1-800-JOAQUIN

This interactive correctional-facility phone introduces audiences to the varied definitions of cultural identity, specifically within the Chicano culture. 1-800-JOAQUIN serves as homage to the iconic Corky Gonzales poem, ‘I am Joaquin.’ The most powerful stanzas concerning Chicano identity in the 1960’s have been programmed into the phone. The user is welcomed to pick up the handset and listen. Each time the handset is lifted the phone will generate a new narrative. 1-800-JOAQUIN contextualizes the meaning of identity through interactive methods in order to start a larger conversation to eradicate cultural divides.

Voice over by performance artist Daniel Villalva.

  • Date

    2015

  • Exhibits

    de Young, Brea Gallery, Atomic Culture, Berkeley

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