NACHO ROMAN
Ambient | Experimental | Sound Art

"Silere, Tacere", 2024.

30'01'' Field recordings and composition.
Patio Herreriano Museum - May 3 to July 14, 2024.

"The sound installation Silere, Tacere leads to the interior of a parenthesis, drawn in the viewer's daily life, which invites attention. In this environment, eight speakers display an ambient composition conceived with the aspiration of inducing to silence.

The melodic cadence, like a mantra, sensory guides towards a state of relaxation, as exercised in the praxis of many spiritual traditions. This quiet, transcendent dimension is thus revealed as a habitat full of meanings and nuances, only decipherable with time and dedication.

This state of calm is what allows attentive listening - deep listening enunciated by Pauline Oliveros, one of the pioneers of electronic music -, essential to identify during listening a random series of sounds, which Nacho Román has recorded in advance on a meticulous field work carried out in the premises of the Patio Herreriano Museum, a place associated with contemplation both in its current exhibition functionality and in its historical past as a Benedictine monastery.

In the course of this atmospheric journey, with oriental evocations, in which passages and landscapes of delicate filmic textures occur, interaction with the walker is also introduced, by incorporating their footsteps captured by microphones arranged along the route."

Text: José Ignacio Gil
Exhibition design: MONTAJE
Sound: Cobos Sound
Photos: Victor Hugo Martín Caballero