Arqueoloxía da festa traces the acoustic sediments of an abandoned festival site in Portomouro (Val do Dubra). Using sound as our primary archaeological tool, this multimodal installation reveals how landscapes hold temporal traces—layers of human celebration gradually negotiated with the more-than-human world.
Arqueoloxía da festa is a project developed by sound artist Matilde Meireles and anthropologists Iñigo Sánchez-Fuarros through the artistic residency programme developed by the Institute of Heritage Studies (INCIPIT, CSIC) and the Fundación Cidade da Cultura de Galicia.
We approach this transitional space as an active ecosystem, employing sonic archaeology to uncover multiple interwoven temporal layers in dynamic interaction. Over twelve months, we combined archaeological and ethnographic methods with diverse field recording practices (including extended techniques), visual documentation, and oral histories shared by local residents. This multimodal approach allowed us to expose how different temporalities—geological, human, and ecological—actively transform each other.
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