ABRAHAM CRUZVILLEGAS: HI, HOW ARE YOU, GONZO? EXHIBITION ACTIVATION FEATURING CHULITA VINYL CLUB ATX

Building Bondad: Cultivating Compassion Through Shared Experiences of Austin, Tejas, an activation of the exhibition Abraham Cruzvillegas: Hi, how are you, Gonzo? co-presented by Fusebox Festival in collaboration with Chulita Vinyl Club ATX.

Deeply exploring their mission and the notion of place-keeping, Chulita Vinyl Club ATX and their invited collaborators will utilize Abraham Cruzvillegas’s exhibition as a site for storytelling, conversation, and music. Gather with CVC ATX for an all-day, family-friendly event, beginning with a morning meditation honoring the land, its uses, and the history of downtown Austin, followed by live storytelling sessions from community members. The public is encouraged to bring photographs, artwork, and paper ephemera to contribute to a large-scale banner highlighting the people, places, and things that illustrate Austin to them. There will also be a video and audio booth set up for folks to drop in and record their own accounts of life past and present in Texas’s capital city.

By taking an active role in the care and maintenance of Austin’s social fabric by learning from the people who live and work here, CVC ATX will bring to life the concept of bondad, or graciousness. CVC ATX understands that maintaining a historical legacy is not just about preserving buildings, but also safeguarding the cultural memories associated with a place.

About Chulita Vinyl Clubs
Chulita Vinyl Club (CVC) launched in 2014 out of Austin, Texas, with the context of providing a space for empowerment and togetherness as a collective of women, gender-non-conforming, non-binary, LGBTQ+ DJs. Nationally, CVC brings together a community of vinyl-loving folks who uphold the belief that el disco es cultura. True to this belief, CVC unites a coalition of vinyl DJs with the goal of preserving and activating music and culture that might not otherwise be shared in the digital age.