Video documentation of the participation of Puerto Rican experimental artists Teresa Hernández and Viveca Vázquez at the 2nd Encuentro of the Hemispheric Institute of Performance and Politics, titled "Memory, Atrocity, Resistance," held in Monterrey, Mexico in 2001. Long time collaborators, Vázquez and Hernández are also co-founders and directors of Taller de Otra Cosa, Inc., a nonprofit organization committed to the development and production of experimental dance and performance projects. Here shown is Teresa's spectacle "El ser complejo o el complejo del ser," where characters Licenciada Perdóname, her sister Perpetua, and art critic and cultural pundit Isabella Fernández (all performed by chameleonic Hernández) satirically explore, diatribe and digress on the complex issues of identity politics and collective memory in contemporary Puerto Rico. Vázquez, in turn, presents her experimental dance piece "Miss Puerto Rico o la isla que se repite," and reads her paper "Baile atroz y coreografía del error," in which she discusses her choreographic coordinates in the context of contemporary experimental dance and performance, particularly in the terms of the current cultural climate in Puerto Rico. Her lecture is illustrated by means of a slideshow, which adds to the multimedia aspect of their performance, along with the projection of the short film/performance piece "Viernes social" (created by Taller de Otra Cosa). Finally, the artists open up the space for a Q&A session with the audience, in which they talk about their ongoing creative relationship and the exploits of independent experimental artists in this day and age.