Interview with Diana Raznovich.

Summary: Interview with Diana Raznovich, conducted by Mila Aponte-González, during the 7th Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, held in August of 2009 in Bogotá, Colombia under the title 'Staging Citizenship: Cultural Rights in the Americas.' In this interview, Diana Raznovich talks about her take on how her particular performance-related work makes a political intervention in the public sphere. This interview complements Diana Raznovich's and Margarita Borja's performance 'La Deuda,' showcased in this 10-day event, which brought together activism, scholarship, and art around the themes of legacies, memories, struggles, and frontiers of citizenship. Diana Raznovich is an Argentinean playwright with a long trajectory and national and international recognition. She is also a cartoonist, and has produced numerous performances and installations with her cartoons. She has been exiled in Spain since 1975.

Credits: Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, producer ; Frances Pollitt, videographer.

Credits: Diana Raznovich, interviewee ; Mila Aponte-González, interviewer.