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How do objects sound?
I made a series of performances whose common denominator is the microphoning of different surfaces with contact microphones made by me with electronic lutherie. Each amplified object is a potential instrument that is activated as a sound source when played through touch by me and/or my collaborators.
Situation bodies
PERFORMATIVE SOUND ACTIVATION
As part of the closing of Fuerza Diagonal, solo show by Silvia Rivas at Rolf Art curated by Jazmín Adler. Collaboration between Aldo Benítez, Catriel Nievas and Victoria Papagni. Photographic registration by Mayra Ferreira Basso. 2019.
"Sound intervention by Aldo Benítez, Victoria Papagni and Catriel Nievas as part of the closing of Silvia Rivas' exhibition. The action of the performers' bodies is combined with a series of sounds produced in real time and others generated beforehand, with both sources deployed in relation to movement. Displacements and sound impulses thus converge in a new temporality/materiality, given by other ways of inhabiting the exhibition space" Jazmín Adler.
Activation of works
PERFORMATIVE SOUND ACTIVATION
Collaboration with Aldo Benítez and Lucero Blaustein. Works by Mercedes Lozano, Paloma Violeta Gonzalez and Joaquin Ledesma. Directed by: Mercedes Lozano. Curated by: Juan Sorrentino. Production: Nahuel Carfi. 2019.
I instrumented 3 sculptural works as part of the closing of the exhibition Las Formas del Sonido at the CCK. I performed them with my hands and the help of a tool kit to achieve different sounds, including a tuning fork. The sounds were processed live by Aldo Benítez, giving shape to a composition. My actions were dubbed, also live, by Foley artist Lucero Blaustein. The original audios of the works were incorporated into the performance.
Extended technique
SOUND PERFORMANCE
Performance carried out at URRA Residencies. Curated by Andrea Saemann and Belen Romero Gunset. Collaboration with Luciana Lutteral. Photographic registration: Marianela Depetro. 2018.
The extended technique is a performance technique used in contemporary music where the aim is to play an instrument in an unconventional way. That is: to use the totality of its form and materiality beyond traditional playing techniques. I placed contact microphones on a wooden structure and on a viola case. Together with the instrumentalist, we explored the sonic possibilities of both objects with the help of live amplification.
Concrete experience
SOUND PERFORMANCE
Thanks to Ernesto Romeo and Micaela Pérez. Photographic registration: Santiago Orti. 2019.
I played live an open tape recorder that reproduced the magnetic tape recordings placed on it. Simultaneously, the mechanical sound produced by its own analogue operation was amplified with the help of a contact microphone. The work took place in a former printing press from the 1950s. The title of the performance refers to Concrete Music, a genre developed in the same decade that experimented with recordings of everyday sounds made on magnetic tapes, in addition to the physical manipulation of the tapes.
Performances →
How do objects sound?
I made a series of performances whose common denominator is the microphoning of different surfaces with contact microphones made by me with electronic lutherie. Each amplified object is a potential instrument that is activated as a sound source when played through touch by me and/or my collaborators.
Cuerpos de situación
"Sound intervention by Aldo Benítez, Victoria Papagni and Catriel Nievas as part of the closing of Silvia Rivas' exhibition. The action of the performers' bodies is combined with a series of sounds produced in real time and others generated beforehand, with both sources deployed in relation to movement. Displacements and sound impulses thus converge in a new temporality/materiality, given by other ways of inhabiting the exhibition space" Jazmín Adler.
Activación performática sonora
En el marco del cierre de Fuerza Diagonal, solo show de Silvia Rivas en Rolf Art curado por Jazmín Adler. Colaboración entre Aldo Benítez, Catriel Nievas y Victoria Papagni.
Activación de obras
I instrumented 3 sculptural works as part of the closing of the exhibition Las Formas del Sonido at the CCK. I performed them with my hands and the help of a tool kit to achieve different sounds, including a tuning fork. The sounds were processed live by Aldo Benítez, giving shape to a composition. My actions were dubbed, also live, by Foley artist Lucero Blaustein. The original audios of the works were incorporated into the performance.
Activación performática sonora
Colaboración con Aldo Benítez y Lucero Blaustein. Obras de Mercedes Lozano, Paloma Violeta Gonzalez y Joaquin Ledesma. Dirección: Mercedes Lozano. Curaduría: Juan Sorrentino. Producción: Nahuel Carfi.
Técnica extendida
The extended technique is a performance technique used in contemporary music where the aim is to play an instrument in an unconventional way. That is: to use the totality of its form and materiality beyond traditional playing techniques. I placed contact microphones on a wooden structure and on a viola case. Together with the instrumentalist, we explored the sonic possibilities of both objects with the help of live amplification.
Activación performática sonora
Colaboración con Luciana Lutteral. Registro Fotográfico: Marianela Depetro.
Experiencia concreta
I played live an open tape recorder that reproduced the magnetic tape recordings placed on it. Simultaneously, the mechanical sound produced by its own analogue operation was amplified with the help of a contact microphone. The work took place in a former printing press from the 1950s. The title of the performance refers to Concrete Music, a genre developed in the same decade that experimented with recordings of everyday sounds made on magnetic tapes, in addition to the physical manipulation of the tapes.
Activación performática sonora
Agradecimientos a Ernesto Romeo y a Micaela Pérez. Registro Fotográfico: Santiago Orti.
