PUERTO RICAN SUN
by Pedro Vélez



As I passed through the black steel gates in the graffiti-decorated pink façade of La Respuesta Club at 1600 Fernández Juncos Avenue in San Juan, the venue for FAS 08 Sound Art Fair, Aug. 15-17, 2008, the video artist and television producer Ozzie Forbes greeted me effusively with a phrase worthy of a bumper sticker: "In the worst of times, Puerto Rican artists produce the best of shows."

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