La Orejona Records

According to interdisciplinary artist and researcher Nicole L’Huillier, everything that is material has the capacity to resonate, from the micro scale (that of particles) to the macro (cosmic and interplanetary) scale. As a consequence, anything at any level of existence and materiality can be a performative agent of sound, and through the porous membranes that contain and are contained by our bodies and their technological extensions we can enter into resonant dialogues with countless entities, signals and forces. L’Huillier’s understanding of reality as a membrane between different performative agents that can be involved in “resonant rites” directly informs the interactive sound installation La Orejona Records.

A membranal listening apparatus for more-than-human entities, La Orejona (literally “the big-eared one”) is a sculpture that acts as a recording studio. With its elastic vibrational membrane microphone, it can record phenomena such as sound waves, touch-activated oscillations and ground tremors. However, in contrast to typical modern microphony that targets “signals” and filters “noise”, La Orejona operates with the purpose of indiscriminately weaving independent signals into a collective and inseparable muddy mass of sound.