Safarejos, resonáces fluvials situades
This project is based on the acoustic ecology of traditional public laundries as places for meeting and socialization for women and children, which fostered a network of aural relationships where communication, care, and childrearing all combined spatially and bodily. Its content is informed by interviews and in-situ sound recordings of the vestiges of traditional public laundries in Valencia, aiming to recover and amplify the listening experience through the oral histories of those who inhabited these spaces and whose memories linger to this day.
The project revisited the act of doing laundry (‘fer safareig’) with water as a resonant medium of this land through feminist listening, focusing on the aural connections of these communities through narratives in situ. Within the Ensems festival, members of the Sono-(soro)ridades collective, Amanda Gutiérrez and Ana Mora, participated in an artistic residency focusing on aural experiences that included reflections on in situ corporalities, gender, migration, decolonization, and domestic labour. Their participation involved a small exhibition showcasing their research and artistic creation documentation, an augmented reality walk, and an acoustic concert.
This project was commissioned by ENSEMS Music Festival and developed at the Valencian Institute of Modern Art IVAM
This project was presented at ENSEMS 2023 New Music Festival
Ana Mora and Amanda Gutiérrez, Sono(soro)ridades collective
Stuart Jackson: percussion, guest musician
Rafael Tormo: cultural liaison
