PARTICIPATION soundpedro 2021 participation: N/A Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2021:Zero-Material Performance is a phenomenological exploration of listening and sound creation using only the human body. The work is focused on the physical sensations of the wind on the face, specifically the resonances that can be created and perceived when the relationships between the […]
PARTICIPATION orbit . Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2021:orbit is a 4-channel surround sound installation built around field recordings collected at multiple Black Lives Matter protests in Los Angeles from the summer of 2020 layered beneath synthesized helicopter sounds. In addition to responding to the specific moment from which it originate, the work subjectively […]
PARTICIPATION Transparent thoughts & Oxomoco . Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2021: Transparent thoughtsOxomoco Plastic transparency film. Jose Trejo-Maya is a remnant of the Nahuatlacah oral tradition a tonalpouhque mexica, a commoner from the lowlands from a time and place that no longer exists. Born in Celaya, Guanajuato, Mexico, where he spent his childhood in the small […]
PARTICIPATION Foghorn Ecologies queers the idea of a foghorn by inversing the relationship of who is making the sound and who is listening. Found, traumatized instruments are welded into new amalgamations and temporarily installed in the ocean. What are different ways to listen, and what can listening do for us and our relationships with our […]
PARTICIPATION 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·esv.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) […]
PARTICIPATION Carlos (Roof/Techo) Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2020: Techo/Roof This piece reflects about two worlds: up and down, north and south, legal and illegal. One speaker hanging from the ceiling plays extracts from an interview (in Spanish) I recorded in Tijuana, Mx to a young Mexican named Carlos who have crossed the border […]
PARTICIPATION Resilience Ensemble Proposed work as accepted for soundpedro 2021: Resilience Ensemble This project is a direct response to global pandemic, COVID-19, which specifically attacks the lungs, and to Black Lives Matter Movement, which carried the cries of Eric Garner and George Floyd’s “I can’t breathe,” into a catalyst for change. Breathwork and breath awareness […]
PARTICIPATION The Waking Dream “The Waking Dream” is an animation that features simple shapes and stick figures that when seen together form a larger narrative about the trials and tribulations of life.“The Waking Dream” looks forward and back. It is a low tech realization of a high tech world. The animation explores the relationship of […]
PARTICIPATION Enigma n^2022 is a philosophical poetry and music toy for musicians, poets and philosophers from the age of 7 up. It’s voice-based interactive granular synthesis + color music + digital poetry. The audio, which is listenable for hours, is nonetheless all sampled from a 5 second recording of the word ‘meaning’ spoken backwards once, […]
PARTICIPATION Untitled for soundpedro A little about the track if you’re curious: Instead of getting out to collect found sounds around San Pedro, I stayed home and recorded people cheering from their windows and porches – they do it every night here at 8 o’clock. Maybe this is happening in your neighborhood too. It apparently […]