BlackMass Publishing
Fabiola Talavera is a Mexico City-based independent curator, writer, archivist, cultural producer and a program curator, alongside Leah Whitman-Salkin, of Montez Press Radio’s Mexico City broadcasts. Her series Walk with the Devil will focus on the assimilation processes of first generation Latin American artists and cultural workers living in New York City. The title refers to what Cuban critic Gerardo Mosquera would describe as the often-fruitful pact made when historically colonized cultures digest the culture of colonizers. During her time in New York, through weekly broadcasted radio shows hosting a series of different guests, she will create an audio journal that questions what is recognized as Latin American in hegemonic cultural hubs, what it means to metaphorically speak English with these accents, how artistic production has been affected by contemporary art languages and political inclusion practices, the labels and stereotypes attached to this diaspora, and if there is such a thing as a cohesive identity when living in a highly globalized world.
Michelle Lhooq is an LA-based journalist and a writer focused on music, psychedelia, counterculture, and spirituality. Her series Rave New World, based on her newsletter of the same name, will look at the movement of rave culture from its origin in Detroit to the furthest reaches of the globe, asking what its legacy can offer in varying national, political, social contexts. Her contributions will span the duration of MPR’s residency as she spends 2024 traveling to underground parties and psychedelic gatherings in places like Detroit, rural Texas, New York City, Berlin, and Budapest.
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