The Listening Tide with Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy
What is special about this episode of The Listening Tide is that curator Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy takes the listener on an audio tour of an audio work by the artist Mario García Torres. Specifically, the LP album 'Um Cabo Lá, Um Porto Cá '(2013), commissioned for the 9 Mercosur Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil, of which she was the artistic director and chief curator.She speaks about what it means to share resources, like sunlight, music, climate, and cultural networks, then tells how this is woven into this project and others by the artist. As works of collaboration, that resonate from a hotel in Mexico to another on the Virgin Islands. Told in a narrative stretching as far back as the histories of artists such as Takis, David Medalla, and Daniel Buren, and forward into a future of new formats and musical genres.Note: people whose contribution and impact around the things discussed on The Listening Tide sometimes end up outside of the final edit. Sofia therefore wishes to thank Sarah Demeuse for the incredible research she conducted at the MIT archives as part of the biennial, which helped make this – and other – work possible.Tracklist--------------------------------------1. ‘O Mesmo Espaço Solar’ from the album 'Um Cabo Lá, Um Porto Cá '(2013) by Mario Garcia TorresCommissioned by the 9 Mercosur Biennial in Porto Alegre, Brazil, and co-produced with El Ganzo Hotel in San José del Cabo, Mexico.Marian Ruzzi: voiceGustavo H. Hernández [aka Sol O Sel]: percussionsJosé Gabriel Cárdenas W.: guitarMarcos Castro: album cover illustrationMaricris Herrero: graphic designDaniela Pérez: lyric translations from Spanish to PortugueseProduced by Ernesto García, Gustavo H. Hernández, and Mario García Torres2. ‘Je ne sais si c'en est la cause’ (2009) by Mario Garcia TorresCommissioned by the University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. The Museum of Modern Art, New York. Gift of Patricia Phelps de Cisneros through the Latin American and Caribbean Fund in honor of Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy.Mario López Landa: piano, organ, voiceShantal Leal Krska, voiceFederico Caballero: drumsJorge ‘Pecas’ Caballero:percussionsLuis Ezequiel Domínguez: bassMixed by Gilberto Elguezabal and recorded at DMY Estudios, Monterrey, Mexico.3. + 4. ‘Yo no Se’ (2023) and ‘Aqui Sigues’ (2023) by Mario Garcia Torres in collaboration with Eme Malafe
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