Pakta Rikuk I The Witness Score by Pauline Oliveros

June 26th 2021
Video
Region
Ecuador
Researcher
Context
Taller Sapara was a listening/recording workshop that was carried out in Llanchama Cocha, Sapara Nation, Amazonia, in May 2021 which focused on young people. All activities are linked to knowledge and experiences of the Sapara Nation about education and cultural exchange. Taller Sapara is not based on “teaching” but sharing. The work is based on deep listening exercises, soundwalks, soundscaping and filming experiments to produce collectively a collection of audiovisual materials like an ecological and cultural document and also a base for future research and creation on a global scale.
Formats
Archive of the future
Concert
Dance
Experimentation
Field research
Music
Performance
Sound action to be replicated
Transdisciplinary research
Workshop
Disciplines
Acoustic Ecology
Deep listening practices
Ecoacoustics
Ecology
Field recording
Politics
Spirituality
Themes
Climate crisis
Cooperation
Healing
Listening as activism
More-than-humans
Wisdom Keepers
Climate change

One of Taller Sapara main activities was to prepare and record a video version of Pauline Oliveros' score “The Witness” in the Naku Maloka, a space for healing and traditional ceremonies

The day of recording was rainy so this sound surrounded us for many hours.

The performers and crew for this piece include: Manari Ushihua, Shimanu Ushihua, Ipiak Montahuano, Ipiak Ushigua, Yataka Montahuano, Illary Grefa, Pedro Manjarrez and Tsakuana Ushigua.