I am Vincente Perez. I am SubVersive.
My work starts from the premise that slavery is process that is currently ongoing, and that Black voice is always (already) constrained by a white supremacist violence that hides its destruction behind liberal ideals such as progress, The Human, multiculturalism and more. To this end I ask: what does it look, sound and feel like to explore relations with other forms of life that whiteness deems impossible? What kind of poems come from thingliness… from objects resisting… from waywardness… from no origin… from formlessness… There are/were/and will be value systems that operate outside of white supremacist logic and values. There are worlds and stories that fundamentally cannot be understood by whiteness and stand as a threat to its attempted omnipotence. My work adds to the chorus of voices, experiences, and life that affirm Black life, queer futurity, indigenous sovereignty, intersectional feminism, and various other ways of living, being, and knowing.
I am a cultural worker and my art is consciousness building—a way to get out of the projections that make us fear a more equitable world. My work is always public facing and accessible: I hold workshops and presentations all throughout the US to bring my ideas to people who can build with me and put these ideas into practice.
Full CV Here
I am Vincente Perez. I am SubVersive.
My work starts from the premise that slavery is process that is currently ongoing, and that Black voice is always (already) constrained by a white supremacist violence that hides its destruction behind liberal ideals such as progress, The Human, multiculturalism and more. To this end I ask: what does it look, sound and feel like to explore relations with other forms of life that whiteness deems impossible? What kind of poems come from thingliness… from objects resisting… from waywardness… from no origin… from formlessness… There are/were/and will be value systems that operate outside of white supremacist logic and values. There are worlds and stories that fundamentally cannot be understood by whiteness and stand as a threat to its attempted omnipotence. My work adds to the chorus of voices, experiences, and life that affirm Black life, queer futurity, indigenous sovereignty, intersectional feminism, and various other ways of living, being, and knowing.
I am a cultural worker and my art is consciousness building—a way to get out of the projections that make us fear a more equitable world. My work is always public facing and accessible: I hold workshops and presentations all throughout the US to bring my ideas to people who can build with me and put these ideas into practice.
Full CV Here
Artist Statement
Media Coverage and Artist Interviews
October 2023
Boggess, Mar’Che. “Poet Vincente Perez Discusses New Collection Other Stories to Tell Ourselves and Poetry as a Means of Preservation.”
The Pitch. 26 Oct. 2023, https://tinyurl.com/TPKCVP
“Author Spotlight: Vincente G. Perez.” LetrasLatinasBlog2, 24 Oct. 2023, https://tinyurl.com/LLB2VGP10
January 2023
“Sundress Publications Announces the Light Bill Incubator Microgrant Recipient.” The Sundress Blog, Sundress Publications, 16 Jan. 2023, https://tinyurl.com/SPVGP
Boggess, Mar’Che. “Poet Vincente Perez Discusses New Collection Other Stories to Tell Ourselves and Poetry as a Means of Preservation.”
The Pitch. 26 Oct. 2023, https://tinyurl.com/TPKCVP
“Author Spotlight: Vincente G. Perez.” LetrasLatinasBlog2, 24 Oct. 2023, https://tinyurl.com/LLB2VGP10
January 2023
“Sundress Publications Announces the Light Bill Incubator Microgrant Recipient.” The Sundress Blog, Sundress Publications, 16 Jan. 2023, https://tinyurl.com/SPVGP
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