Vis.[un]necessary force_4

Participatory sound installation.
Active loudspeakers, sound card, microcomputer, Smarti Pi Touch 2, Pure data patch, digital sounds.
Dimensions: variable.
Duration, three sections:
I 3 min 18 s
II 3 min 00 s
III 3 min 06 s

With deep appreciation to Mirna Medina, founder of Rastreadoras de El Fuerte and to all members of Rastreadoras in Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico, who are searching for their relatives, victims of forced disappearance.

Vis.[un]necessary force_4 (V.[u]nf_4) introduces the activities of Las Rastreadoras de El Fuerte [Trackers from El Fuerte]. Rastreadoras—constituted predominantly of women—search for victims of forced disappearance in the Sinaloa desert in northern Mexico. V.[u]nf_4 is structured in three sections. The main section is a multi-layered, generative, 8-channel surround sound installation. Sounds originate from recordings the artist made during one of the expeditions of Las Rastreadoras in February 2019, digging for clandestine graves in the outskirts of Los Mochis in Mexico. The sonic layers of V.[u]nf_4 allude to different moments of this expedition.