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Inspired by John Milton´s Paradise lost poem, Rogelio´s work during AKI AORA focused on exploring themes of devastation of the environment and Mayan mythology using sound as the main medium. The research resulted in the deconstruction of prehispanic instruments played live via electronic devices that the artist operated during the piece accompanied by four actors throughout a two hour long play that combined ritualistic practice with synchronized actions that were meant to remind the audience of the demise of eden - alluding to a paradise that is eventually destroyed. Different narrations in Mayan language described the creation of the world and human being, with its descent towards death and the end of times. The Mayan narrations were intertwined by another voice in English that spoke of anthropological themes that study colonialism, savage man and shamanism.
Paraíso perdido is a project curated by Sally Montes and Mascha Isserlis, released in collaboration with Una Pardo, Nabil Salazar, Alberto?,Ariel? From Rancho San Eric and Alejandro from Radio Candela.
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Located in between the boundaries of music and art, the work of Rogelio Sosa develops in the fields of experimental music and sound art.
Using sound as the main creative platform, his work explores a wide range of aspects that deal with sound morphology, structures of auditory reference, and performativity, questioning at the same time the contemporary notions of “noise” and “music”. His projects include improvisations, sound actions, sound interventions and sound installations that make use of electronic media most of the times.
Generating situations of exceptional hearing through the transformation and transgression of stable sound entities, as well as the intensification of the acoustic space, his artistic proposal seeks to find new ways to perceive, understand and conceptualize the sound phenomenon.
He has presented his work in more than 50 cities in Argentina, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Chili, Cuba, France, Germany, Hungary, Italy, Mexico, The Netherlands, Peru, The United States and Venezuela.
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