Performance and Artist Talk: Mario García Torres
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Performance and Artist Talk: Mario García Torres

Mario García Torres, I Am Not a Flopper, 2007 (video still). Stage monologue performed by David Dastmalchian. Courtesy the artist and the Hammer Museum, Los Angeles.

This opening-night celebration of Illusion Brought Me Here begins with a performance of the monologue I Am Not a Flopper, written by Mario García Torres and Aaron Schuster, performed by David Dastmalchian. Afterwards, the artist discusses his multifaceted practice in a lively conversation with exhibition curator Vincenzo de Bellis.

I Am Not a Flopper takes as its subject the name “Allen Smithee”—a pseudonym used by film directors in Hollywood who wish to disown a project, particularly when they were dissatisfied with the movie’s final version. In this monologue, a fictional Smithee elaborates on the complex relationships between his public persona and his long filmography.

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