Bosque Vacío (Empty Forest)//

ATMOSPHERES OF COHABITATION

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Who do we share living space with? Bosque Vacío (Empty Forest) is an atmospheric listening proposal that explores the interconnections of what exists from the perspective of cohabitation. It is an environmental project of overlapping topographies of spaces and meaningful affects. We create a sound and light atmosphere of attunement through tonal and harmonic investigation of stories, field recordings, forces, directions, and presences of a specific space. The project aims to heighten bodily perception and affective response toward our habitats and the various entities we share the world with by creating immersive environments, affective cartographies, and written scores.

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Our practice begins with an open qualitative protocol of fieldwork which is timeplace sensitive. We make paused expeditions observing and documenting various beings encountered in the environment of a specific location. We further research and explore the idiosyncrasies of these entities from multiple perspectives, such as historical, biological, and affective. The gathered material is the inspiration for developing the surround soundlight performance.

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Bosque Vacío uses the concept of atmosphere as a toolbox to create environments that aim to dissipate the notion of otherness through embodiment, fostering a sense of empathic coexistence. By employing granular synthesis, sine waves, vocal exploration, lighting, color, and quadraphonic sound design, we create an atmosphere that engages participants in the deployment, accompaniment, and harmonic/tonal exploration of the array of field recordings, stories, textures, and colors encountered. Heightening bodily perception and emotional response allows and invites participants to actively and physically engage with their surroundings. Our proposal reinforces environmental connection, inclusivity, and dialogue with our cohabitants by acknowledging the ecosystem as active and responsive.

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Bosque Vacío is a project of Leena Lee and Guillermo Guevara.