Imperfecto
The search for the truth takes a man through the abyss of urban falsehoods where he encounters those who would follow him to the nearest social exit. 1983. 3/4 in. video. Color. 34:00.

Insultan
l-r:
George Gamboa, Daniel Villarreal

Insultan
A rude awakening for a man who battles the world on his way to a permanent deep sleep. 1983. 3/4 in. video. Color. 24:17.

Vaporz
Juan Garza

Vaporz
A couple disengage in silent boredom. 1984. 3/4 in. video. Color. 7:40.

Blanx
A possessive relationship results in passive/aggressive rejection and destruction. (In memory of Lorraine Ordaz.)
1984. 3/4 in. video. Black and White. 7:44.
Included in 2006 Centre Pompidou exhibition.

Baby Kake
Marie Antoinette offers to baby sit a difficult child while a single mother tries to regain her happiness and identity. 1984. 3/4 in. video. Color. 6:02.

Agent X
Spies have too many eyes looking out where they don't belong. 1984. 3/4 in. video. Color. 4:47.

No Supper
The Chicano nuclear family dines on angst, cold cuts, and fishy propositions. 1987. 3/4 in. video. Color. 28:00.

Harry Gamboa Jr. is an internationally recognized writer and visual artist.

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© Harry Gamboa Jr. All rights reserved.
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El Mundo L.A. : Humberto Sandoval, Actor
Humberto Sandoval searches for reasons why there are no pyramids in Aztlán.
1992, SVHS, color, 12:00.

L.A. Familia
l-r:
Barbara Carrasco, Humberto Sandoval

L.A. Familia
The Chicano nuclear family experiences a meltdown at ground zero of urban L.A.
Included in the 1995 Whitney Biennial.
Included in 2006 Centre Pompidou exhibition.
1993, SVHS, color, 37:00.

Mañanamania
Linda Gamboa

Mañanamania
A woman reveals her recipe for burnt relationships as she bakes her cake and eats it too.
Premiered at Museum of Modern Art , New York.
1994, SVHS, color, 14:00.

Fire Ants For Nothing
Ruben Guevara

Fire Ants For Nothing
A man declares his humanity as he struggles to push psychological boulders from his path.
1994, SVHS, color, 8:00.

Huevitos
l-r:
Barbara Carrasco, Humberto Sandoval

Huevitos
Rotten eggs make the marriage as love is scrambled beyond repair.
1994, SVHS, color, 21:00.

Loner With A Gun
A street artist alters the urbanscape with images of guns as he paints his way towards peace.
1994, SVHS, color, 8:00.

Rite of Overpass
l-r:
Fabiola Torres, Jesús "Chuy" Torres

Rite of Overpass
Crossing-over is never accomplished when bridges crumble easily as fragile ideals. (In memory of Lorraine Ordaz.)
1998, SVHS, color, 14:00.

Harry Gamboa Jr. is an internationally recognized writer and visual artist. As co-founder of the Chicano art group ASCO (1971-1987), he developed such multi-media forms as the “no-movie” and “fotonovela,” which drew attention to the workings of mass culture. In the mid-1980s, working through cable access, Gamboa produced a series of "conceptual dramas" that explored both stereotypical and traditional notions about the Latino family. In these works, collected here for the first time, Gamboa combined the political influences of the Chicano Movement with the narrative excess of film noir, B-movies, and Mexican telenovelas. Gamboa's writings and image-text art are published in Urban Exile: The Collected Writings of Harry Gamboa Jr. ( Minnesota , 1998).

Program Content
© Harry Gamboa Jr. All rights reserved.
Package Design and Summary
© 2004 UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center