A quadraphonic SoundArt piece that was developed through several experiences of field recordings throughout the beautiful landscapes of the village while simultaneously interacting with its inhabitants. This work of art glorifies the evident interchanges of emigration experiences, as reported by the participants, emotionally summarized in a brief gathering of words of four phonetically distinct languages (French, German, Portuguese and Italian), accompanied by a soundscape composition that underlines the ethnographic and identity aspect, specific to the region, without forgetting the aural and emotion experience lived by the artist/composer during the residency in question. 

Since early years interested in sound, José Bica’s techniques and knowledge are not only related to sound, but as well in the manner as it propagates in the space and connects to different kinds of media, as paintings, sculpture, video, dance and theatre. His research focuses soundscape and sound effects, music production and composition, acoustic ecology, acoustics and psychoacoustics dealing with communication. The assumed interest in exploring interactivity using diverse programming environments led to focus on the use and manipulation of field recordings to produce sound pieces for installations and also for the creation of experimental poetics and textures in a musical context. In recent years José Bica worked in projects regarding documentary and fiction films in the sound department (as boom operator, sound recordist and sound designer) for television, cinema and commercials.