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ASCO Super 8

 Digital Work
Identifier: D003-3-01

Creator

Description

This film was originally shot on 8mm. Runtime is approximately 11 minutes and 44 seconds.

Copyright

Copyright has not been assigned to the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. All requests for permission to publish must be submitted in writing to the Chicano Studies Research Center Library. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center as the owner of the physical item and is not intended to include or imply permission from the copyright holder, which must also be obtained.

Biographical / Historical

Harry Gamboa, Jr. (1951-) is a painter, writer, photographer, and video artist from Los Angeles, Calif.

Biographical / Historical

Asco was an East Los Angeles based Chicano artist collective, active from 1972 to 1987. Asco adopted its name as a collective in 1973, making a direct reference to the word's significance in Spanish ("asco"), which is disgust or repulsion. Asco's work throughout 1970s and 1980s responded specifically to socioeconomic and political problems surrounding the Chicano community in the United States, as well the Vietnam War. Harry Gamboa, Jr., Glugio "Gronk" Nicandro, Willie Herrón and Patssi Valdez form the core members of the group.

Source:

Asco: Elite of the Obscure, A Retrospective, 1972–1987 at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art.

Simonson, Lily (25 November 2011). "Looking at Los Angeles: ASCO and Activism in Pacific Standard Time". art:21.

Language of Materials

English

Repository Details

Part of the Chicano Studies Research Center Library Repository

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