Race, Space, and the Creation of Inequality
The indiscriminate use of hydrocarbons and compulsive need for possessions has devastated the planet. The economic and political systems in use for the last 600 years have proved to be unsustainable, inefficient and remarkably destructive. Today’s empires have used violence to acquire the rich natural resources and lands of countless countries without any concern for their inhabitants; they have exterminated entire nations and forced thousands of people to leave their homes and find refuge in countries which in many cases are the aggressors. This massive migration is condemned by more fortunate countries that, ironically, are frequently the real creators of the problem.
European expansionism has resulted in racial segregation and discrimination as well as the rapid depletion of natural resources.
We are now faced with the challenge of re-defining perspectives and attitudes in order to save our planet and ourselves before it is too late. We must therefore re-define historical accounts by telling the truth.
This performance action is a look at the preconceived mentality and attitudes that have governed Western dominant groups for more than 500 years. The consequences are ever more evident, and the repercussions catastrophic.
We do not aim to change history. We want to talk about history from an honest, educated and genuine perspective, starting with the cruelties described by Fray Bartolomé de Las Casas in his book A Short History of the Destruction of the Western Indies, which was presented to Felipe II, Prince of Asturias, in the 15th century. In the context of this performance, the events related in the book mark the beginning of the depletion of the planet and the current era of displacement and segregation.
Amherst, Massachusetts, March 2018
El Ravilante, World Citizen 1968
Is a multidisciplinary artist, with a Master’s degree in Art Therapy, and degrees from the Herberger Institute for Design and the Arts at Arizona State University, and Holyoke College in Graphic Design.
He has worked extensively with diverse communities in the US and México. His primary objective as an artist is to use the arts as a vehicle to promote wellness, peace and education.
Internationally, El Ravilante has worked with different cultural organisations dedicated to studying and promoting environmental awareness within communities. He has worked for several years with groups with substance abuse. A longstanding advocate for the wellbeing of individuals with developmental disabilities, he focuses on use of the arts for individual and community integration. In his most recent work he investigates the exploitation of natural resources.
Linda Porn Davis, Mexico City 1980
Actress and audio-visual artist, director of short documentary fiction films.
A graduate from the Laboratorio de Teatro Campesino e Indígena de México generación Cristina Payán, her work focuses on femenism, racialism, and post-pornography. She has exhibited at the MoMA and the Vicente Gabarrón Foundation in New York, MUSAC in León, Cineteca Matadero Madrid, Sex Worker’s Film Festival & Arts San Francisco, Sex Worker’s Film Festival Copenhague, Sex Worker’s Film Festival London, Pornífero Lima and Barcelona, Mexico City PostPorno Festival, as well as acting in the documentary Yes, we fuck! She has performed in Madrid, Barcelona and Murcia, as well as at the Cirque de París, Marseille and Lyon (France). She is currently working on her opera prima Tránsitos, a short documentary film about immigration and sex work.
Marco Gómez (Ignacio Calderas), Mexico City, 1969
Photographer, editor, designer, performer and publicist.
A graduate of UAM Xochimilco in Graphic Communication Design, he holds a Postgrad in Mercadotecnia from Universidad Latinoamericana de México and a Masters in typography from Barcelona University. (UB)
Graphic Design and Typography teacher at UB.
As a performer he has worked with companies such as La Riata, Tres de un Perfecto Par and El Pastor y sus Ovejas. He has published academic studies in bulletins, books and indexed magazines. He is president of the Laboratorio Tipográfico de Barcelona association, and at the moment is working primarily with photography and graphic arts.
