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2024
Electronics
- Program Notes
- Inspired by a scene from Cormac McCarthy's novel Blood Meridian, the remains of a wildfire in Northern New Mexico, and the devastating acequia flash floods in the mountain communities during the summer of 2022, Ponderosa Effigy explores the ever-increasing brutality ofNew Mexico's wildfire season; expressing the fear and horror conjured by images and stories of affected parts of the state, and fury and anger at the growth of the fossil-fuel industry amidst a hellish climate crisis in such a vulnerable and sacred place.
- Recording Notes
- Recorded in the BlackBox Theater at the University of Colorado Boulder
- Performer Credits
- Alan Mackwell (fujara)