United States of Amnesia is a visually dynamic magical realist Latino voodoo aesthetic. Torres-Tama conjures the past to address the present in a system that seduces you to forget. Torres-Tama conjures the past to address the present in a system that seduces you to forget. He inhabits the role of a Shamanistic Time Traveler with invocations, spoken word, and performance rituals—where the sacred and profane converge. In United States of Amnesia, Jose is a Shamanistic Time Traveler with invocations, spoken word, and performance rituals—where the sacred and profane converge.