The Society for Ethnomusicology brought scholars from around the country to New Mexico for its yearly conference. As part of a free, daylong symposium designed to launch the days of discussion, longtime experimentalists from femme-forward music festival Gatas y Vatas brought their work to the academics. Fest founder Marisa Demarco proposed to decolonize the panel itself through the performance, and she created an audio document of their approach, their intent and the result.

2018

Performers: Autumn Chacon, Monica Demarco, Marisa Demarco, Antonia Montoya

Pictured: Monica Demarco at Gatas y Vatas 7. Photo by William Blackshear and Joanna Furgal.