The Caves of Portland in Pulacayo

May 1st 2021
Audio
Region
Bolivia
Researcher
Source
Composition and spatialization: Canela Palacios
Formats
Conscious movement
Experimentation
Performance
Site-specific
Sound art
Sound action to be replicated
Soundscape
Transdisciplinary research
Workshop
Disciplines
Deep listening practices
Ecoacoustics
Field recording
Locative audio
Themes
Climate crisis
Extractivism
Human footprint
Listening as activism
Climate change

An acousmatic experience with 16 speakers in the Auditorium of the mining centre in Pulacayo, Bolivia

The recordings were made by Caroline Louise Miller in northern California (San Francisco, Richmond, and Donner Pass/Truckee).

The action was carried out by primary school students from the Pulacayo school, together with Miguel Llanque, Canela Palacios, Guely Morató Loredo and Víctor Mazón Gardoqui.