Luis Lecea Romera (Installation)

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May 30 - Jun 16 | de Brakke Grond

Antecâmara (2023) follows Luis Lecea Romera’s interest in examining the underlying historical and socio-political complexities of eucalyptus’ presence on both sides of 'A Raia'—'the Stripe,' the term referring to the border between Portugal and Galicia. Conceived after a scouting around the margins of the Gerês Natural Park, Antecâmara deploys a sound composition based on field recordings from scorched earth after forest fires caused by eucalyptus trees, assessing not what the reserve protects but what it protects itself from.

By inducing vibrations into chainsaw components, the piece acts as an idiophone. The installation alludes to the tools of action used by the Diseucalyptising Brigades as cross-border expressions of environmental resistance and a lingering legacy of resistance against fascism in the Iberian peninsula.

About the artist

Luis Lecea Romera is an artist, architect, and musician based in Amsterdam and Madrid. He investigates the socio-political significance of loss and decay, examining instances of matter and sound at the thresholds of audibility and visibility through situated uses of audio-spatial technologies. His work has been presented, among others, at SAVVY Contemporary (Berlin), Framer Framed (Amsterdam), and 16th International Architecture Exhibition - La Biennale di Venezia (Venice). Currently, he is a tutor in the MFA programme Artificial Times at the Sandberg Instituut in Amsterdam. 

The exhibition Neighbouring Frequenties is free to attend. This artist is part of the sound art programme Neighbouring Frequenties in collaboration with STUK and de Brakke Grond. Special thanks to Kunstenpunt and DutchCulture for their support.

Antecâmara was commissioned by FIBER Festival and Semibreve Festival as part of the RE:SOURCE residency programme.

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