1998 | United States | Short

Borderstasis: A Video Diary

  • English - 22 mins
  • Director | Guillermo Gómez-Peña
  • Writer | Guillermo Gómez-Peña
  • Producer | -

STATUS: Released

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This strange, lyrical performance video diary is a millennial reflection on the impossibility to "reveal" one’s self in stormy times such as ours. The piece is also about the intricate connections between performance and everyday life; about language, identity, love, nostalgia and activism amidst the California apocalypse. Through a series of poetic tableaux vivants, performance actions and found footage, Borderstasis articulates the fluid boundaries between public and private, mythical and real, as they exist in the life of a "migrant performance artist" living in a fully globalized world.

Autobiography Diary Family Language Latino/Chicano Performance
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