Walled in cabin: An American Ritual
“In a Post-American United States, self-proclaimed patriot poet emerges from his cabin to lead a highly anticipated ritual of reckoning. Runes/symbols of the country of old are used in relation to the body to let out a good old fashioned American Yawp. He takes place in exciting events such as consuming gut soup, speaking in verse, and participating in subconscious visual therapy all in an effort to identify the American essence.
Rey Cordova is a Chicanx poet, performer, and visual artist from Riverside, California. Cordova’s work is concerned with performance of identity, race, and culture through a theatrical/poetic lens. His work draws from and attempts to subvert American art and literary practices as a way to artistically confront the power structures that exist in the United States.He earned a B.A. in Theater Arts from University of California: Santa Cruz, and will soon graduate with an MFA in Digital Arts and New Media also from UC Santa Cruz.