Robot Teach Us To Pray
WORKS
Studies in Rhythmic Abstraction
A friend who is very religious asked me “why is your chaotic? God loves harmony.” I said: God does not use a metronome. Can you use a metronome to understand the wind or the sea? Is it chaos? Or do we just have to listen with openness, without expecting a count, a beat? Can we […]
Polirritmia | Sinestesia
Synesthesia is the crossing of two or more sensations from different sensory domains. Polyrhythm is the juxtaposition of two or more rhythmic patterns with markedly different matrices.
An Ocean of Forgiveness
“An incredible physical presence that turned the stage into a soundscape” -The New York Times
Still: Residency at The Kitchen 2021
Science, art, capitalism, and Marxism rely on Western concepts of time, space and being. If we want to think new futures we must question deeply those concepts.
Myth and Prosthesis IV: Body Rhythm Data
Technology of social media can turn the most intimate feelings into information with an economical value, into data. The sacred is what cannot be bought or sold.
Myth and Prosthesis III: Robot, Teach Us to Pray
My motivation was to use technology as a cognitive tool to liberate myself. I went back to crucial “pedagogical” events where my masculinity was damaged. I use the rhythms generated by the robot’s brain to dance and induce a trance state. I use the robot to investigate a self previous to the “pedagogical” events that modified […]
Myth and Prosthesis II: I Enjoy the World
Our dreams and imagination have become a valuable commodity, and social media has become a very effective way of control. This album is the result of an experiment I did over six months as a form of cognitive resistance
La Mecánica Popular – Experimental Latin American Ensemble
It explores the border between social dance and experimentalism, and seeks to erode the divisions between the popular and the avant-garde. Led by Efraín Rozas on keyboards and guitar, Felipe Wurst on guitar, Joel Mateo on timbales, Guillermo Barrón on congas and Dan Martínez on bass With this project I want to contribute to the […]
La Vuelta al Día en 80 Mundos – Radio Show
Music ranging from the most experimental to field recordings from around the world. Polycentric, de-colonized radio.
Fusión: A Soundtrack for Peru. Book + Video Documentary + Compilation CD
“Fusión”, a Peruvian music genre that brings together a myriad of traditional and contemporary styles. Featured artists include Susana Baca, Yma Sumac, El Polen, and many more.
Radiohuayco: Ethnography of the Sound of Lima
A project that explored the frontier between anthropology and art (2003 – 2007)