the accidental archives of the royal chicano air force

this book-as-catalog and accompanying exhibition present a collection of truth and myth - often indistinguishable - behind the royal chicano air force, a collective that played a vital role in the chicano civil rights movement. playing with ideas about the presentation of history and perceived truth, the archives themselves - a series of artist books - reference pre-columbian record keeping practices and incongruent historical narratives. the book catalogs these 'authentic' archives with running historical references to make real the ongoing mythologizing of the group, and offers an alternative reading of history inside the catalog as literary work.


"inventive and exciting."
             ~elizabeth alexander


this work-in-progress was awarded the school of the art institute of chicago's fellowship in writing
and a corporation of yaddo fellowship.

the ancient documentaries of southside park
a short film

public presentations
cornell university, ithaca, new york 2012
byrdcliffe theater, woodstock, new york 2011
&now: tomorrowland forever festival of new literature, uc san diego 2011
university of california, riverside department of theater & center for ideas and society 2011
centro de la raza, san francisco 2011
luna's café & cultural center, sacramento 2011

more information here.

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