Nota de Gracia



Nota de Gracia

2024

performance, 16min
120 headsets, radio transmitter, binaural audio, stereo audio, single-channel video             


 

Nota de Gracia (Grace Note) is a live psychoacoustic overlay of field recordings and found sound objects into two simultaneous signals, one stereophonic and one binaural. Such interaction between two nearly identical compositions generates a masking effect, a phenomenon by which certain sounds alter the perception of others. Attuning these deviations reveals an interstice from which to focus on light couplings, dissonances, and asynchronies that blur the outline of what we lose versus what we perceive.

Presented at MMMAD+ Encuentros de Arte y Tecnología, Medialab Matadero, Madrid, ES
Production supported by Silentsystem Audio

 
 



 





Photography courtesy of MMMAD Festival © Santa Monica Films