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Role: Co-Director

Dates: 2004 - 2006

Client: Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ

Served: 1,500 people

Project Description: The Redefining Displacement Project, is an interdisciplinary and multicultural project with emphasis on the visual arts and performance. The intention of the project was to engage our diverse community in a meaningful way by exploring the question: How have individuals and communities negotiated displacement? Displacement is a theme that relates to many cultures in Phoenix due to the constant influx of immigrants, exiles, and transplants.

Activities: Artist residencies, exhibitions, performances, and panel discussions by Rene German Maldonado, visual artist (Tabasco, Mexico), Nelson-Garcia-Miranda, visual artist (Cuba), Nestor Diaz de Villegas, writer/visual artist (Cuba), Dipankar Mukherjee, Artistic Director, Pangea World Theatre (India), Dora Hernandez, visual artist (Cuba), Bob Rink, photographer (Phoenix, AZ), Dr. Grisel Pujala, Faculty, ASU Language, Cultures, and History (Cuba), Jeff McMahon, Professor, ASU Theatre (US), Marianne Kim, Professor, ASU’s Interdisciplinary Arts and Performance, (LA, CA), Chris Danowski, Faculty, ASU Theatre (US), LouAnn Tampos, Hula Practitioner (Maui, Hawaii), Daniel Hirtz, drummer (Germany), Kristopher Rein, drummer (Phoenix, AZ), Danielle Godfrey, yogini/drummer (France), Amicar Pena, drummer (Cuba), Enrique Barreiro, drummer (Cuba), Efimor Farrow, actor (US), Raoul Deal, visual artist (Milwaukee, WI), Marina Reyes, performance artist(Mexico), Patricia Clark, media artist (US), Yovani Bauta, visual artist (Cuba), Larry Yanez visual/performance artist (Phoenix, AZ), Leandro Soto visual/performance artist (US/Cuba) and April Edwards, visual artist (US).

Funded by: Arizona State University, Arizona Community Foundation