El susurro del barro. Concert and conversation with artist Gemma Luz Bosch
Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025
Time: 6:30 p.m.
Format: In-person
Venue: Fifth floor
Free admission
Fascinated by the different sonic textures that clay can produce, Gemma Luz Bosch has created several ceramic instruments — from water flutes to percussion instruments inspired by different cultures. Gemma invites you on a journey through her soundscape.
Additionally, the artist will share the work-in-progress project “Clay Breath” (the sigh of clay).
How does clay sound? What does it tell us when it comes into contact with water? Dry clay contains air. When placed in water, the air escapes to the water’s surface and creates different sounds: what I call ‘Clay Breath.’ This project is an invitation to listen to clay, to connect with this natural material and to give importance to soil and water. In 2025, we will investigate different clays from Colombia where this material has been used for centuries.
About Gemma Luz Bosch
For me, creating a work always begins with a sonic investigation. To perceive sound, you need a source that makes the air vibrate (move) and someone who can perceive those vibrations: “Sound is movement.” I want to give shape to that movement.
In 2019, I began with a clay meditation. Creating something small every day, smaller than my own hand, without listening to music, without answering emails, without looking at my phone. A small moment, every day, creating with my own hands. At some point I thought: “this could make sound.” And since then I have not stopped exploring the sonic possibilities of clay and ceramics. Surprised by the infinite sonic textures that this natural material can produce, I have created different sound installations and instruments.
The physical aspect of sharing my work is very important; the sound vibrations produced by the instruments and installations enter directly into the audience’s ears. Often, performances take place outdoors, inspired by and carried out in and with the specific site. The sounds we create (clay, water, air, musicians, mechanisms) are not the center of attention. They are an excuse to open our ears to all the sounds around us, to the soundscape.
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