{"id":1114,"date":"2002-04-18T15:31:10","date_gmt":"2002-04-18T21:31:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blogs.saic.edu\/cate\/?p=1114"},"modified":"2025-01-10T09:08:03","modified_gmt":"2025-01-10T15:08:03","slug":"contemporary-artist-the-videos-of-ximena-cuevas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/2002\/04\/18\/contemporary-artist-the-videos-of-ximena-cuevas\/","title":{"rendered":"Contemporary Artist \u2013 The Videos of Ximena Cuevas"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><strong>Thursday. April 18, 2002, 6pm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><a href=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2009\/07\/cri_148028.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-2447 alignnone\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.saic.edu\/cate\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/100\/2009\/07\/cri_148028.jpg\" alt=\"cri_148028\" width=\"450\" height=\"350\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\"><em>Ximena Cuevas in person!<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cXimena Cuevas, Mexico\u2019s video artist extraordinaire: half magician, half mermaid, master of all she surveys.\u201d \u2014 B. Ruby Rich<\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">\u201cMexican video artist Ximena Cuevas is a poet of everyday life, a master of self-portraits and the fairy godmother of a new melodrama. Boldly defying taboo subjects with lightness and a self-conscious sense of humor that is changing the shape of Mexican film and video history, her hyper-layered, exquisitely scored, and intensely personal videos are ferociously surprising and imaginative.\u201d \u2014 Sergio de la Mora, <em>Senses of Cinema<\/em><\/p>\n<p class=\"MsoNormal\">Ximena Cuevas will introduce many of her short videos and current work in progress including: <em>Turistas<\/em> (work in progress) (2002), <em>Staying Alive <\/em>(2001); <em>Televisi\u00f3n <\/em>(1983-99); <em>Las Tres Muertes de Lupe<\/em> (1984); <em>Cuerpos de Papel<\/em> (1997);<em> Contemporary Artist <\/em>(1999); <em>El Diablo en la Piel <\/em>(1997); <em>La Puerta<\/em> (2000); <em>Cama <\/em>(1998); <em>A La manera de W. Disney <\/em>(1992); <em>Almas Gemelas<\/em> (1983-99); <em>Baba de Perico<\/em> (1999); <em>Estamos Para Servile<\/em> (1999); <em>Natural<\/em><em> Instincts<\/em> (1999); <em>Destino <\/em>(1999); <em>Hawaii <\/em>(1999); <em>Help<\/em> (1999); <em>La Tombola<\/em> (2001); <em>Calzada de Kansas<\/em> (1999); <em>Colchones Individuales<\/em> (2002). Co-presented by the Video Data Bank. 1983-2002, Ximena Cuevas, Mexico, ca. 85 min, video.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday. April 18, 2002, 6pm Ximena Cuevas in person! \u201cXimena Cuevas, Mexico\u2019s video artist extraordinaire: half magician, half mermaid, master of all she surveys.\u201d \u2014 B. Ruby Rich \u201cMexican video artist Ximena Cuevas is a poet of everyday life, a master of self-portraits and the fairy godmother of a new melodrama. 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