Pedra Dura
Speculative Listening to a Landscape in Transformation
Sound/ multimedia installation
Centro Cultural do Porto, 2023
Masters Thesis project
We consider an object inert because we are unable to perceive the slow change in its materiality. A mountain appears the same to us, just like a stone, but geological cycles are also in progress, simultaneously with organic cycles, even if we do not perceive them with the naked eye. Assuming that objects are not just the image we see in our brains, but also the process of their creation, this sound installation speculates on a geological narrative by intersecting field recordings with the morphological analysis of São Paio beach in Labruge. The contours of certain geological elements of this place are monitored and used to manipulate the soundscape, resulting in a zone of turbulence where documentary and speculation overlap, producing a third sound with which we are invited to engage. Proposing to listen to non-human entities, shifting away from an anthropocentric focus, puts us in contact with our environment and fosters an ecological empathy that invites us to reflect on how we relate to Nature and the urgency of this relationship.
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Centro Cultural do Porto, 2023
Masters Thesis project
We consider an object inert because we are unable to perceive the slow change in its materiality. A mountain appears the same to us, just like a stone, but geological cycles are also in progress, simultaneously with organic cycles, even if we do not perceive them with the naked eye. Assuming that objects are not just the image we see in our brains, but also the process of their creation, this sound installation speculates on a geological narrative by intersecting field recordings with the morphological analysis of São Paio beach in Labruge. The contours of certain geological elements of this place are monitored and used to manipulate the soundscape, resulting in a zone of turbulence where documentary and speculation overlap, producing a third sound with which we are invited to engage. Proposing to listen to non-human entities, shifting away from an anthropocentric focus, puts us in contact with our environment and fosters an ecological empathy that invites us to reflect on how we relate to Nature and the urgency of this relationship.
Watch the teaser
Listen to the composition
