Friday, October 27, 2017

Mextasy @ Salisbury University, Pre-Show Tour #mextasy

October 26, 2017 | Mextasy @ Salisbury University | Pop-up Exhibition Walk-Thru from Mextasy on Vimeo.

A brief piece documenting the set-up for the Salisbury University Mextasy Pop-up Exhibition, Thursday, October 26, 2017, featuring art by JR, Izel Vargas, Chepo Peña, and other cool Latinx cats!

Just a quick posting of snapshots from the Salisbury University #mextasy gig last night--thanks to April Logan and all the amazing professors, students, staff, and more at the event!




 Here's a collection of promo posters and stuff from the event; click to enlarge!






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Monday, October 9, 2017

Nericcio Presents 'Mextasy' Exhibit, Lecture at SU October 26

Dr. William NericcioSALISBURY, MD---Salisbury University’s extended Hispanic Heritage Month Festival culminates with an evening of presentations by Dr. William “Memo” Nericcio, professor of English and comparative literature at San Diego State University and director of its Master of Arts in Liberal Arts and Sciences Program, on Thursday, October 26.
From 4-9 p.m., Nericcio presents the exhibit “Mextasy: Seductive Hallucinations of Latina/o Mannequins Prowling the American Unconscious.”
At 7 p.m., he explains the themes covered in the exhibit during the Dotterer Public Lectures on Literature talk “Cyborg Chicanos, Virtual Latinas, Smartphone Addiction and Digital Culturas: Viral, Electric Mutations of Latinx Stereotypes in the Age of the Internet.”
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Both are in the Patricia R. Guerrieri Academic Commons Assembly Hall.
Nericcio is the author of the 2007 book Tex[t]-Mex: Seductive Hallucinations of the “Mexican” in America. The publication explores representations of Latino and Latina identity in popular media, including film, television, advertising, comic books, toys, literature, video games and graffiti.
His SU presentations are sponsored by the Fulton Public Humanities Program; English Department; Social Justice, Equity and Transforming Teaching at SU Faculty Learning Community; Su Art Galleries; SU Zeta Pi chapter of the Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority, Inc; and Charles R. and Martha N. Fulton School of Liberal Arts Dean’s office.
Admission is free and the public is invited. For more information call 410-543-6450 or visit the SU website at www.salisbury.edu.


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