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INVOCACIONES is a series of performances that arises from the need to explore my artistic practice through the voice of female poets, mixing live coding practices (or code on-the-fly) with electronic literature (or expanded literature practices through digital environments). The pieces make a re-interpretation of poems through the authors' own voice that is expanded through different sound layers that move through a stereophonic space. The poems are de-constructed and re-constructed through cacophony, juxtaposition, delay, echo, and over-saturation.The objective of the series is to open for discussion the relevance of the authors within our current construction of identity as women, and how through digital technologies we can have a dialogue with the past.
INVOCACIONES [Wisława Szymborska] => In this performance, I mixed the original voice of Wisława Szymborska (Poland) reading of the poem "Moralitet leśny" with versions in Polish and English read by Victoria Wojciechowska (Canadá), and a Spanish version read by myself.
INVOCACIONES [Gabriela Mistral] => This performance plays with the poem “País de la Ausencia" by Chilean writer Gabriela Mistral. Additionally, I use pre-recorded cello samples by Mexican-Brazilian cellist Iracema de Andrade. The poem explores images about identity, place and territory. For the audio, I use Tidal Cycles. The visual part contains a video (running in the background) of the Paricutín volcano in the state of Michoacán, Mexico.
INVOCACIONES [Silvia Plath] => This performance plays with the poem “Daddy", by American writer Sylvia Plath. Additionally, I use self-voice recording with a Spanish version of the poem. This is an autobiographical poem that portrays depression episodes, as well as violence and oppression exerted by male figures in the author's life. Technically, I use Tidal Cycles for audio. and Hydra for visuals. Visually, the piece explores a visual cacophony using the screen as a source that is modified through different delays.