Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files • 4-3-2024 • La Pocha Crashes México City Art Week

The series Gómez-Peña’s Mex Files: Audio Art and Strange Poetry from the US/Mexico Border are a multi-lingual live radio and archived audio program by performance artist, writer, activist, and MacArthur fellow Guillermo Gómez-Peña addressing the multiple pandemics of racism, sexism, militarism, and colonialism.

Airs: Wednesdays from 6pm-7pm

BienvenideX audio-locas! In this brand new Mex Files episode we take you straight into the heart of the bizarre and outrageous Mexico City Art Week, a global rave that occurs every February despite wars & generalized violence.

This episode features a conversation that originally took place live during Art Week with curator Alex Chellet of Casa Viva. This episode is vocalized re-staging of that dialog featuring La Pocha Nostra’s Artistic Directors Gómez-Peña and Balitrónica on the thorny topic of: Performance Art.