have on the rest of the world through media and commerce. The five participating artists, all of whom were born outside of privileged Western geographies, make art using the language of bootlegs, contraband, and other illegal phenomena. Their works regurgitated reactions to forced assimilation, and subversions of systems that seek to control—challenge systems of power that absorb and reproduce others in their own image.

Programs:

Artists Talk with Rodrigo Carazas Portal, Jimena Chávez Delion, and Aaron López C.
Moderated by Maria del Carmen Montoya
Saturday, January 20, 5pm

A night of dance and electronic music from Black Southern American, South American, and African colonial diasporas
Curated by chukwumaa
Thursday, January 25, 8:30-11:30pm