Object-territory. Sound and personal memory workshop for the Raval

A free sound and personal memory workshop for people living in the Raval neighbourhood. Registrations at lacapella@bcn.cat

Dania Shihab is a Barcelona-based sound artist. Through a pleasantly calm encounter with people living in the Raval, the workshop invites you to extract unexpected sounds from everyday objects that you feel like bringing along, thereby creating soundscapes that speak of the emotions and memory that lives in our things.

In order to do this, we suggest you come along on the day to test together how certain objects we use in our lives can sound. If you live in the Raval, we encourage you to come along with a simple object to lend to us for a while and thus establish a dialogue with Dania and her approach to making music. During the workshop, we would like you to tell us about the things you feel in relation to that object, thereby taking a first step so that they can later form part of a collective musical composition. Examples of these objects could include cups, books, written texts, clothes, instruments or toys.

This initial workshop is part of a broader project that will culminate in a live performance at La Capella in October to which you are all invited. Once the performance has taken place, we will return your object to you so that it can once again become part of your everyday life.

The proposal Object-Territory is part of the Barcelona Producció 2025 programme of performances at La Capella that will take place on 7, 8 and 9 October.