Vox Spatium

Sofía Balbontín

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This exposition recognizes the "Vox Spatium" through the comparative study of acoustic spaces and their reaction to an impulse response (IR). The artistic research arises from two creative instances: a residency at the Experimental Base for Sound Art TSONAMI Valparaíso, Chile (2019) and the field studies of the project Resonant Spaces (Balbontín-Klenner, 2019-2020) in Belgium, Scotland and Spain. Both experiences unfolded as expeditions towards the sound exploration of the acoustics of urban and architectural space. In the exploratory process, the project begins to change its course and redirects the north towards new spatial horizons; the spaces visited are increasingly uninhabitable generating a direct relationship with the intensity of their acoustic interest. In the tracking process towards the "Vox Spatium" a narrative begins to be forged that transcends from human spaces to non-human spaces, raising issues around urban entropy and the current geological era of the Anthropocene. The sound exploration becomes an agency and sound becomes the evidence that reveals the rhythm of the anthropic impact on the planet.

Esta exposición reconoce el “Vox Spatium” a través del estudio comparativo de espacios acústicos y su reacción a un impulso sonoro (IR). La investigación artística nace de dos instancias creativas: una residencia en la Base de Artes Sonoras Experimentales TSONAMI Valparaíso, Chile (2019) y los estudios de campo del proyecto Espacios Resonantes (Balbontín-Klenner, 2019-2020) en Bélgica, Escocia y España. Ambas experiencias se desenvolvieron a modo de deriva-expedición, desde la exploración sonora en búsqueda de las acústicas del espacio urbano y arquitectónico. En el proceso exploratorio, el proyecto comienza a cambiar de rumbo y redirige el norte hacia nuevos horizontes espaciales: los espacios visitados son cada vez más inhabitables, generando una relación directa con la intensidad de su interés acústico. En el transcurso de esta persecución del “Vox Spatium” se comienza a forjar una narrativa que traspasa de los espacios humanos a los espacios no-humanos, haciendo emerger problemáticas en torno a la entropía urbana y a la actual era geológica del antropoceno. La exploración sonora se transforma en un proceso de denuncia y el sonido, en la evidencia que revela el ritmo del impacto antrópico en el planeta.

type	research exposition
keywords	acoustic space, sound space, impulse responses, urban entropy, Anthropocene, Espacio sonoro, arquitectura auditiva, experiencia estética, entropía, antropoceno
date	30/12/2021
published	30/12/2021
last modified	30/12/2021
status	published
affiliation	Universidad de las Américas
copyright	Sofía Balbontín
license	CC BY-NC-ND
url	https://www.researchcatalogue.net/view/1131091/1131092
doi	https://doi.org/10.22501/jar.1131091
published in	Journal for Artistic Research
portal issue	25. 25
external link	www.sofiabalbontin.com, www.espaciosresonantes.com

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