el paraisofono

Arriving in Valparaiso, working with the idea of earthquakes was an obvious choice.
Looking at vibration as a friend, featuring the dichotomy between destruction and vibrancy, giving reason for permanent reconstruction.
Meeting the hills of Valparaiso - provisional - like a sleazy fabric - I found my material - a metal grid, a raw material used for construction or protection - something unfinished, temporary. I went to buy a rather fragile version and pretty much immediately I understood how it wants to be used: a surface to shake, to vibrate.

comissioned by Tsonami festival des artes sonora 2014