UCRARTSblockPresents MundosAlternos:ArtandScienceFictionintheAmericas

September16,2017–February4,2018

“Ambitious…Groundbreaking…AProvocativeViewofArtsintheAmericas”

(Riverside,CA)--BeginningSeptember16th,UCRARTSblockwillpresentMundosAlternos:ArtandScienceFictionintheAmericas,theculminationofaworldwideexplorationincluding18monthsoftravelthroughout6countries.ExhibitioncuratorsRobbHernández,TylerStallings,andJoannaSzupinska-Myersvisitedmorethan400artists,curators,andscholarsandselectedover30contemporaryartists,whoworkwithinthesciencefictiongenretoimaginenewrealitiesandalternateworlds.MundosAlternosisareflectionofthecurators’relentlesseffortstoidentifyestablishedandemergentvoicesinthefield—manyshowinginSouthernCaliforniaforthefirsttime.“MundosAlternosisthefirstprojectthatconsiderstheconvergenceofvisualart,sciencefiction,andLatinAmericanstudies—aconvergencethathasthepotentialtogeneratefurtherinquiriesinallofthesefields,”saysJoannaSzupinska-Myers,SeniorCuratorofExhibitionsattheCaliforniaMuseumofPhotographyandco-curatoroftheexhibition.Visitorsshouldexpecttheunexpectedbywayoflarge-scaleinstallations,photographs,sculpture,drawings,paintings,performances,andvideoinstallationsthatencompass11,000squarefeetinARTSblock’stwoadjacentbuildings:theCaliforniaMuseumofPhotography(CMP)andtheBarbaraandArtCulverCenteroftheArts.ThecuratorialteamhasalsoproducedamajorcontributiontothefieldofsciencefictionstudiesintheformofaheavilyillustratedbookthatincludesoriginalessaysbythecuratorsandleadingscholarswithexpertiseinLatinAmerican,Latino/a,andChicano/avisualculture,withanemphasisontheUnitedStates,Mexico,Argentina,Brazil,andCentralAmerica.“WehaveselectedaswathofartistsacrosstheAmericaswhohavecreatedartworksthatpointtoalternateworlds,inwhichself-determinationandautonomycanoccurinapresentthatisalreadythepastpointingtoafuture,”explainsTylerStallings,ArtisticDirectoroftheCulverCenteroftheArtsandco-curatoroftheexhibition.MundosAlternosbringstogethertheworkofinternationalartistsfromacrossLatinAmericaandLatinoartistsfromthroughouttheUnitedStates.Artistsearlyintheircareers—includingBeatrizCortez(b.1970,SanSalvador,ElSalvador),JillianMayer(b.1984,Miami,FL),HectorHernandez(b.1974,Laredo,TX),andClarissaTossin(b.1973,PortoAlegre,Brazil)—provideanewwayofthinkingaboutcontemporaryartintheAmericas.Whilemoreestablishedartists—GuillermoGómez-Peña(b.1955,MexicoCity,Mexico),GyulaKosice(b.1924,Košice,Czechoslovakia,d.2016,BuenosAires,Argentina),andRubénOrtizTorres(b.1964,MexicoCity,Mexico)—illustrateanintersectionbetweengenerationsinafieldthathasneverbeenexploredwithsuchscholarlyaptitude

andvigor.MundosAlternosisthestartofanideathataffectsthewaywethinkofcontemporaryartandwillchangethewayhistoryiswritten. “ThisexhibitionisthefirsteffortoftransnationalscopetoidentifythegrowingtendencyofsciencefictionincontemporaryLatinAmericanandLatinoart,atendencythatrecasts‘thefuture’atatimewhendebatesoverimmigrationreform,militarizedborders,massdeportations,andeffortstobuild‘thewall’mightsuggestotherwise,”explainsRobbHernández,AssistantProfessorofEnglishatUCRandco-curatoroftheexhibition.“BuildingonUCR’sinternationalreputationinthestudyofsciencefiction,thisambitiousexhibitioncontributesnewscholarshiptothefieldofcontemporaryLatinAmericanandLatino/aartisticexpression,”saysSheilaBergman,ARTSblockExecutiveDirector.

ThegrandopeningofMundosAlternoswillbeheldonSeptember30,2017from6:00-9:00pmatUCRARTSblock.MundosAlternos:ArtandScienceFictionintheAmericasisonviewfromSeptember16,2017throughFebruary4,2018.TheexhibitioniscuratedbyRobbHernández,AssistantProfessorofEnglishatUCR;TylerStallings,ArtisticDirectoroftheCulverCenteroftheArts;andJoannaSzupinska-Myers,SeniorCuratorofExhibitionsattheCaliforniaMuseumofPhotography.KathrynPoindexter,CMPAssistantCurator,isProjectManager.UCRARTSblockisopen11am-5pmTuesday-Thursday,11am-7pmFriday-Saturday,11am-4pmSunday,andclosedMonday.Openlateuntil9pmeveryfirstThursdayofthemonth.Admissionis$5.Formoreinformation,visitartsblock.ucr.eduandpacificstandardtime.org.PressContact:PatrickEdgett,Patrick@voicemediaventures.comViewRiversideArtMuseum’sexhibitionMyth&Mirage:InlandSouthernCalifornia,BirthplaceoftheSpanishColonialRevival,alsopartofPacificStandardTime:LA/LA,duringaconcurrentOpeningCelebrationonSeptember30,6:00-9:00pm.***ListofArtistsandCountryofOriginasAttachment***ABOUTPST:LA/LATheexhibitionispartofPacificStandardTime:LA/LA,afar-reachingandambitiousexplorationofLatinAmericanandLatinoartindialoguewithLosAngeles,takingplacefromSeptember2017throughJanuary2018atmorethan70culturalinstitutionsfromSantaBarbaratoSanDiego,andfromLosAngelestoPalmSprings.PacificStandardTimeisaninitiativeoftheGettywithartsinstitutionsacrossSouthernCalifornia.ThepresentingsponsorisBankofAmerica.

MajorsupportforthisexhibitionisprovidedthroughgrantsfromtheGettyFoundation.AdditionalsupportisprovidedbyUCR’sCollegeofHumanities,Arts,andSocialSciences(CHASS),andtheCityofRiverside.AboutUCRARTSblockUCRARTSblockbroughttogethertheCaliforniaMuseumofPhotography(foundedin1973),theJackandMarilynSweeneyArtGallery(1963),andtheBarbaraandArtCulverCenteroftheArts(2010).Theextensiveart,photography,andresearchcollectionsoftheCMPandSweeneyArtGallerymakeARTSblockanimportantdestinationforaudiencesaswellasresearchersworkinginawiderangeoffields.

ARTSblock’sactivitiesembodyUCR’scommitmenttobroadly-basedpubliceducationandcutting-edgeresearch.Asauniversitymuseumandartgallery,ARTSblockiscommittedtoofferingstudentsopportunitiesforprofessionalmuseumwork.StudentsfromUCRandelsewhereareinvolvedundertheaegisofindependentcoursestatus,internships,work-study,andasvolunteers. Formoreinformation,visitwww.artsblock.ucr.edu.

California Museum of Photography Sweeney Art Gallery Culver Center of the Arts University of California, Riverside

3824 Main Street • Riverside • California • 92501 • 951.827.5191 • www.ARTSblock.ucr.edu

MundosAlternos:ArtandScienceFictionintheAmericasUCRARTSblockSeptember16,2017–February4,2018FactSheet� MundosAlternoslooksathowcontemporaryartistsusesciencefictionaltropesintheir

work� TheexhibitionincludesworkbyChicano/a,Latino/a,andLatinAmericanartists� Thisisthefirsteffortoftransnationalscopetoidentifythegrowingtendencyofscience

fictionincontemporaryLatinAmericanandLatinoart� Includedisworkbyover30artistsandgroupsfromacrosstheAmericas,including

Argentina,Brazil,Chile,Cuba,ElSalvador,andMexico,aswellasCalifornia,Florida,NewMexico,NewYork,Texas,andPuertoRico

� Theexhibitionincludesinstallation,sculpture,video,photography,painting,andperformance

• TheexhibitionwillbepresentedinARTSblock’stwoadjacentbuildings,theCaliforniaMuseumofPhotographyandtheBarbaraandArtCulverCenteroftheArts,encompassingabout11,000squarefeetofgalleryspace

� Arelatedfilmprogramwillpresentseminalsciencefictionmoviesalongsidemorerarelyscreenedpictures,includingfilmsmadeinSouthAmerica,Mexico,andCuba

� PublishedbyARTSblockwithLuciaΙMarquand,Seattle,anddistributedbyDAP,aheavilyillustrated,160-pagebookoforiginalessayswillbeavailableinSeptember2017

� UCRiversideisamajorcenterforthestudyofsciencefictionandtechnoculture� TheEatonCollectionofScienceFiction&FantasyatUCRiversideisoneoftheworld’s

largest,richest,anddeepestcollectionsofsciencefiction,fantasy,horror,utopianliterature,andrelatedgenres

� MundosAlternosispartofPacificStandardTime:LA/LA,afar-reachingandambitiousexplorationofLatinAmericanandLatinoartindialoguewithLosAngeles,takingplacefromSeptember2017throughJanuary2018atmorethan70culturalinstitutionsfromSantaBarbaratoSanDiego,andfromLosAngelestoPalmSprings

California Museum of Photography Sweeney Art Gallery Culver Center of the Arts University of California, Riverside

3824 Main Street • Riverside • California • 92501 • 951.827.5191 • www.ARTSblock.ucr.edu

ListofArtistsArgentina

• EricaBohm• Faivovich&Goldberg• GyulaKosice(borninSlovakia)

ElSalvador

• SimónVegaMexico

• TaniaCandiani• LaGravedaddelosAsuntos

California

• GuillermoBert(borninChile)• BeatrizCortez(borninElSalvador)• GuillermoGómez-Peña(borninMexico)• MundoMeza(borninMexico)• RubénOrtizTorres(borninMexico)• Rigo23(borninPortugal)• AlexRivera(borninNewYork)• ClarissaTossin(borninBrazil)• RicardoValverde(borninArizona)

NewMexico

Texas

• AZTLANDanceCompany• ClaudioDicochea(borninMexico)• HectorHernandez• LAVATOCOSMICOc-s• Robert“Cyclona”Legorreta• MASA—MeChicanoAllianceofSpaceArtists• LuisValderas

Florida

• JillianMayer• GlexisNovoa(borninCuba)

NewYork

• ChicoMacMurtrie(borninNewMexico)• CarmelitaTropicana(borninCuba)• GuadalupeMaravilla(formerlyIrvin

Morazán,borninElSalvador)PuertoRico

• ADÁL• SofíaGallisáMuriente• JoséLuisVargas

• MarionMartinez

California Museum of Photography Sweeney Art Gallery Culver Center of the Arts University of California, Riverside

3824 Main Street • Riverside • California • 92501 • 951.827.5191 • www.ARTSblock.ucr.edu

SocialandPoliticalIssues ImmigrationandtheBorder

• ADAL(seePDFpage55*)• RubénOrtizTorres(38)• AlexRivera(66)• GuadalupeMaravilla(formerly

IrvinMorazán,borninElSalvador)(31)

Chicanofuturism

• AZTLANDanceCompany(28)• HectorHernandez(30)• LAVATOCOSMICOc-s(30)• LaGravedaddelosAsuntos(64)• MASA—MeChicanoAllianceof

SpaceArtists(57-58)• LuisValderas(32)• RicardoValverde(33)

Post-ColonialAmericas

• BeatrizCortez(18)• Faivovich&Goldberg(19)• JoséLuisVargas(66)• SimónVega(39)

IndigenousFuturism

• GuillermoBert(46)• MarionMartinez(46)• Rigo23(47)

QueerFuturism

• Robert“Cyclona”Legorreta(31)• MundoMeza(28)• CarmelitaTropicana(32)

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• EricaBohm(55)• TaniaCandiani(18)• ClaudioDicochea(29)• JillianMayer(65)• GuillermoGómez-Peña(29)

UtopianandDystopianAmericas

• SofiaGallisáMuriente(64)• GyulaKosice(65)• ChicoMacMurtrie(38)• GlexisNovoa(56)• ClarissaTossin(19)

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