Sophie Edson, Ronak Ved, Jasmin Rivera, Paolo Eleccion
Photographs
Photo Title: Soul Dancing
Photographer Name: Ronak Ved
Photo Date: March 16, 2019
Caption: Milvia Pacheco and Iris Viveros perform a traditional dance, aimed to heal the mind and spirit
Archive Categories: Making Scenes
Image File Name: DSC_0007
Photo Title: The Bomba
Photographer Name: Ronak Ved
Photo Date: March 16, 2019
Caption: Ivelisse Diaz, Monice Rojas-Stewart, and Amarilys Rios play the Bomba, while Jade Power-Sotomayor describes the roots of the bomba
Archive Categories: Making Scenes
Image File Name: DSC_0040
Photographer Name: Ronak Ved
Photo Date: March 16, 2019
Caption: Jade Power-Sotomayor leads the group in a traditional, improvised dance
Archive Categories: Building Communities
Image File Name: DSC_0081
Photographer Name: Ronak Ved
Photo Date: March 16, 2019
Caption: Ivelisse Diaz leads the group in another traditional, improvised dance
Archive Categories: Making Scenes
Image File Name: DSC_0091
Photo Title: Local Talent
Photographer Name: Ronak Ved
Photo Date: March 16, 2019
Caption: Local artist Leslie showcases some of her cultural artwork
Archive Categories: Write to Rock
Image File Name: DSC_0104
Photographer Name: Ronak Ved
Photo Date: March 16, 2019
Caption: The women of the conference share their unique experiences of being a woman in our society
Archive Categories: Building Communities
Image File Name: DSC_0109
Summary Explanation of Photo Categories
Photo: Soul Dancing – We chose to categorize this photo as Making Scenes because we believed that Milvia Pacheco and Iris Viveros were making an inspiring and powerful scene as they performed a traditional dance that was aimed to heal the mind and spirit
Photo: The Bomba – We chose to categorize this photo as Making Scenes because we believed that Ivelisse Diaz, Monice Rojas-Stewart, and Amarilys Rios make a loud and rythmic scene as they performed on the Bomba, while Jade Power-Sotomayor describes the roots of the instrument and music style
Photo: Dancing One – We chose to categorize this photo as Building Communities because we believed that as Sotomayor lead the whole group in a traditional dance it united the whole conference, even though many of us come from different cultures and upbringings
Photo: Dancing Two – We chose to categorize this photo as Making Scenes because we believed that as Ivelisse Diaz lead the group in another traditional and improvised dance, she moved with passion and with emotion – which made an exciting scene at the conference
Photo: Local Talent – We chose to categorize this photo as Write to Rock because we thought that local artist Leslie’s cultural artwork was very unique. As we talked to Leslie we learned she had the right to rock and also the write to rock, since all of her artwork was written and created by her
Photo: Group Discussion – We chose to categorize this photo as Building Communities because we believed that putting all of these different women on stage who have formed a community thus having different upbringings and even language barriers was truly powerful and uplifting. This conference has obviously built a community for so many people.
Summary Explanation of Why We Chose These Photos
The reason that we selected the 6 photos that we did is because we felt that they represented the action, emotion, and energy that was present at the conference. We chose many pictures of the performances in action because we believed that it displays the talent that was present at the conference and how the music brought all of us together to embrace different cultures. We enjoyed hearing the stories of the women involved in the conference as they sat on stage so we decided to include a photo of that and we also enjoyed the local art that was on display at the conference so we needed to include a photo of that as well.
What We Learned from Working as a Group and Attending this Conference
What we learned from working together throughout the class was that everyone has a different opinion and outlook on genre and music, but by working together we learned many new things and even re-shaped our own definitions of popular music. We all learned how to grow and how to compromise through genuinely hearing each other’s ideas. As a group, we were all very impressed by the conference and humbled by the talent of the performers and artists. For us, it was an awesome way to step outside of the classroom and experience such a moving environment full of love and spirit.
Live Blog Posts
By Paolo Eleccion
Interviews
Interview #1
The True Meaning Behind The Women Who Rock (Un)Conference
Interviewee One: Iris
Interviewer: Jasmin Rivera
Video Length: 1 minute and 39 seconds
What does this conference mean to you?
Iris: This conference, I have been involved with the conference since it began since years ago, so I have participated every time. When I began participating, I wasn’t into academia, so I was just a performer and artist, so it means space to center women artists and just women identifying artists. It changes the whole environment you know because I’ve been in spaces as a performer I’ve been in spaces where its mixed sometimes because we’re not accustomed, we’re not used to seeing women in positions you know at the center.
Jasmin: Yes, I didn’t even know this was a thing until recently, but I really like this. What is the most significant part of this conference would you say?
Iris: I would say community. I think the community, the people who come, everybody who comes and the space that I open and the people it attracts. It attracts people of different races, many races and different ages. You see children, you see women over 50, you see you know people of different ages but the intention being feminist and the intention being justice, the intention being reclaiming yourself as an act of justice.
Jasmin: Thank you very much, I appreciate it.
Interview #2
Interviewee Two: Weecho Gutierrez
Interviewer: Jasmin Rivera
Video Length: 1 Minute
Jasmin: What is significant to you about the conference?
Weecho: What’s significant to me about the conference is that it’s a place
where you can be yourself, free of judgement, free of fear, happy smiles, happy
feet, and it’s just a way to invoke yourself.
Jasmin: And what does it mean to you personally?
Weecho: To me personally, I’m going to take a minute for this one. Ya I am just
going to go back to the judge free part, like here I feel like I am surrounded
by people who more or less understand where I am coming from and if they don’t,
they’ll ask. It is just one of the last few places where I can be who I want to
be.
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