Jorge Espinosa

Hisspanic

Hiss:
1. A sharp sibilant sound similar to a sustained s.
2. An expression of disapproval, contempt, or dissatisfaction conveyed by use of this sound.
v. hissed, hiss·ing, hiss·es
v.intr.
To make a hiss: The audience booed and hissed. The teakettle hissed on the stove.
v.tr.
1. To utter with a hiss.
2. To express (a negative view or reaction) by uttering a hiss: The audience hissed its displeasure.

Hisspanic (Lo he perdido) -2015-present- is an ongoing sound piece using the word “Hispanic”, sampled from a Fox News report about increase of violence against Hispanic population in the U.S. and significantly stretched in order to create a drone like atmosphere that last about 15 minutes. This sonic atmosphere is occasionally disturbed by other found sounds from the same report or by the same sample played at a different rate. From far away, this artwork sounds like an amplified hiss sound from a malfunctioning speaker.