VIDEO CORTADITOS & Picante Performance Poems is an audio visual series of provocative YouTube shorts created by performance activist José Torres-Tama (JTT) during the pandemic while sheltering-in-place, and are informed by his politically charged spoken word poems. Bruce France has created the dynamic video designs with the hallucinatory soundscapes of JTT’s long-time music collaborator known as BAIII. The stage performance photos are captured by Craig Morse and Tshombe Tshanti.
These film shorts have been created during the pandemic while the artist has sheltered-in-place. They are quick and dirty videos that are creative responses to the Black Lives Matter protest of unjust killings of unarmed African American civilians by white police, the Confederate-flag waving right-wing militias, and to the urgent situation of undocumented immigrants infected of Covid 19 in the crowded captivity of rural Louisiana ICE Detention Centers.
These quick and dirty videos feature picante poems by JTT from his forthcoming spoken word and music EP and CD titled Speaking Truth to Perverse Power Vol. I to be released on various music platforms in the very near future.
National Press: On May 19, 2020, NUESTRA PALABRA: Latino Writers Having Their Say is a PACIFICA RADIO 90.1 FM out of Houston. It's hosted by writer and nationally renowned activist Tony Diaz. They aired an an interview on May 19 with José Torres-Tama, and debuted 3 of the audio shorts. Tony Diaz reported that NP audiences were thrilled with hearing three of the full sound pieces over the radio.
Below is the archived SoundCloud Link:
Nuestra Palabra SoundCloud Archive Full Show May 19, 2020 Interview
This YouTube VIDEO CORTADITOS series is supported in part by a 2020 National Performance Network (NPN) Documentary & Storytelling Fund award to Torres-Tama.
This is an ArteFuturo Productions project in collaboration with Bruce France Media.
Click on each image to see a new video short.
These film shorts have been created during the pandemic while the artist has sheltered-in-place. They are quick and dirty videos that are creative responses to the Black Lives Matter protest of unjust killings of unarmed African American civilians by white police, the Confederate-flag waving right-wing militias, and to the urgent situation of undocumented immigrants infected of Covid 19 in the crowded captivity of rural Louisiana ICE Detention Centers.
These quick and dirty videos feature picante poems by JTT from his forthcoming spoken word and music EP and CD titled Speaking Truth to Perverse Power Vol. I to be released on various music platforms in the very near future.
National Press: On May 19, 2020, NUESTRA PALABRA: Latino Writers Having Their Say is a PACIFICA RADIO 90.1 FM out of Houston. It's hosted by writer and nationally renowned activist Tony Diaz. They aired an an interview on May 19 with José Torres-Tama, and debuted 3 of the audio shorts. Tony Diaz reported that NP audiences were thrilled with hearing three of the full sound pieces over the radio.
Below is the archived SoundCloud Link:
Nuestra Palabra SoundCloud Archive Full Show May 19, 2020 Interview
This YouTube VIDEO CORTADITOS series is supported in part by a 2020 National Performance Network (NPN) Documentary & Storytelling Fund award to Torres-Tama.
This is an ArteFuturo Productions project in collaboration with Bruce France Media.
Click on each image to see a new video short.