ARATA is an organization that aspires to present multidisciplinary work with the goal of sharing important stories about the Californias. A circus under the high top of history.

Jason Araújo

is an Eugene V. Cota-Robles Fellow and PhD student in the Department of Comparative Literature at the University of California, Los Angeles. His work as a scholar investigates the rich and sometimes lopsided relationship between France and Latin America, specifically the River Plate region, over the course of the long 19th century. This work leverages several important theoretical frameworks including theories of translation, post-coloniality, and the ever-elusive nature of genre. A San Diego native, he has been fascinated by California history since he returned from nearly three years of undergraduate study in Paris, France in 2007.

Philip Salata

is a multimedia artist with a foundation in literature, performance, and more recently photography. After his B.A. in Modern Literature at the University of California, Santa Cruz, Philip joined the Workcenter of Jerzy Grotowski and Thomas Richards, an international center for research in performance based in Pontedera, Italy. There as a performer and pedagogue (2008-2014) he focused on the creation of contemporary theatre work based on traditional performance craft, a form of research that borrowed from disciplines of social study, though more importantly focused on the relationship between self and one’s community.

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