2006
Mexico City, Mexico
Esteban Zul, Hollywood screenwriter, cofounder of Pocho
magazine, front man for the legendary rap group Aztlán
Nation, is declared the official ambassador to Aztlán by
the Cuban ambassador to Mexico as his first official act.
The newly designated diplomat sits in with the cocktail
party's hired band of Cuban musicians for a freestyle
version of "Guantanamera."
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MAY 2006
Los Angeles, California
Piolín, a Spanish-language DJ named after the Mexican
version of the Hanna-Barbera cartoon character Tweety,
agrees to help publicize an upcoming march in opposition
to a proposed bill that would make illegal immigrants
instant felons. Half a million people take to the streets.
The gringo media is baffled and bewildered, Rush Limbaugh
rendered speechless, Bill O'Reilly outraged.
DECEMBER 21, 2012
The known world
According to Maya prophecy, the end of the fifth sun,
or the end of the world as we know it.
2005–7
Phoenix, Arizona
In her Bodywork project, Liz Cohen converts a utilitar-
ian East German Trabant automobile into a Chevy El
Camino lowrider, learning the necessary mechanical and
hydraulics skills at a local body shop. Simultaneously, she
converts herself into a car-show bikini model, subverting
gender roles and transforming the future of lowriding.
