Since three decades, the sound that is presented, used, evoked or articulated in the world of art, has resulted in the Anglo-Saxon term Sound Art and the German Klangkunst (with a slightly different meaning). Sound Art has been consolidated almost like a new artistic category, thanks to solo exhibitions in museums and galleries and the emergence of new disciplines related to sound art as Sound Studies, the response of sound opposite the Visual Studies.
This exhibition presented by the Juan March Foundation in Palma aims to show the origins and vitality of sound art made in Spain from 1961 to the present. Curated by José Iges and Jose Luis Maire, it receives a score of sound installations, sculptures, video installations and commissioned works, as well as documentary material including photographs, vinyl records and cassettes, among other objects.
The presentation of these sound works is particularly interesting as it is inserted into the spaces of the museum which permanently show the fabulous collection of contemporary Spanish art of the Juan March Foundation.
