A key part of the residency was the exchange — with musicians, field recordists and sound designers from different backgrounds, all listening to the same environment in different ways. A central theme throughout was the dialogue between science and art: how a sound artist can take what ecologists and researchers understand about a place and translate it into something people can actually feel.
Recording in one of the world's most biodiverse environments offered a direct way to explore how that biodiversity translates into sound. I'm currently translating parts of the recordings into new sound pieces, still finding the right artistic approach for this material. The residency continues to shape how I think about sound, about the Amazon's unique ecosystem, and about the role art can play in drawing attention to the environmental dangers we face.
Projects growing out of this residency will follow here soon.
Supported by LOM Audio's LOM+you initiative & Globetrotter
Links:
Labverde
LOM+you
Photos 2/4 by Christian Braga