These are images and sounds from a street intervention in Cali, Colombia in June 2014 made by composer Casper Hernández Cordes during his time as an artist in residence in Lugar a Dudas.
The performance concept “The Work and the Play” is build up in two parts:
1) WORK. In this part, a participant is cleaning a 3×3 meter square on the pavement. A group of participants watch the movements of the working person and imitate them on instruments made from trash. For example: the participant holding a bucket makes a sound each time the “worker” puts a foot to the ground.
Sounds from the “players” are being recorded, as individual loops in Fonokolab.
2) PLAY. When the “worker” has finished his/her job, he/she walks slowly, foot by foot, around the square.
Three to four players now move around in the square, each of them forming a sound by their position in the square.
The 3-4 improvised sound gestures are recorded.
When the “worker” reaches back to where he/she started, the collective improvisation stops.
And it’s time to invite a new person to do the working!
Find the event page on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/events/1636561273235682/
The performance was made possible thanks to
Read more about the project here:
http://champuscolectivo.tumblr.com/acercade
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