sonic muscle

“Sonic Muscle” is a collective attempt to explore a circular heart hearing of a shared heart while rhythmically traveling into the cellular and spatial depths of the body. Aided by stethoscopes, a group of 11 participants first familiarize themselves with their own sonic muscle to then contemplate and borrow the heartbeat of their neighbor over a longer time interval. After the circular hearing finished, participants were invited to draw on their bodies, and their neighbor’s bodies, images, sounds and intuitions that emerged from the silent journey. This work is an ongoing investigation rooted on ways to explore a shared contemplative state of perception and trust while using drawing as a poetic electrocardiogram that translates intuitive mind states into symbols that can be felt.

While my time at the residency I also did a series of drawings capturing sounds from my own body as I heard my inner landscape with stethoscopes while meditating. Each of these measure 35 cm x 50 cm each, and are done with graphite on paper. 2023. Blue what I heard on my left ear and red is what I heard on my right ear. These where showed at “Luz y Fuerza” a group show at the Museum of Latin  American Art in Buenos Aires, Argentina.