Cómo se condensa el vapor de agua (How does water vapour get condensed) is an interactive sound artwork, comprising eight audio tracks which makes use of the respiratory system to represent the various uses, transformations, and transfers of water vapour within urban and industrial environments.

Generating a symbolic relationship between body and machine –in which industry transforms water and steam into resources in a similar way human body does– this project makes use of the voice and the oral transmission of knowledge as poetic and political tools to question the submission relations existing within the urban context and the extractivist narratives produced by the constant transformation of natural resources into quantifiable, productive, and consumable materials.

Each of the eight audio tracks is the result of a series of collective long-duration breathing exercises, based on performative experiments that explored the limits of the rib cage, the interstices of speech and the different states of water, among others.

Each audio track in the digital sound piece has a different duration and is played in loop. This, together with the possibility of the listener to decide the presence of each track, generates random compositions and customisable sound experiences.

original idea
Natalia Domínguez

voices
Anna Dot, Joana Capella Buendia, Marina Olivares, Roc Domingo Puig, Marta R. Chust, Eva Paià, Stefania Lusini,
teresa w ･*:｡.｡:*･゜ﾟ･* and Natalia Domínguez

sound design and production
Álvaro Chior i Natalia Domínguez

Cómo se Condensa el Vapor de Agua (2024) is part of Idensitat's programme ART TERRITORI DATA (ATD), a framework for reflection and research about the idea of alternate-territories, in reference to places, media, and the positioning of artistic practice. + info