SOINEKO PAISAIA / DORSAL LANDSCAPE 2009-2015 

Art: Nader Koochaki / Dimensions: 3,7cm x 67cm x 32cm / Year: 2016

SOINEKO PAISAIA / DORSAL LANDSCAPE 2009-2015 is an archive of the bell sounds produced by the flocks of more than one hundred head of sheep in Gipuzkoa (Spain). Even though numerous works have been published on the subject of shepherding, there are few that focus on the audio aspect. By revealing the influence that shepherding has had on the weaving of the sound landscape, this project will provide the disciplines of anthropology and art with new content. When the misty nature of sound collides with the rigid frameworks of language, new materials are created to deal with ecology. When focusing on them we move from the membranes of nature to human forms of speech in an atmosphere that is always misty and incapable of becoming rigid.