Oral history interview with Carmelita Tropicana
name: label: Interviewee
content: Tropicana, Carmelita
label: Interviewer
content: Thomas, Mary
topic: label: Occupation
content: Performance artists -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Occupation
content: Authors -- New York (State) -- New York
label: Topic
content: Cuban American artists
label: Topic
content: Lesbian artists
label: Topic
content: Women performance artists
label: Topic
content: Women authors
label: Topic
content: LGBTQ+
label: Topic
content: Latino and Latin American artists
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: This interview is part of the Archives of American Art Oral History Program, started in 1958 to document the history of the visual arts in the United States, primarily through interviews with artists, historians, dealers, critics and administrators.
creator: label: Interviewee
content: Tropicana, Carmelita
label: Interviewer
content: Thomas, Mary
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewee Carmelita Tropicana (1951-) is a writer and performance artist known for works that probe national, ethnic, gender, and human boundaries. Her performances generally include several personae and multiplicities of perspectives, and feature fantastical and queer themes. Born in Cuba, she is based in New York City.
label: Biographical / Historical
content: Interviewer Mary Thomas is an art historian based in Minneapolis, Minnesota who has also served as the Director of Programs for the US Latinx Art Forum.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 5 Items (audiovisual files (7 hrs., 34 min.), digital, mp4)
phystech: label: Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
content: Recorded on Zoom (videoconferencing software)
unitdate: label: Date
content: 2024 May 18-June 14
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.tropic24
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Interviews
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content: Video recordings
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Interviews
label: Genre/Form
content: Video recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: An interview with Carmelita Tropicana conducted 2024 May 18-June 14, by Mary Thomas for the Archives of American Art, at Tropicana's home in New York, New York.­