American Alien
In My Alien Abduction, Garcia creates enigmatic symbology to mythologize the acts of abduction and appropriation. It’s madness, really … and it was served with wine, cheese, a raffle and short works by aspiring writers and performers during the opening reception on February 4, 2017 — TribeLA Magazine attended.
My Alien Abduction is Garcia’s pursuit to recover that which was taken from him … from a culture and a people. He does this through the manipulation of a digital program that in and of itself is a device of appropriation.
The result is a series of images that serves the myth of power by taking back his own. This is an act of re-appropriation that deals with abduction of land, self and alien abduction. See the entire exhibit at the following link… The exhibit supports the non-profit performance art space, Highways in Santa Monica.
http://www.myalienabduction.net/
http://www.leogarcia.com/
Leo Garcia is a visual artist, performance curator, filmmaker, producer, actor and an award-winning playwright and has served as Highways Performance Space’s Artistic Director since 2003, where he has developed and presented over 700 performance works. His work is Influenced by the didactic of agitprop and inspired by the optimism of naiveté. For more on Garcia and his work, visit www.leogarcia.com, https://www.facebook.com/LeoGarcia3, https://twitter.com/_LeoGarcia LeoTV