In my upcoming book, I look at the artistic collaboration of Codex Espangliensis for the ways that it appropriates dominant icons such as Mickey Mouse and Superman to critique issues such as globalization and anti-immigrant legislation in California. So I was really excited to hear about the follow up collaboration called DOC/UNDOC. The image below is from the website (http://docundoc.com/)
"The outcome of a seven-year collaboration, DOC/UNDOC Documentado/Undocumented Ars Shamánica Performática
features Guillermo Gómez-Peña’s performance texts and Felicia Rice’s
relief prints and typography, accompanied by Jennifer González’s
critical commentary. The deluxe edition is housed in a hi-tech aluminum
case containing a video by Gustavo Vazquez, an altar, and a cabinet of
curiosities. Opening the case triggers light and Zachary Watkins’
interactive sound art.
The two subtitles refer to different aspects of the project’s content:
Documentado/Undocumented
ties to the performance scripts embedded in the printed sheets which
draw on Gómez-Peña’s immigrant experiences and personal observations of
the political, geographic, social and psychological boundaries between
the United States and Mexico. The title of the video, it points to a
painful dichotomy: “documentado” in Spanish implies being informed,
having access to cultural forms and traditions, the histories and
rituals that flourish in Mexico. Whereas the term “undocumented” in the
United States implies a host of negative stereotypes, including a lack
of citizenship, power, rights and knowledge.
Ars Shamánica Performática
speaks of the very personal, transformative experience offered by the
book and case, an invitation to “Choose an object, find a poetic way of
using it. Reimagine yourself, tell a new story.” Gómez-Peña writes, “Its
interactive dimension may be its main contribution to the field of
experimental book art, or rather “performative book art.”"
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