The Great Tortilla Conspiracy

The Great Tortilla Conspiracy Presents:
TORTILLA ART FOR THE 21ST CENTURY

April 3rd to the 23rd
Opening Reception: Sat. April 5th 6:00pm

SomArts Bay Gallery
934 Brannan Street
San Francisco, CA 94103

Gallery Hours:
Tuesday thru Friday 1:00pm to 7:00pm,
Saturday 1:00pm to 9:00pm
SPECIAL TORTILLA OUTREACH EVENTS

Tortilla Drawing Rally
April 11th 5:00pm
A night of live & interactive art. Join us an create tortilla
art that will hang in our show. Featuring an interactive
Illusion performance produced by Adrian Arias.

Artist Panel Validating Tortilla Art
April 12th 6:00pm
Artists, Intellectuals, and Academics gather to discuss
the history of Tortilla Art and its role in the art world.

Tortilla Fashion Show
April 18th 7:00pm
A night of fashion, music, and dancing with Tortillas.

Panel on transgenic corn and the globalization of Tortillas
April 19th 5:00pm
A panel illuminating the role of corn and tortillas in
the global economy. Featuring a screening, performance art,
and a variety show by Capirotada.

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Participating Artists

The Great Tortilla Conspiracy inner circle:
Rene Yañez, Rio Yañez, and Jos Sances

George Aguilar, Troy Alders, Susana Aragon,
Anais Aragon-Arias, Adrian Arias, Mara Brown,
Rudy Cuellar, Ella Diaz, Michael Dingle,
Annamarta Dostourian, Candi Farlice, Daniel Galvez,
Bjorn Heinbach, Chip Lord, Carolina Lucero,
Violeta Luna, Susan Matthews, Sofia Mendez,
Jose Montoya, Juanishi Orosco, Alma Raddha,
Isis Rodriguez, Nicole Schach, Ann Schnake,
Lia Tealdi-Heinbach, Maurice Yañez, and many others!

The Great Tortilla Conspiracy

The Great Tortilla Conspiracy is the world’s most dangerous tortilla art collective. Modeling themselves after the Free Masons, artists Jos Sances, Rene Yañez, and Rio Yañez bring the gospel of tortilla art to the masses like no other. The Great Tortilla Conspiracy uses the tortilla as a canvas to make art accessible to the masses. As a medium tortillas have the ability to expose the community to a wide range of issues. The Conspiracy uses their art to raise issues related to identity, immigration, miracle tortilla apparitions, the high price of tortillas in Mexico, and the rise of Transgenic Corn. The genetic engineering of corn is something that is impacting millions of people in the United States and Mexico and they address their concerns with it through their artwork and mischief.

We will feature same day digital printing and heat transferring of images on tortillas. Artists and the public alike can witness the process of permanently bonding an image onto a tortilla. The primary artists of The Great Tortilla Conspiracy will be dressed in labcoats baring the sacred seal of the conspiracy and large banners will be hung announcing their presence.

Special Features of The Great Tortilla events and exhibits have included
*Our Tortilla Hall of Fame, which features portraits of artists and community leaders on tortillas as recognition of their contributions.

* Invited guest artists who create tortilla art in the gallery

* Monoprinting on our special digitally printed tortillas.

* Live silkscreening on actual tortillas.

* Live photo-portraits that can be heat pressed onto tortillas

* Interactive component for the public to create their own tortilla art on our digitally printed tortillas.

* On-demand Tortilla art shop: get artwork from your favorite tortilla artists transferred onto a tortilla for you to take home.

* A special exhibit on the history of genetically modified corn, tortillas, and tortilla apparitions.

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items are from between 12 Sep 2006 & 10 Apr 2007.