Touching Huesca Lenka Morávková (Czech Republic) music, audiovisual

performence 10. 5. Z 51, 22. 30 Huesca, Spain 11. 5. Matadero, 20. 30 Huesca, Spain

Project Touching Huesca is a personal approach to my stay in region of Aragon. My aim was to make three songs, which reflects private sound mirror of three themes, which i considered as the most important for me as well as for the place and the people living here. During my stay and travelling in Pirineos, i mad a huge collection of sound recordings and photos, was talking to a lot of people, have been watching movies, history documentaries about Aragon and was reading the books related to the region. Soon i found the themes which should be modified into the sound composition. Each of the final three songs is purely composed from the sounds and samples, which comes from the appropriate area according to the photo and its theme (Torre de alta tension – electricity feedback, Banera – sounds of nature in Pyrenees, Ciudad – rush of city). The saxophone line, played live, is considered as the only external link in between of these themes. Eventhought the structure of songs is going through several intern melodic colapses, it always comes to a happy end, which is ment as a slap to the nowadays trend of irony in art, at the same time as my private confession of not to feel ashamed to be possitive and simple. Im very plaised i reached the goal to make kind of “pop songs” from the source of very experimental sounds, which should be plaisure and not challenge to listen to. Thats my gift to all who helped me with the realisation, although they haven t been awaired of it.

Torre de alta tension: acces banned, modernidad, oriental, analogue, digital, cuento de hadas y hechizos, cimbalo, electricidad, Aljaféria, feedback, citar, pelegrinos, leyendas, buzzing, mantra

Baňera: abandonar, vacas, familia, melancolia, Torla – Oto - Broto, agricultura, Julio Medem, la revolucion industriala, Mipanas, green, La Brecha, homeplace, Canfranc estacion, propriedad privada, Sepulveda, loneliness, independia

Cuidad: reakcionism, anarchia, graffiti, club, gente, action, Semana Santa, explosion, Suso De Toro, cathedral, cartel militar, entertainment, pagano, construction, Z51

duration: 15 minutes

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