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Intervenxions is an online publication of TLP that features original writings, criticism, and interviews exploring contemporary Latinx Art, Politics, & Culture.
Yo Soy Museo: Embodying the Museum with Alberto Aguilar
The Chicago-based multidisciplinary artist shares the inspiration behind his recent solo exhibition at the National Museum of Mexican Art.
Carlos Flores’ Ofrenda a los Arrancados: Ofrenda as Archive
“Ofrenda a los Arrancados” honors Latinx communities in Chicago’s Pilsen and La Villita neighborhoods while creating an alternative to the Western colonial archive.
Making Mexican Chicago: Development, Displacement & the Mexicanization of the Urban Landscape
In his new book, Mike Amezcua offers readers a powerful account of the radical transformation of Chicago’s urban landscape during the second half of the 20th century.
Making Mexican Chicago: Desarrollo, desplazamiento y mexicanización del paisaje urbano
En su libro, Mike Amezcua nos ofrece un tour de force de la transformación radical del paisaje urbano de la ciudad de Chicago en la segunda mitad del siglo XX.
Disarming Loss: An Interview with Selva Aparicio
The artist discusses her recent exhibition, “Ode to the Unclaimed Dead,” and the broader examination of grief within her art practice amid pandemic and war.
Mapping Intuition: An Interview with Victoria Martinez
Following her recent exhibition presented by TSA Chicago and Transmitter, the Chicago-based interdisciplinary artist discusses mapmaking as a form of documentation, the influence of public art, and researching her Mexican roots to find cross-cultural connections.
Softness As Liberation: An Interview with Mixed Media Artist Moises Salazar
Moises Salazar shares how they’re leaning into healing, the pleasure in being a maximalist with their art practice, and why anyone can find themselves in their faceless colorful subjects.
Dispatches from a Contested Utopia
A loving portrait of the enduring legacy of the Puerto Rican community in Chicago and a timely reflection on the Puerto Rican experience, past and present.
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Afro-Latinx Studies
Alford’s clarity about the relevance of Blackness to Latinx identity serves as a balm for feeling invisible to raceless Latina authors.
The ‘NEGRITA’ doc uses the racial descriptor as an entry point to discuss the lasting effects of colonialism in Latin America, the Caribbean, and its diasporas
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