Artist and new media expert Lea Rekow in conversation with Pablo Helguera whose opera, The Foreign Legion, will be presented as part of the PERFORMA Biennial in New York on Nov. 10-11, 2005, as part of a series of works begun in 2004 as a means to exploit the interstices between art discussion and art making and the place of art in the broader cultural context. The title refers to the historical traditions of mercenary soldiers, and while addressing current political climates, the performance seeks to question the compromising of our beliefs in order to gain, or simply survive.