SG 01 / NOV 2020 / Broadcast Field I , Rural field recordings

BROADCAST FIELD I EXPANDED FIELD, THIS LAND USED TO BE COUNTRYSIDE. Broadcast field is a series of non-linear compositions for streaming and devoted to field recordings. The four broadcasts (each ranging 8 hours in length) gather soundscapes recorded over a period of a decade by edu comelles. Each broadcast its dedicated to an specific field or topic. What you are listening to right now it is a generative composition based on those field recordings. The aim is to create an idle soundscape that seamlessly changes inviting us to deep listen to it. This specific broadcast (the first of four) it is entitled “expanded field, this land used to be countryside.” appropriating the canonic term by Rosalind Krauss to assume it literally. By so, the aim is to create a meditative piece to be displayed during 8 continuous hours. The piece features soundscapes from rural areas and liminal spaces where the human presence and the natural world meet halfway through. This first broadcast encapsules sounds from inland spain, dry lands, silences, abandonment in rural contexts.