Karen Anzoategui
On October 18, UCLA's LGBT Studies Program hosted the symposium "What We Talk About, When We Talk About Queer.” Although I was unable to attend the panels, I made sure not to miss Karen Anzoategui's solo performance. In academia, we learn about Latin American civil rights movements, gender politics, queer politics, however, it is a very different exchange of knowledge when learning this through the body performance of an artist. When Karen first began her performance, the entire crowd was at ease. Slowly we all entered a roller coaster of emotions, captivated with the different characters that Karen was introducing from her memory and lived reality. Her arrival into Argentina, her first experience with politics and protests, her love for soccer, and her love for women. Also, I loved that she broke the microphone half way through her performance. The many barriers present in Karen's live slowly revealed themselves as she maneuvered the stage. 1) A broken home under an alcoholic father; 2) loving women is a woman's body; 3) transcending the border between the first world (US) and the third world (Argentina); 4) Leaving peace for mayhem.
Everybody, please go see Ser! November 16!!
On October 18, UCLA's LGBT Studies Program hosted the symposium "What We Talk About, When We Talk About Queer.” Although I was unable to attend the panels, I made sure not to miss Karen Anzoategui's solo performance. In academia, we learn about Latin American civil rights movements, gender politics, queer politics, however, it is a very different exchange of knowledge when learning this through the body performance of an artist. When Karen first began her performance, the entire crowd was at ease. Slowly we all entered a roller coaster of emotions, captivated with the different characters that Karen was introducing from her memory and lived reality. Her arrival into Argentina, her first experience with politics and protests, her love for soccer, and her love for women. Also, I loved that she broke the microphone half way through her performance. The many barriers present in Karen's live slowly revealed themselves as she maneuvered the stage. 1) A broken home under an alcoholic father; 2) loving women is a woman's body; 3) transcending the border between the first world (US) and the third world (Argentina); 4) Leaving peace for mayhem.
Everybody, please go see Ser! November 16!!
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