Songlines (performance)

The creation of Songlines began in 2019, when Marina Camargo compiled five books with drawings of the land borders of all continents and invited the musician Marcelo Cabral to freely interpret the sequence of border lines with the acoustic bass, making geopolitical boundaries a kind of experimental sound score.

The title Songlines references the sound maps created by the native peoples of Australia: instead of the maps being drawn, they are sung through songs that describe the physical spaces and narrate the paths taken.

Songlines
1. South America
2. Europe
3. Africa
4. Asia
5. North America / Central America

Music and interpretation: Marcelo Cabral - acoustic bass
Duration: 23 minutes

The music for Songlines presented at the performance was composed between 2019 and 2021 by Marcelo Cabral. The concert was held at the Ling Institute and later shown at the exhibition A Certa Sombra, on display from July 1 to September 23, 2023.

music and performance: MARCELO CABRAL

director of photography: CAIO AMON

camera: MARCELO FREIRE

sound recording and mixing: CAIO AMON

audiovisual company: EROICA_conteúdo