The Posthumous Aural
2021mixed-media sculptures, piezoelectric microphones, human ash, ink, sound performance, 15’

The Posthumous Aural is an installation and performance that explores the link between the transformation of human remains and the economy of death through aural space. The vibrations of non-living matter occupy a conjectural space of mourning, signalled by the absence of language. Revisiting the figure of the Spanish plañidera and escape of the complainants, The Posthumous Aural is a sonic act of inquiry into the material and cultural representations of the body-object, as well as the necropolitical and spatial consequences of its accelerated conversion into a commodity.
Collaborator: Aitana S H Gandía
Garments: Avoidstreet
Presented at “Meanwhile”, Overchiestraat 188, Amsterdam, NL
Presented at “Alchemist, Designer”, organised by Het Nieuwe Instituut during Dutch Design Week 2021 at Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, NL


Photography: Isabel Martín
Video documentation: Sam Fuentes
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