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The students at UCSB in Chicano Studies 1c focused on Gloria Anzaldua's Borderlands. The topic we focused on was Tlilli Tlapalli, the red and black ink, which is way for a person to express themselves artistically. Wether it be painting, drawing, singing, dancing, literature and writing. As a result we created a film about a chicana who struggles to write a paper her professor assigned her. Her writing as a form of art is pushed to the limit as she struggles to find the words to express who she is. The students at UCSB in Chicano Studies 1c focused on Gloria Anzaldua's... more
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Tllili Tlapalli is a Nahuatl term meaning red and black that connects the ancient homeland with contemporary artists, writers, and scholars. Tllili Tlapalli is associated with teaching, awareness, and learning through the art forms of theater and literature. Muralists such as Consuelo Mendez and Patricia Rodriguez are two prominent figures in the Mujeres Muralistas movement, whose primary goal is to educate through community artwork. The images used in the murals teach contemporary Chicano(a)s about their history, thus forming a new and stronger sense of identity.Tllili Tlapalli is a Nahuatl term meaning red and black that connects the ancient... more
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Our group concentrated on the Tlilli Tlapalli Consciousness as explained by Gloria Anzaldua’s Boderlands/La Frontera book. She portrays art as a communal activity that educates and inspires people. She criticizes the Western art tradition by stating: “Western art is always whole and always ‘in power.’ It is individual (not communal). It is ‘psychological’ in that it spins its energies between it self and its witness” (Anzaldua 90). Tlilli Tlapalli is a Nahuatl word for black and red ink, which represent writing and wisdom. This video was made by Chican@ Studies students at the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB). In our video, we portray different ways art is perceived in Western culture versus non-Western cultures. In the movie, the actress (Melissa) who plays Anzaldua falls asleep and has a dream about how her ancestors perceived art. They believe that art is meant to be alive, meaningful, and not enclosed in a museum. This dream frightens her at first, but then inspires her to continue her artistic work.
Our group concentrated on the Tlilli Tlapalli Consciousness as explained by Gloria... more
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