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Airing on May 23rd 05:45 CEST
Antenna for microwaves
Genre: Soundscape Composition
Duration: 15 min
In Antenna for microwaves, we take the use of the semiotics of the kitchen1 as a living and working space for recording, listening and transcendence. Microwaves and DYI/DIWO antennas enter into conversation and become synthesizers that are activated only through the performativity of the body that initiates the piece. Thus, the domestic space is once again vindicated as a space for collectivity and listening while at the same time it becomes a portal to imagine everything that humanly escapes from our senses but permeates us constantly in infinite ways of forms and spectrums.
This performance draws bridges between the domestic and the divine. Looking towards the spiritualist currents of the 19th century, we invoke disembodied presences through the manipulation of electromagnetic waves that travel through the ether. Thus, we reclaim the esoteric character of electricity by transforming household appliances into ritualistic elements that invite us to rethink listening as an experience of collective transcendence.
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1 Reference to Semiotics of the Kitchen’s performance by Martha Rosler (1975).

Featuring:

Isabel Val Sánchez and Gigi Morralla

Isabel Val Sánchez (Spain, 1988) is an artist and cultural organizer with a special interest in everything that amplifies human sensorial and affective abilities. Her work has been shown in Barcelona, Budapest, Prague and Berlin, among other places. She is also a founder member of The Guild of Hydrosemiosis and works together with Mireia Molina Costa as Cossos d’Aigua (Bodies of Water), a collective researching sound and hydrofeminism.

Gigi Morralla (Spain, 1986). DJ, music producer, illustrator, cultural manager. In her artistic practice, she claims morralla (junk) as what has been overlooked from the margins, and from there, it takes stances. In the sonic spectrum, from live performances, production, or mixing, her music ranges from root singing to industrial cadences, and hybrids yet to be categorized. She is a member of the electroclash band Resina and the artistic collective FemArt, where she blends activism and artistic critique with cultural agitation.

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