Borderstasis: A Video Diary   00:22:00 1998
This strange, lyrical performance video diary is a millennial reflection on the impossibility to "reveal" one's self in stormy times such as ours. The piece is also about the intricate connections between performance and everyday life; about language, identity, love, nostalgia and activism amidst the California apocalypse. Through a series of poetic tableaux vivants, performance actions and found footage, Borderstasis articulates the fluid boundaries between public and private, mythical and real, as they exist in the life of a "migrant performance artist" living in a fully globalized world. Commissioned by German TV ARTE; directed and written by performance artist Guillermo Gómez Peña. Edited by Lisa Diener, sound design by Rona Michele. Also available on: Anthology: Border Art Clásicos (1990-2005): Guillermo Gómez-Peña	Biography of Guillermo Gómez-Peña Best performance, Vancouver ElectroLit Videopoem Festival Titles by Guillermo Gómez-Peña: Border Brujo Borderstasis: A Video Diary The Brown Sheep Project A Declaration of Poetic Disobediance El Naftazteca: Cyber-Aztec TV for 2000 A.D. The Great Mojado Invasion, Part 2 (The Second U.S. - Mexico War) Los Videograffitis (A Selection from Ethno-techno) No homeland/no fear Son of Border Crisis Temple of Confessions Work by Guillermo Gómez-Peña also appears on: Anthology: Border Art Clásicos (1990-2005): Guillermo Gómez-Peña