AT NIGHT, IT´S BIRD, MOTH, WIND OR SILENCE | Elisa Montesinos Arriving without any preconceived notions for the residency in San Pedro de Atacama. Going out daily, into the desert. Paying attention to the tremendous silence of a tourist area without any tourists, to the effects of the wind over future archaeological remains, in a town in which the topics of conversations are current and ancestral at the same time. People to whom the tongue was cut, but who didn´t remain dumb. Collecting the words of the community and placing contact microphones to forgotten or functional objects, part of the landscape. Listening to them; activated by the sun they become subtle sonic textures. Pablo Saavedra was in residence at San Pedro de Atacama in November 2020. He stayed at La Tintorera Center for Art and Therapy, where he offered a workshop on sound experiences. The program of residencies and research art&archaeology takes place every year from 2018, thanks to the alliance between SACO and the Catholic University of the North, providing artists with scientific support and mentorship from the Institute for Archaeological Research and R.P. Gustavo Le Paige Museum.
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