Después de las residencias en el Amazonas, Francisco López comienza ahora otra serie de residencias, esta vez justo a James Webb, en la reserva de Mmabolea en Lipopo, Sudáfrica. Ya está abierta la convocatoria, para artistas y compositores dedicados a las grabaciones de campo y que se realizarán entre noviembre y diciembre de 2013. Puede consultarse más información en este PDF.

SONIC MMABOLELA
1st Annual Workshop/Residency for sound artists & composers
at Mmabolela Reserve, Limpopo, South Africa

Conceived and directed by Francisco López Coordination and logistics by James Webb ‘Sonic Mmabolela’ is a 2-week workshop/residency for professional and semiprofessional sound artists and composers with previous experience in the area of sound experimentation and field recordings. It takes place at Mmabolela Reserve, in the Limpopo province of South Africa, right at the border with Botswana. It involves field work, studio work and theoretical/discussion presentations. The workshop/residency has a special focus on creative approaches to the work with field recordings, through an
extensive exploration of natural sound environments. It does not have a technical character but is instead conceived and directed towards the development and realization of projects of sonic creation by the participant artists/composers with the field recordings gathered.

Dates workshop/residency: November 19th – December 3rd, 2013 Deadline for registration: September 1st, 2013 [but open only until filling the limited maximum capacity of 12 participants]