Sarantasipkakiñani - de El aire, el suelo y el agua (Air, soil and water)
Ethnographic composition, materialised in cassette form, which collects soundscapes and testimonies of Marvila Quispe’s daily life as a campesina during heavy restrictions in Peru during Covid-19. Recordings made by Irazema Vera in Caritamaya, Puno.
The Listening Biennial - 3rd Edition
Puna (Del quechua, del māori)
Es manantial y también la región de las alturas andinas. El inicio, la fuente que fluye, la ligereza de estar cerca del cielo.
It is a spring, and also the region of the Andean heights. The beginning, the flowing fountain, the lightness of being close to heaven.
In this piece, I explore the sounds of memory and connection: the ones with our origins, the ones with the world we live in, the ones related to our traumas, and the ones that call our spirit back to continue.
***Recordings made in Te Awanga, Lake Waikaremoana and Auckland (Tāmaki Makaurau) in Aotearoa New Zealand; and in Puno, Caritamaya (Nación Aymara), Chua Chua (Nación Q’ero) and Lima in Peru; between November 2019 and February 2025.