Raquel Gutierrez

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About me

Industry Arts
Occupation Writer | Performer | Promoter | Curator
Location Los Angeles, California, United States
Introduction is a militant dilettante, critical consumer, and spatial junky.

Los Angeles-based writer, performer, and cultural activist that delves into the evocative heartbreaking spectacles of la vida cotidiana.
Interests Racialized desire, disrupted latinidad, experimental art, performance & theatre, visual activism, speech acts, thievery, thuggery & skullduggery.
Favorite Movies Times Square, Crybaby, Y Tu Mama Tambien, E.T., American Splendor, Trainspotting, Belle du Jour, Paz y El Sexo
Favorite Music John Coltrane, Chavela Vargas, Thelonious Monk, The Germs, The Refused, Jay-Z, Bikini Kill, Nas, Manu Chao, Los Crudos, The Brat, TV On The Radio, Kanye West, Pharoah Sanders, Mos Def, The Selecter, The Jam
Favorite Books Love and Rockets oeuvre by the Bros. Hernandez, Borderlands by Gloria Anzaldua, High Fidelity by Nock Hornby, Great Expectations by Kathy Acker, Erasure by Percival Everett

You've written a hit musical! How will you avoid having fame go to your head?

There's nothing my parents can't do!