Ecos Nostálgicos
This sound project aims to recollect sounds, songs, sayings, testimonies, and audio from childhood, one’s surroundings, place, and spaces of nostalgia, of one’s family, and of one’s culture that have created lasting memories and that have even potentially made you the person you are today. In particular, the focus extends to include sound memories from immigrant families and those students who grew up within diverse cultures. Does a family saying, a lullaby, or even the sound from pots and pans from your mother’s cooking, transport you to a vivid memory of your upbringing and culture? These are the memories I want to collect and archive as a community and collective project that celebrates recovering the past to see how these nostalgic echoes emerge in the present.
Task: Memory Collection
Collect as many memories as possible! You are not limited to any number of clips. Go to your family, neighborhood, friends, and community. As you might have noticed, I did not use the word data. Data collection has various negative connotations associated with neutrality, extraction, and binary information. Instead, I want you to collect sound memories, full of context.
In collaboration with Audiospaces, an app designed to upload your audio clips and see them located on a map, either download the app from the app store, directly upload them to my Soundmap Project Page, or email them to me at r.constanza.salazar@gmail.com.
Include:
–short audio clip around 30s to 2min
–a short description text to add context to the memory you are submitting or uploading
–include the general geographical location of where said memory comes from
Compensation:
You will be compensated for your labor (50$)
Rights
After you submit your sound files, the original content will belong to both you (the person who recorded the file) and me (for use in “Ecos Nostálgicos” only). I promise to treat your files respectfully and will not circulate them beyond the bounds of our agreement. I will let you know if anything changes significantly with the project, but please know that you are agreeing to share your recordings in the context of my work.
René Cepeda
Poster by Abygai Peña
Photo courtesy of the artist
Image courtesy of the artist
Image courtesy of Annabelle Heckler
Image by Daniel OBrien