NK603 and Requiem for a Lost Land
From Mexico City, Mexico and San Francisco, CA… Violeta Luna in “NK603″ and “Requiem for a Lost Land”
NHCC • Journal Theatre • “NK603″ Jan. 20 at 10pm and Jan. 21 at 8pm.
“Requiem” Jan. 22 at 3pm
NK 603: Action for Performer and e-Maíz:
NK603 was conceived as a reflection of American genetically modified corn and its devastating consequences on native corn varieties. These hybrid engineered seeds (NK603 is the name of one of the many genetically modified corn seeds available in the market) contaminate not only ancient bio-processes in nature but also ways of life and health of millions in Mexico, Latin America and around world. Violeta Luna’s work explores the relationship between theatre, performance art and community engagement. Working within a multidimensional space that allows for the crossing of aesthetic and conceptual borders, Luna uses her body as a territory to question and comment on social and political phenomena.
Requiem for a Lost Land:
Requiem for a Lost Land / Requiem para una tierra perdida The bilingual title makes reference to the bi-national reality of the “war against drugs.” Requiem is an attempt, from the space of performance art, to open with the coroner’s knife the very same discourse of death broadcasted by those in power under the guise of “national security.” Inside its rotten entrails, we re-discover the daily suffering of the common citizen, the most affected by a vicious and pathological decision of the state that has nothing to do with his or her wellbeing, and much to do with some of the darker designs of power that the country has seen in its history.
Due to violent images and adult subject matter these performance are not for younger audiences.
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