Performing the Bronx: Two and Us: Rhina Valentin & Ana 'Rokafella' García with Nicolás
Experience Performances Highlighting the Life & History of Bronx Communities
Created & Presented by the Elusive Artist & Cross Pollinator Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo
In Partnership with Iconic Bronx Artists Rhina Valentin & Ana 'Rokafella' García
Featuring Photography, Videography, Poetry, Conversations & More
Thursday, December 10, 8 PM; and Friday 11, 2 PM and 11:30 PM
On CH 67 Optimum / 2133 Fios + bronxnet.tv: https://www.bronxnet.org/
To join this event on December 10, 8 PM (EST) click HERE
The image above depicts: Metropolitan Portal an action with Rhina Valentin, Angel Rodríguez, Michael Max Knobbe, and Nicolás. Photo: Argenis Apolinario
About Performing the Bronx: Estévez Raful Espejo works with a group of iconic Bronxites to co-develop performative actions that they present together in private or in the Bronx's public realm. The work focuses on the histories that tie these individuals to specific communities and neighborhoods in our borough. These otherwise ephemeral gestures are recorded in photography, video and/or writings. All of these materials will serve as the basis for a future publication conceived and edited by Estévez Raful Espejo. Performing the Bronx is an expansion of Estévez Raful Espejo’s ongoing efforts to generate work with and within different communities in the Bronx. It is also representative of his interest in recovering, reclaiming, and remembering histories of the area’s inhabitants that run the risk of being effaced by time, lost in the midst of neighborhoods in flux, or dismissed by dominant discourses that often position themselves at the center of the conversation. With Performing the Bronx Estévez Raful Espejo continues contributing to the archives of the place he calls home. Past collaborators include Bill Aguado, Wanda Salamán, Mili Bonilla, Danilo Lachapel, Arthur Avilés, Caridad De La Luz ‘La Bruja’, Benny Bonilla, and Dr. Drum Bombayó.
The most recent chapters of Performing the Bronx are being supported, in part, by public funds from the New York City Department of Cultural Affair and the Bronx Council on the Arts. In the past, Performing the Bronx has received support from Casita Maria’s South Bronx Culture Trail 2020, as well as love, space, and care from Mothers on the Move, The Andrew Freedman Home, and BAAD! Special thanks to BronxNet.
Performing the Bronx© 2015 Nicolás Dumit Estévez Raful Espejo