AUDIO RECORDINGS:
PHANTOM SIGHTINGS: ART AFTER THE CHICANO MOVEMENT
LOS ANGELES COUNTY MUSEUM OF ART

SYMPOSIUM:
PHANTOM SITES: RETHINKING IDENTITY AND PLACE IN CONTEMPORARY ART
s a t u r d a y,  5  a p r i l,   2008

"This symposium, presented in conjunction with the exhibition Phantom Sightings: Art after the Chicano Movement , considers whether or not identity politics has become a phantom presence in contemporary art. Or are artists addressing this topic within conceptual art practices and explorations of urban issues? Two roundtable discussions with leading art historians, artists, and curators in the field will address issues raised by this topic. A screening of an anthology of historical performances will end the day-long discussion."*

MORNING SESSION/PANEL 1:
PAST, PRESENT, PLACE

l-r: Roberto Tejada (moderator), Reina Alejandra Prado, C. Ondine Chavoya, Jennifer Gonzalez

"The morning session will look at constructions of urban space in contemporary art. The panelists will discuss various artistic practices that address place and identity and are associated with the decades from 1970s to the present. They will reflect on how these practices relate to difference, multiculturalism, border art, and vernacular forms in a global contemporary art context."*

To listen to the morning session panel, click below (right/ctrl-click to download):

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 1:
INTRO BY RITA GONZALES
[04.31; 5.3 mb]

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 1:
INTRO BY ROBERTO TEJADA; PANELIST REINA ALEJANDRA PRADO
[16.15; 18.9 mb]

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 1:
C. ONDINE CHAVOYA
[19.13; 17.6 mb]

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 1:
JENNIFER GONZALEZ
[11.58; 11 mb]

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 1:
PANEL DISCUSSION
[57.30; 54.9 mb]

AFTERNOON SESSION/PANEL 2:
A GLOBAL SHIFT, LOCAL RIFTS?

l-r: Steven Nelson (moderator), Kianga Ford, Ken Gonzales-Day, Mario Ybarra, Jr.

"This panel is made up of artists of color who reject a narrowly defined notion of culturally or ethnically specific work. These artists will address: What is at stake in such a position and what does it mean for their artistic and critical practices? How does their work participate or intervene in a globalized art circuit and a multi-racial, multi-linguistic urban street culture?"*

To listen to the afternoon session panel, click below (right/ctrl-click to download):

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 2:
INTRO BY CHON NORIEGA & STEVEN NELSON
[7.55; 9 mb]

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 2:
KIANGA FORD
[18.48; 21.9 mb]

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 2:
KEN GONZALES-DAY
[18.24; 21.1 mb]

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 2:
MARIO YBARRA, JR.
[25.54; 23.7 mb]

PHANTOM SITES, PANEL 2:
PANEL DISCUSSION
[39.54; 36.5 mb]

*All quoted text is from the symposium program