Latin American Political Chants
Working with historical material as an attempt to relate to a crucial political moment through its recorded 'sound qualities'.
Lower Gallery, 18 May 2009, 3pm
We have worked with historical material as an attempt to relate in some way to a crucial political moment through its recorded 'sound qualities'.
Rather than trying to resolve historical events, we have tried to embody and transform some of their voices through discussion and a series of exercises of listening and repetition.
There is an obvious distance between those peoples' struggle and our own immediate context; but it seems that, at least for the duration of this workshop, we renewed a desire for liberation that is common to many of us. Is it not?
Some of the audio used in the workshop
Original material from TV Channel 13, and documentary film The Battle of Chile (dir. Patricio Guzman).
1. Allende and the people
2. Basta!
3. Fortalecer
4. Dirty communists
5. Corneta
6. No politics
Other sound clips that accompanied the workshop can be found on our research page
Edited audio record of workshop
1. Public space
2. Domfree
3. Calabaza
4. A la plaza
5. Believe
6. They do say something
7. Crear poder popular
8. Crowd
9. Trabajadores al poder
10. History is ours
11. Distance
The workshop of Latin American Political Chants was led by Leandro Cardoso in collaboration with Ana Laura Lopez de la Torre. We would like to thank everyone who participated, and dedicate this page to them.