Coco Fusco, in her essay “The Other History of Intercultural Performance” (1994), argues that “conscious methods may not necessarily transform unconscious structures of belief” and thus that art might be a better tool for fighting racism and other justice issues than what she calls “didactic” methods. Choose one artwork from the Museo del Barrio exhibits, observe it for around eight seconds (the average amount of time a museum visitor spends looking at a single work), and then write down your first impressions (100 words). Then, observe the artwork for ten minutes. Using Fusco’s essay as inspiration, write an analysis of what you discovered about this artwork after a long observation, especially which “unconscious structures of belief” it is attempting to transform.(400 words).
