The evening will start with "The Future as Sanctuary" by Alex Rivera, followed by a performative talk by Guillermo Gómez-Peña aka El Mad Mex and Balitronica aka The Phantom Mariachi. In "The Future as Sanctuary," Alex Rivera will discuss different approaches to the terrain of 'the future' through his science fictions, virtual realities, and drone interventions. The discussion will include clips of Rivera's work, from the mid 1990s to the present, work that migrates from present-day crises into post-colonial imaginaries. Guillermo Gómez-Peña and Balitronica from international performance troupe La Pocha Nostra present a performative talk on their artivist strategies for fighting xenophobia, sexism, homophobia and racism both in the art world and larger society. Alongside their candid conversation, they will invoke performance texts, sound art and a photo slide show of recent work.