Murmur

Zago (Zambón - González) performed three actions –Replacement of silences, Conference, An Annulment of Transparence–which developed around Murmullo [Murmur], an installation consisting of substituting the windowpanes in the facade of the Casa Naciónal del Bicentenario for sounds these panes can transduce from the inside.
The window panes will be removed from their original location and be relocated in different strategic points of the building. The ambient sound that will filter through them will be hyperamplified using piezoelectric sensors and emitted outside, where a wooden platform supporting speakers will be replacing the previous facade.
Two operators were in charge of the Replacement of Silences, working from opposite ends of the installation. The one located outside recorded the sound emitted by the speakers. Then, once inside, he would played the recording close to the windows. The second operator would replaced the first and reiterate the action. This gradual repetition generated layers of recorded sound and silence, filtered and played by the window/facade.
For Conference, the artists asked to the physic Pablo Ernesto Riera to prepare and give a speech connecting concepts of his field of expertise with the installation, using key words such as transparence, silence, and entropy as a basis to approach, rationalize and predict how this device works and what phenomena could generate. Finally, for Annulment of Transparence, a wooden box was build to cover one of the window panes located in the patio.

Coproduced by Casa Naciónal del Bicentenario - Argentine Ministry of Culture
Curated by Liliana Piñeiro