Neon Chicha: Counter‑Aesthetics from Peruvian Pop(ular) Art

Writer, curator, and cultural historian Alfredo Villar presents Neon Chicha: Counter‑Aesthetics from Peruvian Pop(ular) Art— an exploration of how chicha graphics emerged as the first great visual conquest of a mass that overflowed, invading cities and transforming their peripheries into new centers of creativity. He addresses the movement's roots in internal migration, its popular aesthetic, and its significance as a form of cultural resistance and identity formation.

Villar is joined in moderated conversation by the artist MONKY.

A DJ set of Peruvian chicha closes the event.

In his discussion, Alfredo will explore how chicha graphics emerged as the first great visual conquest of a mass that overflowed, invading cities and transforming their peripheries into new centers of creativity. He will address the movement's roots in internal migration, its popular aesthetic, and its significance as a form of cultural resistance and identity formation.

Presented in partnership with ArtPower, House of Peru, Sixth College, Muir College, Theater & Dance Dept, VisArts Dept