SIDERAL (projekt muzyczny)

Sideral is a project based on the development of instruments that generate sound from the detection of magnetic fields of meteorites which have fallen on Earth. A kind of memory written on its surface, conditioned by its mineral composition and possibly during extreme events experimented by these heavenly bodies.

Sideral looks for traces of the history of the Universe using sound as a media of interpretation. A set of sensors in real time throws data of magnetic intensities in different directions to be interpreted as sound. These signals interact with different sound parameters, such as spatialization, the height (pitch) of the sound, rhythm, and frecuency.

The different sounds are inspired by the sites where each meteorite has impacted. This defines the structure of the instrument and thus the possibilities of sound, creating an open composition to be executed by meteorites through their magnetic fields.

This artwork takes a tour of Astronomy Institutes, Natural History Museums, and Planetariums, fostering encounters that allow us to expand the approaches and the way in which the scientific world has studied meteorites. Sideral is a collaborative project that unites artists, musicians, engineers and astronomers. Currently, research is being developed in collaboration with the Institute of Astronomy of the National Autonomous University of Mexico (known by its acronym UNAM) using these instruments to have other types of approaches.

La Concepción o Adargas, es un meteorito metálico de 3.3 toneladas que fue transportado de la Sierra de Adargas cercana a Huejuquilla (Jiménez, Chihuahua) el 29 de abril de 1780 hacia la cercana Hacienda de La Concepción.^[6] El Instituto de Astronomía de la UNAM tiene su custodia desde 1976. Después de 40 años, este meteorito es removido del vestíbulo del Instituto, para ser trasladado temporalmente a la Capilla del Señor de Santa Teresa en el Museo Ex Teresa Arte Actual en Ciudad de México.

Construimos el primer prototipo de un instrumento que realiza lecturas de intensidades del campo magnético local de la superficie del meteorito. La información obtenida en forma de una señal variable, es convertida a sonido tomando como referencia la sonoridad del lugar donde el meteorito impactó: voces de sintetizador que refieren a los sonidos percutivos de rituales rarámuris, se unen a sutiles expresiones inspiradas en el paisaje sonoro de la Sierra de Adargas en Jimenez, Chihuahua. Un gesto que conecta el espacio sideral y las manifestaciones de la vida en la Tierra.