Coordenadas espacio-temporales y versiones
27.50525417037812, -99.50620098937158
1012-1/2 Hidalgo St, Laredo, TX 78040
[9(5×7)] = viernes 1 de julio del 2022 a las 8:08 PM
[808] = sábado 25 de marzo del 2023 de 5 a 10 PM
Timespace Coordinates and Versions
27.50525417037812, -99.50620098937158
1012-1/2 Hidalgo St, Laredo, TX 78040
[9(5×7)] = Friday, July 1, 2022, 8:08 PM
[808] = Saturday, March 25, 2023, 5-10PM
Pobrevito, A Vanishing Art
Rasquachismo, emptiness, and art en el centro de Laredo
Process notes for Nestor Intervention on the Historic Plaza Theatre of Laredo, Texas on March 25, 2023, sponsored by Daphne Art Foundation, presented by Cultivarte Laredo and Future Vessel, in partnership with the City of Laredo. Written in 2022 while in C-Studio Residency and revised in 2024.
Published in Tragaluz, A Borderland Journal of Arts and Culture, Vol. 1 No.2 July 2024.
Read here (pages 19-20)
Cambiaformas: Mundos y Cabezas
Conversación entre Noé Cuéllar y Tomás Ybarra-Frausto
The following is an edited excerpt of a transcript of a conversation, in Spanish, between artist/researcher Noé Cuéllar and Chicano scholar Tomás Ybarra-Frausto. Their encounter took place in San Antonio, Texas on May 9, 2022, during Cuéllar’s Cultivarte Laredo C-Studio Residency as Nestor.
Their conversation revolves around transformations: Nestor’s artwork developed during the residency, and Ybarra-Frausto’s life-long research into Chicano culture, including his essay, Rasquachismo: A Chicano Sensibility. Touching on shifting histories, childhood memories, and the power of symbols, their encounter raises questions about artistic perceptions and cultural identities, and the multiplicity of their viewpoints.
Reconocimiento de tierras
Este evento ocurre en la tierra no cedida de los pueblos Alazapas, Lipan Apache, Coahuilteco y Carrizo/Comecrudo, entre otras tribus. Se les pide que se unan a reconocer a sus comunidades, a sus mayores tanto pasados como presentes, así como a las generaciones futuras; y también las exclusiones y borrados de muchos pueblos indígenas, incluidos aquellos en cuyas tierras ocurre este evento. Este reconocimiento intenta demostrar un compromiso para comenzar el proceso de trabajo para desmantelar los continuos legados del colonialismo.
Land acknowledgment
This event occurs on the unceded land of the Alazapas, Lipan Apache, Coahuiltecan, and Carrizo/Comecrudo peoples, among other tribes. You are asked to join in acknowledging their communities, their elders both past and present, as well as future generations; and also the exclusions and erasures of many Indigenous peoples, including those on whose land this event occurs. This acknowledgment attempts to demonstrate a commitment to beginning the process of working to dismantle the ongoing legacies of settler colonialism.
Nestor Intervention on the Historic Plaza Theatre of Laredo, Texas is sponsored by Daphne Art Foundation, presented by Cultivarte Laredo and Future Vessel, in partnership with the City of Laredo; with support from Lark Point, Further Foundation, Webb County Heritage Foundation, and Estos Vatos. Nestor thanks Maritza Bautista, City Council Member for District 8 Alyssa Cigarroa, Tomás Ybarra-Frausto, Meg Guerra, Martín Murillo, Jerry Castillo, friends and family, and the lightworkers of South Texas Neon Co., Inc.