About
I’m a musicologist, field recorder, and sound artist. Full-time research professor at the Autonomous University of Baja California (UABC), Mexico. My research and works focus on Sound studies, cyberculture and music, interdisciplinary art, and soundscapes supported by technology. I did a Ph.D. in Musicology from the Argentine Catholic University. I combine my research work with the creation of sound installations and the musical direction of the Contemporary Music Ensemble of the UABC and the Ensenada Chamber Orchestra.
I have received various awards and scholarships: Sound of the Year Award 2021 by the British Library; Ecos Sonoros 2021 Award by the Ministry of Culture (Government of Mexico); Selected in the Triennial of Latin American Art in New York 2022; and Special Mention at Le Concours international 60 Secondes Radio 2021 (Canada), National Fund for Culture and the Arts (FONCA), Distinguished Citizen by the city of Ensenada, UABC Academic Merit, and I’m a member of the National System of Researchers of CONACYT, and National System of Art Creators 2023-2025 by the Secretary of Culture of the Government of Mexico.
I have presented my works in Mexico, the USA, Holland, France, Spain, Belgium, Austria, England, the Netherlands, Italy, China, Portugal, Switzerland, Canada, Cuba, and Argentina. As well as various publications in specialized magazines and book chapters on contemporary art, music, and aesthetics. My recordings of the sounds of the Gray Whale are part of the exhibition «Grey Whale; Marine Migrants» at the Tijuana Cultural Center, and the sound accompanies the augmented reality in the 500 pesos bills issued by Banco de México.
As a sound artist, I have focused on linking the soundscape with the social contexts of its inhabitants, and on creating a portrait of society through sound.
Featured Work
Sound through the looking glass. An approach to the dimensional sonology on the Tijuana-San Diego border.
Can there be a border that divides sound? What is the significance of the soundscape of the Tijuana-San Diego border? Which sound is the voice of this society? In this study, our aim is to analyze how sound defines society in a place where, in spite of sharing the same space, we listen to both parts as they imitate each other, join each other, but mostly reject each other. This soundscape emerges and creates a sociocultural barrier where each part defines its position before the other. Thus the intention of this chapter is to demonstrate how the identity of each community in this strip of border can be identified, and recognized as unique through the study of the soundscape and the particular sound of each locality. In this study of the border sonorities, we can find diverse sound dimensions where the sonorities emerge from the characteristics of its people and environment.
