RIO CALLADO.
v.2 (second prototype)2025
Installation
3D printed
copper wires
hydrophones DIY water
amplifier 3D design and renders: Santiago Crespo
Background noises,
mundane and monotonous,
stubborn,
demand with their absent presence,
the un-habit of numb bodies.
The installation consists of a series of translucent, hollow pieces distributed throughout the room, connected to a central piece—closed and made of the same material—by suspended cables.
Each of the hanging pieces contains water and houses a hydrophone that listens to ambient sound, which often goes unnoticed as background noise.
The hydrophone captures the energy of acoustic vibrations in the environment and transduces it into electrical energy. That energy travels through the cables to the central piece, where it is transduced again, this time from electricity to material vibration.
The public is invited to place their hands on the central piece to listen, through their bodies, to what brings the mute river.
mundane and monotonous,
stubborn,
demand with their absent presence,
the un-habit of numb bodies.
The installation consists of a series of translucent, hollow pieces distributed throughout the room, connected to a central piece—closed and made of the same material—by suspended cables.
Each of the hanging pieces contains water and houses a hydrophone that listens to ambient sound, which often goes unnoticed as background noise.
The hydrophone captures the energy of acoustic vibrations in the environment and transduces it into electrical energy. That energy travels through the cables to the central piece, where it is transduced again, this time from electricity to material vibration.
The public is invited to place their hands on the central piece to listen, through their bodies, to what brings the mute river.
Explorations of desire
Río Callado arises from the technical imaginaries activated in the electrical flows that run through audio devices, and is presented as a spatial metaphor for the desire to de-automate the forms of sound inscribed in the body, marked by binary logics and stereotypes that shape perception.
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Río Callado arises from the technical imaginaries activated in the electrical flows that run through audio devices, and is presented as a spatial metaphor for the desire to de-automate the forms of sound inscribed in the body, marked by binary logics and stereotypes that shape perception.
Acéfala Galería - CABA Argentina - April, 12, 2025
Is listening through water a memory?
Or perhaps a discovery?
3D design process
