In connection with MexiCali Biennial, the PARA/normal Borders Conversation Series of three public events brings together MacArthur Fellows whose work expands our understanding of borders across literature, film visual art, music and critical scholarship. This first event features MacArthur Fellows Josh Kun (2016) and Alex Rivera (2021) in conversation to explore how music, film, media, and speculative storytelling shape the ways histories are recorded, circulated, and remembered within the U.S.–Mexico borderlands. Together, they present work and engage in a conversation that considers how artistic and scholarly practices connect communities, recover overlooked histories, and imagine new futures.
September 9, 2026
5:00-7:00 p.m.
Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts, Whittier College
Whittier, CA
