THE TRANSFORMATIVE SOUND, ACCORDING TO BENGOLEA, AT C3A

El Ruido que Habita (The Noise That Dwells) is the project by Cecilia Bengolea (Buenos Aires, Argentina, 1979), the result of which is presented in Room T2 of C3A (Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía). The Argentine artist enjoyed a residency at the institution earlier this year, between January and February 2025, during which she developed new drawings and ceramic works produced in collaboration with the Dionisio Ortiz School of Art, among other pieces that pay tribute to and reinterpret the artisanal traditions of the Spanish province of Córdoba.

The contemporary perspective through which these pieces are viewed intertwines with interactive installations and performances that unfold as part of the exhibition process of the project. In them, the artist invites the public to take part in the experimentation and instrumental use of musical language—a code through which to transcend and dissolve cultural, formal, and material boundaries.

Her proposal combines various disciplines that converge through their individuality, moving between visual art, dance, music, and technology to reveal sound as a tool in the communion of cultures and the reestablishment of a bond with the natural environment. Thus, Bengolea conceives music and sound as valid artistic expressions in their aesthetic form, but also as vehicles for understanding how we perceive the world and interact with and within it.

El Ruido que Habita (The Noise That Dwells) can be seen until May 24 at C3A (Centro de Creación Contemporánea de Andalucía), Carmen Olmedo Checa, s/n, Córdoba (Spain).