An Ancestral Tie to The Land.
The Sound of a Childhood Memory
2026| INTERDISCIPLINARY PROJECT
This multimedia work represents rain, the water that is essential for growing any kind of root and seed. It reflects on the connection I have with nature, the land where I was born. This drop-shaped vessel provides a sound experience for the viewer. It reproduces the sounds of nature as my memory recalls the sounds of my childhood. This vessel has text on one of its external walls, while the opposite side shows what it carries inside.
Drawing on my personal experience, I decided to honour my childhood memories. Memories that are shaped by the rain, the land, the tres and rivers, pebbles and soil.I did not know I was able to recognize the smell of the rain. Unknowing, I carried the memory of rain; after a long time, I returned to the home of my origins and felt the rain once again on the land where I was born. When the rain came, that distinctive, pleasant, earthy scent started to flow in the air, triggering my memories and the connections I have with the land where I was born. That is petrichor, the smell of rain. It is the flavour that emanates from the land, and it has a strong smell after long dryness.
The Sound of a Childhood Memory, 2026, corn flour, husk silk and purple cob, light bulb, speaker, steel cable.