Mapear a paisagem migrante
Lucía Chamorro and Ricardo Arbiza propose a creation and research project based on listening to the sound environment of the Vouzela area, focusing on the cultural value of migration movements. The artists will work from the creation of sound, audiovisual records, and having conversations with inhabitants, to later propose reflections about diversity, cultural heritage, and listening practices. For Lucía and Ricardo, working in the area of sound art is challenging since one is immersed in a predominantly visual culture. But listening is a fundamental tool when we want to know and value the history and cultural heritage of a community. The process and result could be shared in different ways according to the generated materials. This could have the form of virtual and physical installation, sound maps, audiovisual material, texts, interactive web pages, among others.
Lucía Chamorro is a sound artist, who has worked on several soundscape research projects in contexts where diverse cultures, generations, nationalities, religions, social classes, memories, and professional activities coexist. From the diversity of cultural contributions arise manifestations such as Flamenco, in Andalusia (Spain) where she is developing an ongoing project, in which she searches for flamenco sounds while wandering around the city of Granada. In 2013 Lucía Chamorro worked on the project Paisaje Sonoro de la Laguna de Rocha, a protected area in Uruguay, with a great richness of flora and fauna, where families who work around artisanal fishing, park rangers, people who used to live in the city and “silence” coexist.
Ricardo Arbiza is an interdisciplinary artist, moved by the desire to create new experiences, being able to weave all the invisible spatial layers between human interaction and its physical context. As a performer-composer, he’s been working in creative ways to engage with the audience through the cyber-physical space such as Arduino, Raspberry Pi, web browser, phone applications, JavaScript libraries, machine learning, VR experiences, vinyl records, cassette tapes, and the use of acoustic and electroacoustic instruments. Presently, and in conjunction with the New York University, Ricardo Arbiza is working as a researcher in a project called: “Recovery and historical reconstruction of the soundscape of the former Frigorífico (Meatpacking) Anglo”, denominated the world kitchen during WWII. There, the project’s team seek to understand the historical, economic, and social events of “the landscapes of industrial revolution” in Uruguay, through the lens of both current and historical sounds.