The Great Tortilla Conspiracy is a collective based on food. The founding
document of the Conspiracy cites the miraculous appearance of several deities,
not least of which is the Virgin of Guadalupe, upon various surfaces—clouds,
rocks, folded laundry, as well as upon various food stuffs… most famously toast.
The GTC roots of miraculous apparitions go back to the early days at the Galeria
de la Raza in the Mission District of San Francisco. An artist taking his inspiration
from vaqueros of yore bent a coat hanger into a sacred shape and branded
tortillas with the saintly image. While the tortilla plays the central role in the
esthetic practice that is the Great Tortilla Conspiracy, the results at first were not
edible. Technological developments have finally settled on a secret recipe that
has been called delicious by many a quesadilla acolyte. Edible artwork is
screenprinted on tortillas and cooked on a griddle. Cheese is melted; salsa is
optional. The art consumer can both eat and enjoy the aesthetic sensation that is
the Great Tortilla Conspiracy. The Great Tortilla Conspiracy embraces the
principles of free food for all, and digestible satire.
