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Nao bustamante
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'''Nao Bustamante''' is an internationally known
performance art pioneer originating from the
San Joaquin Valley of
California. Her work encompasses
performance art,
sculpture,
installation,
video art,
pop music and
experimental rips in time.
International Artist
'''Bustamante''''s work has been presented, among other sites at, the [http://www.ica.org.uk/ Institute of Contemporary Arts in London], the [http://www.sfmoma.org/ San Francisco Museum of Modern Arts], and the [http://www.kiasma.fi/ KiasmaMuseum of Helsinki]. She has performed in
Galleries,
Museums, Universities and underground sites throughout
Asia,
North Africa,
Europe,
New Zealand,
Australia,
Canada, Mexico and of course the United States. Her collaborations include working with such luminaries as
Coco Fusco and
Osseus Labrint. In 2001 she received the prestigious
Anonymous Was a Woman fellowship. Currently she is living in
Troy, New York and holds the position as Assistant Professor of
New Media and
Live Art at
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
Controversy
Her role as an academic and performance artist became contraversial during the famous
recall election of Governor
Gray Davis in California, where her eldest brother, Lieutenant Governor of California,
Cruz Bustamante ran against "The
Terminator" or also known as "
Governator"
Arnold Schwarzenegger. During the Campaign, Nao Bustamante's seen as cutting edge in the art world was not very popular among conservative California voters, and in order to discredit Cruz in any way, his sister Nao's art work was criticized in the media.
Example of Coverage
''Hot sauce with that?
California Lt. Gov.
Cruz Bustamante (runner-up to
Arnold Schwarzenegger in the October [recall election]) is not the family's only public figure. As the
San Francisco Chronicle reported in September, his [sister] Nao Bustamante, 39, is a [prominent] performance [artist] whose work includes wearing a strap-on [burrito] for men to [kneel] before and bite in order to absolve themselves of "500 years of white man's guilt," and also sticking her head into a [http://www.naobustamante.com/gravity.html plastic bag] filled with water and tying it around her neck to resemble a Houdini stunt, to create "an urgent situation to respond to."
[http://www.orlandoweekly.com/columns/story.asp?id=3327 by Chuck Shephard]''
[http://www.weeklystandard.com/Content/Public/Articles/000/000/003/190vdwkp.asp Other Articles]
Art Work
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Frigid Bride
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America the Beautiful
*Rosa does Joan
*The Chain South
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Indigurrito
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Sans Gravity
External links
* Link: [http://www.naobustamante.com Nao Bustamante]
* Link: [http://www.thing.net/~cocofusco/biblio.html Coco Fusco]
* Link: [http://performance.tisch.nyu.edu/object/MunozJ.html Jose Muñoz]
* Link: [http://www.arts.rpi.edu Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute]
* Link: [http://www.ltg.ca.gov/ Cruz Bustamante]
* Link: [http://www.schwarzenegger.com Arnold Schwarzenegger]
* Link: [http://www.e-felix.org/ Felix]
References
2000 Out of the Fringe, editors – Caridad Svich and Maria Teresa Marrero, Stuff
(collaborative script with Coco Fusco)
1998 STUFF (collaborative script with Coco Fusco) Theatre Drama Review
1996 The Chain South, Plazm Magazine
1993 Mother Tongue, Revista Paralax Journal
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