The music of "Metro Asfixia" paints the sounds of the moving subway cars, complete with squealing brakes and cries for help. In the overcrowded Mexico City metro, women are routinely sexually assaulted and harassed. Ana Avila and some work colleagues protested the violence by dressing in black robes and carrying orange placards that read, "El Metro

The music of "Metro Asfixia" paints the sounds of the moving subway cars, complete with squealing brakes and cries for help. In the overcrowded Mexico City metro, women are routinely sexually assaulted and harassed. Ana Avila and some work colleagues protested the violence by dressing in black robes and carrying orange placards that read, "El Metro es público. ¿Mi cuerpo? ¡No! (The Metro is public. My body? No!) ¿Me tengo que vestir así para que me respetes? (Do I have to dress like this for you to respect me?)

A Collaborative Investigative Composition (CIC) by Ana Avila and Pamela Ruiter-Feenstra.