 The Cone of Uncertainty: New Orleans After Katrina
Written & Performed by Jose Torres Tama
August 24 and 25, 2007
Talento Bilingue de Houston Cultural Arts Center is proud to present internationally known artist Jose Torres Tama in a new production "The Cone of Uncertainty: New Orleans After Katrina” to memorialize the second anniversary of the Hurricane Katrina, a natural disaster that took the lives of thousands. Three days after Hurricane Katrina hit, performance artist Jose Torres Tama managed to escape the social chaos that submerged New Orleans on a stolen school bus, which was operating a rescue mission of Creole families. Torres Tama explores the criminal negligence of the federal government...
and the apocalyptic abandonment of a people who were made to beg for help and water. He also comments on larger issues concerning race and class in the US, the historical context of the storm, and the displacement of thousands of Latinos, whose traumatic stories were ignored by the mainstream press.
Performed with a magical realist Latino voodoo aesthetic, he combines personal stories, storm film footage, and a variety of characters to offer a live art piece that is politically provocative, visually engaging, and profoundly moving.
Dates & Times:
Performances are August 24th and 25th at 8:00 pm.
Ticket Info:
$12 General Admission
$10 Students
$ 7 Seniors Citizens
713-222-1213
Location:
333 S. Jensen Dr., Houston, TX 77003
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Photo: Javier de Pison
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