Performing Puerto Rico
Tuesday, March 24 2009
by Frank Stasio, Janet Babin, and Lindsay Thomas
The resume of Roxana Perez-Mendez includes the construction of the world's tallest hotel in Puerto Rico and being the first Puerto Rican space traveler. Both fictional roles were assumed by Perez-Mendez, a multi-media performance artist and a Puerto Rican native. Now an assistant professor of studio art at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Perez-Mendez is continuing her artistic exploration of her homeland's cultural possibilities. She joins guest host Janet Babin to discuss her latest work, which examines the immigrant narrative.
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