Photo by JP Westenskow
Dreams and Silhouettes/Sueños y Siluetas
In this multidisciplinary installation, an ensemble of artists offer a response to the detentions and deportations affecting local residents. In partnership with Pan Left Productions, Derechos Humanos and Jason Aragon, Dreams/Sueños illuminates the stories from Las Promatoras, undocumented women living in the shadow of police militarization.
Video by Andrew Brown, AZPM
Denise Uyehara, director
Wesley Creigh, Melo Dominguez, Cristina Cárdenas, live painting
Yvonne Montoya, Sarah Gonzales, Frida Espinosa Cárdenas, Marc Pinate, Ryan Pinto, performers
Videography and interviews Jason Aragón
Video and audio design Adam Cooper-Terán
Choreography Yvonne Montoya
Set design Moises Orosco
Set and stage Management Sharkey Steib
Technical support Heather Gray
Border Patrol costume Lidia Terán Cooper
Master of Ceremonies Sarah Gonzales
Translations Frida Espinosa Cárdenas
Operation Streamline Illustrations Lawrence Gipe
Streamline Interview Murphy Woodhouse
“Desert Walkabout”music Ary Ehrenberg
Supported by the Tucson Pima Arts Council PLACE Grant and the MAP Fund.
Premiered January 2014 at the Center for Global Justice in Tucson, AZ; works in progress at MOCA-Tucson.