435 S. Guadalupe St.
The video premiere,Miss Nalgas USA 2022, focuses on a performance artwork by the same title. This one-night only performance, held in Farmington, NM on November 12th, was sponsored by the Fulcrum Fund. An invented beauty pageant focusing on women over fifty, the performance features contestants vying for the honor of being Miss Nalgas USA 2022. It showcases artist Rosemary Meza-DesPlas as the character and pageant winner Miss Refried Rosi Frijoles. This satirical performance artwork poses questions about stereotypical notions of beauty and the preferred figurative traits of the Latina. Socio-cultural issues of ethnic identity and aging are addressed in this performance.
